Snoring in women, i.e. snoring, may be related to obesity, deviated nasal septum, enlarged tonsils and other disorders, which can lead to a snoring sound when the airflow passes through the pharyngeal cavity, impacting the soft palate to vibrate. According to the cause of the disease and the degree of the disease, we need to choose the cause of treatment and symptomatic treatment.
1. Obesity: Obese patients may suffer from fat accumulation in the neck and throat, squeezing the airway and causing the pharyngeal cavity to collapse and narrow. Weight reduction can be achieved through proper exercise, reasonable diet and surgical treatment to relieve the cause of the disease.
2. Deviated nasal septum: The nasal blockage caused by this disease often leads to snoring when the patient sleeps with his mouth open and the oropharyngeal airflow oscillates the soft palate. Submucosal resection of nasal septum and correction of nasal septum can be used to correct the bad structure of nasal cavity and rebuild the ventilation of nasal cavity.
3. Tonsillar hypertrophy: this condition includes physiological and pathological hypertrophy of tonsils, and the snoring arising from this condition can be treated conservatively by wearing oral appliances and non-invasive positive pressure ventilator, etc. If the patient meets the indications for surgery, tonsil surgical resection can be chosen to expand the cross-sectional area of pharyngeal cavity, increase the oral-pharyngeal airflow, and eliminate the snoring sound.
The causes of snoring in women are many and the pathogenic mechanism is complicated, so patients need to actively seek medical treatment and follow the doctor’s instructions for standardized treatment after systematic examination to clarify the diagnosis and cause of the disease.