Adults who sleep snore and exhale through their mouths often develop in the presence of pathologic obesity, overexertion, mandibular retraction deformity, and soft palate hypertrophy. General treatment, non-invasive positive pressure ventilation treatment, oral orthodontic treatment, surgical treatment, etc. should be chosen according to the cause and degree of illness.
1. General treatment: Avoid overwork and staying up late, and actively reduce weight to reduce the narrowing of the pharyngeal cavity caused by the accumulation of fat in the pharynx. Side sleeping position can be chosen.
2. Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation therapy: patients with moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea hypoventilation syndrome can choose non-invasive positive pressure ventilation therapy. Through a certain pressure of mechanical ventilation, the patient’s upper airway is kept open, which can effectively improve the symptom of snoring and exhaling through the mouth.
3. Oral appliance treatment: for patients with simple snoring, mild and moderate obstructive sleep apnea hypoventilation syndrome, especially those with jaw retraction. By wearing a specific intraoral device during sleep, the position of the lower jaw is shifted forward, so that the root of the tongue and the hyoid bone are shifted forward and the upper airway is enlarged.
4. Surgical treatment: for patients with hypertrophy of soft palate causing disease, choose hanging palatopharyngoplasty; for patients with tongue root falling back, choose hyoid suspension surgery; for patients with deviated nasal septum, choose nasal septum correction surgery treatment.
When you find adults snoring in their sleep and exhaling through their mouths, you can seek medical treatment in time to avoid delays.