Snoring = sleeping well? Since childhood, always listen to mom nagging dad: “you snore loudly, make me a night did not sleep, but they are sleeping well ……” About snoring, many people think so: snoring is a normal phenomenon, indicating that sleep well. So, about these rumors is so? And listen to Zheng medical experts to answer for you one by one. Rumor 1: snoring is a common phenomenon, is a good sleep performance, is synonymous with good sleep? The truth is that snoring, also known as snoring, is divided into two forms, one is due to fatigue, fatigue caused by benign snoring, belongs to a physiological phenomenon; there is also a snoring because of apnea, low ventilation caused by sleep apnea and hypoventilation syndrome, sleep apnea and hypoventilation syndrome, sleep is a sleep disorder that stops breathing during sleep, weakening, belongs to a disease. Long-term snorers or serious snorers are often accompanied by sleep apnea hypoventilation syndrome, apnea, hypoventilation, oxygen reduction in the blood during the whole process of sleep. Rumor 2: Snoring is a normal phenomenon, not a disease? Truth snoring, most people do not think that many of the patients received are feeling serious impact on life and physical health before coming to the clinic. Snoring is also an independent risk factor for high blood pressure and cerebrovascular accidents, which is due to snoring, lack of oxygen in the patient’s sleep, causing an increase in red blood cells, increased blood viscosity, slow blood flow, accelerating the occurrence of atherosclerosis. Therefore, snoring should pay attention to early diagnosis and treatment to avoid complications, as well as the occurrence of other accidents. Rumor 3: Snoring is the patent of men, women do not snore? Truth: At least half of the men over 40 years old have the symptom of snoring. Snoring is not the patent of men, women will also snore, which is related to the hormone secretion level, women are to the menopause, snoring will gradually increase. The reason why female snoring population is relatively small is also related to women’s life habits, such as smoking, drinking less, relatively obese people are not much. According to their characteristics, coupled with physiological factors, snoring will be less. Rumor 4: Only fat people snore, thin people do not snore? The truth is that snoring is closely related to obesity, but snoring is not entirely due to obesity, but also other factors, such as hereditary or congenital factors, as well as poor living habits can also lead to snoring. Therefore, thin people will also appear snoring symptoms, just obese people will increase the chance of the disease. Rumor 5: As long as snoring does not affect your life, it is not a problem? The truth is that many people do not take snoring seriously, and when it really affects their life, it is already serious. When you encounter the symptoms of snoring, it is recommended that you must go to a regular hospital to do a sleep monitoring, to the hospital to sleep for a night sleep, it will give you monitoring. What degree of snoring, how many apneas, how much oxygen deficiency is needed, how much is the lowest, how much is the average, sleep apnea monitoring can all be measured. Through this monitoring results can determine whether you are sleep apnea hypoventilation syndrome. Rumor 6: Snoring does not need to be treated, it will get better by itself? Truth: Benign or mild snoring can be treated by losing weight, quitting smoking, quitting drinking and other changes in bad lifestyle or changing sleeping positions; patients diagnosed with severe sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome through breathing and sleep monitoring (polysomnography) can be treated by surgery or wearing a breathing machine. Heavy snoring can seriously affect your health and other people’s life, so you should pay enough attention to it and do the appropriate treatment. Rumor 7: Snoring is only for adults, not for children? The truth is that not only adults, but also many children suffer from Sleep Apnea Hypoventilation Syndrome. If not treated in time, it can cause mental inattention, backward intellectual development, unsatisfactory academic performance, affecting the healthy growth of body and mind. Snoring is a disease that should be taken seriously, and serious snoring may lead to death. Since snoring is a disease that develops during sleep, it is easy to be ignored by oneself or family members, and is often diagnosed with other comorbidities. Experts remind that if early diagnosis and timely treatment can be made, symptoms can be eliminated and complications can be minimized. In addition, we also need to take precautions, regular exercise, keep fit, reasonable dietary habits, good sleeping habits, for the incidence of snoring will be greatly reduced.