Nowadays, diseases caused by snoring are getting more and more attention and have become an important factor that seriously affects sleep and health. Snoring (commonly known as snoring) is a common phenomenon in our life, and until now, people mostly think that snoring is a sign of a good sleep, but this is actually a very wrong view. As a result, an old but new disease called “Sleep Apnea Syndrome” is being recognized by more and more people. Why snoring The narrowing of respiratory passages caused by various reasons, mainly the narrowing of the upper airway above the plane of the trachea, can cause snoring and even apnea, such as the narrowing of the nose caused by chronic rhinitis and deviated nasal septum. Narrowing of the pharyngeal cavity caused by tonsillar hypertrophy, pharyngeal flaccidity and tongue hypertrophy. Maxillofacial developmental deformities, such as micrognathia, etc., obesity. The airway of snorers is usually narrower than that of normal people, and the compensatory contraction of pharyngeal muscles during daytime wakefulness keeps the airway open without blockage. However, at night when the nerve excitability decreases during sleep, the muscles relax, the pharyngeal tissues are blocked, so that the upper airway collapses, and when the airflow passes through the narrow part, it causes vibration, resulting in snoring, and when it is serious, the breathing can be temporarily stopped, which affects the person’s physical health. There are also a very small number of people who snore because of centralized reasons. Who may snore Obese people, people who are seriously overweight, almost more than 90% of them snore, this is because of the accumulation of fat in the neck after obesity, the caliber of the respiratory tract is narrowed, the muscles are flaccid, and the muscles are more inwardly retracted to the midline when breathing, causing obstruction. People who snore in the family, in the same family, have similar physical anatomy, which is the basis of the familial nature of snoring. In people with a small, receding chin, this anatomy results in a reduced anterior and posterior diameter of the pharyngeal cavity, which aggravates the obstruction. In addition, the likelihood of snoring increases significantly with age. Unhealthy lifestyle habits such as smoking and drinking can also aggravate snoring. Adverse Social Consequences of Snoring Sleep snoring used to be thought of as a good night’s sleep, but nowadays people have come to realize that it is actually a pathological condition. The noise caused by snoring makes it impossible for a person to sleep in the same room or with his or her spouse, and the relationship becomes very tense over time, and it is not uncommon for people to get divorced for this reason. For those who work in certain industries, severe snoring can be a cause for concern, such as drivers. Studies have shown that drivers who snore severely are frequently drowsy during the day, causing car accidents at a rate of 5-8 times higher than that of normal people. How snoring affects you However the greater danger of snoring is that it causes apnea. When apnea occurs, gas cannot enter the lungs, resulting in lack of oxygen and carbon dioxide retention in the body. Endocrine dysfunction and hemodynamic changes. As we all know, people can’t leave the presence of oxygen for a moment, and all organs of the human body need to get a good rest during sleep, but the total time of many patients’ sleep time broken breath-holding can be up to several hours, so all organs can’t get enough oxygen supply, which leads to no less than a hundred kinds of diseases. Even sudden death in sleep occurs. Here is a brief introduction to you: obesity: obesity on the one hand can cause snoring, however, snoring itself can also cause fat metabolism disorders, thus exacerbating obesity, coupled with the patient’s drowsiness, reduced activity, decreased energy consumption, and even more obesity, the formation of a vicious circle. High blood pressure: It has been proved that snoring is an independent risk factor for the development of high blood pressure and stroke. Snoring and hypertension have a close relationship, foreign reports snoring patients in hypertensive patients in 60% -90%, middle-aged and elderly hypertension, 30% of the patients are snoring patients, some statistics snoring population sudden death rate is significantly higher than that of normal people. Psychoneurological diseases: Repeated episodes of hypoxemia and sleep structure disorders can lead to overall impairment of cognitive function, daytime sleepiness, insomnia at night, memory and energy concentration disorders, anxiety, depression, epileptic seizures, etc., and even be mistaken for mental illness. Impotence: The lack of oxygen in the body leads to a very high prevalence of impotence in snoring patients. This inevitably affects the couple’s life and family solidity. Intractable pharyngitis: the patient’s long-term open-mouth breathing leads to intractable chronic pharyngitis, which is difficult to be cured. Others: such as erythrocytosis, cerebral infarction and diabetes are also very common. Impact of snoring on sleep It is self-evident that sleep is important for each of us, sleep is a complex physiological state, first let’s analyze the structure of sleep, which can help us to understand why snoring jeopardizes sleep. We can divide sleep into two periods, one for the non-rapid eye movement period, this period is divided into lighter sleep and deeper sleep, the latter role in sleep is to increase the secretion of growth hormone, to promote the growth of the body, physical recovery. The second is the rapid eye movement period, this period, the rapid rotation of the eyeballs, dreaming, limb muscle action, cerebral blood flow increases, the role of the brain in this period is to promote the recovery of energy. People who snore, especially those who have more serious sleep apnea, have the above deep sleep period and REM period shortened significantly, or even none, and throughout the sleep, they wander in very shallow sleep, presenting fragments of sleep, and throughout the sleep, their physical strength can not be restored, and their body does not get enough rest. How to diagnose snoring Diagnosis: each episode of apnea for more than 10 seconds during 7 hours of sleep every night, apnea episodes in more than 30 times or sleep disordered breathing index more than 5 times. Classification: According to the relationship between the ventilation of the mouth and nose and the respiratory movement of the chest and abdominal wall, snoring can be mainly classified into obstructive, central and mixed (in one apnea, it starts to manifest as the central type and then manifests as the obstructive type). Our Countermeasures Knowing the dangers of snoring, how to deal with the killer challenge? If you are already overweight, please lose the excess weight as soon as possible. Studies have shown that a 10% weight loss can reduce sleep snoring by 20%, which is definitely effective in improving nocturnal apnea, increasing blood oxygen saturation and improving symptoms. If you smoke or drink alcohol, you should quit smoking and alcohol, do not eat before going to bed, pay attention to the side lying position during sleep, do not take sleeping pills, and exercise appropriately. If possible, you should go to the hospital for sleep breathing monitoring, all parts of the human body organs can produce weak bioelectric activity, such as brain activity generated by the brain, eye movement produced by eye movement, cardiac electricity, etc., in the corresponding parts of the guidance of these bioelectricity, and through certain amplifiers to amplify, input to the computer for storage. At the same time, some indicators related to sleep and breathing, such as nasal airflow, snoring and chest and abdominal activities and other mechanical movements are also converted into electrical activities and input into the computer. The computer can memorize and store these indicators, and we can make diagnosis, lesion severity estimation and prognosis estimation of the monitored person according to the size of these data and the relationship between them. Humanization and individualization of diagnosis and treatment. Clinicians can make a comprehensive assessment of the patient’s sleep, make a diagnosis, estimate the prognosis, and formulate a treatment plan accordingly.