1.Loss of weight Some people have statistics that every 8 people in the population have 1 person snoring while sleeping, especially the incidence of obese middle-aged and elderly people is higher. Middle-aged and elderly people are obese, mainly because of the reduction of strenuous activities, but the nutrients of today’s knowledge are not reduced, resulting in the reduction of consumption and the relative increase of intake of nutrition.
In obese people, the pharyngeal wall is thick, the soft palate is large, the uvula is thick, the tongue is wide, and the pharyngeal cavity is narrow, so the pharyngeal muscle is relaxed, the soft palate is collapsed, and the tongue falls back during sleep. This is also a manifestation of the declining physiological function of middle-aged and elderly people. Zhang Zhongjing, a medical doctor in the Eastern Han Dynasty, found that snoring was related to obesity, pointing out that “the body is heavy, more sleep, nasal breath must snore, snoring is difficult to eradicate. Excessive obesity, especially the short thick neck, is most likely to occur in the upper respiratory tract occlusion, causing apnea. Determined to lose weight is not a good strategy.
Middle-aged and elderly people who are obese can use herbs to lose weight. For example, use 15 grams of zedoary and 12 sections of atractylodes, 1 dose per day, decoction to drink as tea. This formula is the prescription of Zhang Zhongjing, the sage of medicine in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and has been shown by modern research to be effective in accelerating sodium excretion, lowering blood sugar, preventing the formation of fatty liver, and reducing the amount of cholesterol in the blood. If the liver and kidney are deficient, Chinese herbs that are not easy on the liver and kidney can be used, such as Jin Kui Kidney Qi Wan, Deer Antler Essence and other adult medicines, or deer antler gum. 10 grams each of Tortoise Plate, Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum and Atractylodes Macrocephalae, 12 grams each of Shu Di, Ze Di, Lotus Pulp and Lycium Chinense. Decoction with water, 1 dose daily, half a month a course of treatment. This formula has a good weight loss simplified effect.
2, quit smoking People who have a habit of smoking should resolutely quit smoking, because the toxic substances in the smoke will stimulate the swelling of the airway, resulting in a smooth airway, making snoring worse 3, avoid alcohol Alcohol has anesthetic effects, which can cause muscle relaxation, resulting in snoring like thunder during sleep. Drinking alcohol can aggravate the symptoms of apnea in sleep. Many patients come to the hospital, many cases because of excessive drinking. Snoring like thunder when lying drunk, breathing suddenly stops, and in to stop for a long time. This is because alcohol inhibits the respiratory center and makes it much less excitable. To make it excited again, it must wait until the partial pressure of oxygen is lower and the partial pressure of carbon dioxide is higher, so it takes a long time for breathing to start again. Therefore, patients who have snoring righteousness and sprinkling must quit drinking.
4, the mattress should not be too soft, the best practical hard board bed The pillow should not be too high, unilateral wide thickness is the most suitable.
5.Avoid sleeping on your back Sleeping on your right side can play an effective role in preventing bile cold.
Glass ball method: put a child playing glass marbles loosely sewn in the shoulder blade under the collar of pajamas, to make it able to slide around. Snorers generally do not snore when they are lying on their side or prone. When snorers want to turn around and lie on their backs, they will press the glass ball on their backs, thus immediately turning around and lying on their sides or prone, so that snoring will not occur or be significantly reduced. Or sew a small pocket in the middle of the back of the pajamas and put a child’s smallest size leather ball or tennis ball inside, so that the snorer will not lie on his back and can also greatly reduce the snoring sound.
6. Take medicine carefully Some drugs, such as sleeping pills, sedatives, can inhibit breathing and should be prohibited. In addition, some synthetic drugs for the treatment of cold should also be used with caution. Clinically, Prolene is currently used to treat sleep apnea syndrome. Since the drug is effective in inhibiting rapid eye movement sleep, it can reduce the apnea that occurs during rapid eye movement sleep. For moderate and severe patients can be treated by continuous positive airway pressure ventilation. Some cases with severe upper airway obstruction, it is appropriate to make CT examination to clarify the site and do tongue fixation or surgical treatment to be effective.
7.Eto method Get an oral surgeon to make an eto and wear it in the mouth every night, which can hold the sagging soft palate and keep the tongue from being compressed, so as to prevent snoring.
8.Appropriate exercise 9.Surgery