Stop Snoring Information

A Snoring Partner Will Cost You 2 Years of Sleep

February 8th, 2008

A study performed in the United Kingdom has revealed that the average person loses 2 years of sleep if they have a snoring partner. Women tend to be more subjected to this because about 2/3 of all snorers are men according to statistics.

The study that was performed interviewed 2,000 people that are losing sleep because their partner snores. Most people don’t do anything about it except to toss and turn in bed till they finally fall asleep while their spouses and partners enjoy a deep sleep. Of the 2,000 people questioned, on average they lose about 2 hours of sleep each night. This adds up quickly and in the average lifetime they’ll lose about 2 whole years of sleep.

At least 80 per cent of people claimed that the snoring had negatively affected both their relationships and their sex lives. Those with snoring partners will be effected throughout the next day and especially at their jobs due to the loss of sleep. Many aggrevated partners will subconciously become irritated with their partners, will develop a feeling of anger, and will be quick to find faults in their partners.

Many people don’t bother to do anything about their snoring partner. But there is something you can do. Encourage your partner to see a doctor about the snoring, you may find your partner suffers from sleep apnea. Additionally if your partner drinks, encourage them to abstain from drinking before falling asleep, this will prevent their air passages from relaxing too much which causes snoring. If they’re a smoker, convince them to quit or to at least cut back on this bad habit. An easier solution may be to simply get your partner to sleep on their side rather than their back.

Or you could even make the decision to use ear plugs to sleep, they may be hard to get used to but in the end you’ll be getting 2 more years of sleep.

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Surgery for Snoring

February 6th, 2008

Before you come to the conclusion that you need surgery its important that you find out if a surgical procedure is the best option for you. There are many different causes of snoring so in some cases surgery may not even be an option.

Before you decide to make the jump to stop your snoring with surgery, consider making some simple lifestyle changes. By doing so you’re going to save yourself a lot of money and time. In some situations you can prevent snoring by simply working out or dieting. Being overweight greatly increases chances of snoring. If you are a smoker, quitting or cutting back can work wonders for your snoring problem, as the smoke irritates and inflames the throat making you more prone to snore. Resisting alcohol before going to bed will prevent the tongue and pallat from over-relaxing and making you snore. Its a good idea to try curing your snoring this way before turning to snoring.

On the other hand, there are some situations where surgery is the only option. Those with deviated septums, congestion, and other breathing problems tend to find surgery to be the best option.

Before getting surgery you will want to, or more likely will be forced to, visit a sleep clinic so they can determine exactly what it is that’s causing the snoring. Surgery for snoring is typically considered to be a cosmetic surgery, so most insurance policies, unfortunately, don’t cover these types of surgery. So they can be costly. Many surgical procedures for snoring can be performed in the office of your physician while under a local anesthetic.

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Snoring Can Lead To Hearing Loss

February 5th, 2008

Snoring irritates both the snorer and the entire family. But just how much noise does a snorer make? The average snore can reach up to 80 decibels. Decibels are a way to measure the loudness of a sound. At 80 decibel, this surpasses the US Environmentals Protection Agency’s standard for safe noise pollution.

For heavy snorers, this can take a huge toll on ones hearing. While ear damage is said to occur after 85 decibels, but over an 8 hour night of sleep, 80 decibels can still be quite damaging.

You now have yet another reason to find a cure for your snoring. If your partner snores you know better than anyone how loud snoring can be. Encourage your partner or spouse to see a doctor to stop the snoring

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Heavy Snorer? Implants Could Help.

February 1st, 2008

Sometimes no matter what you do or what devices you use, the snoring just doesn’t go away. There are a few differnt surgical procedures that you can have performed that can stop snoring. The one we’ll be talking about today is the pillar palatal implant system, because of its growing popularity among snorers and those suffering from sleep apnea.

The pillar palatal implant system, patented by the Restore Medical Company of St. Paul, is a fairly new treatment thats only been tested on a little more than 10,000 people in the US, Europe, and China. This new treatment has been getting a lot of attention form the media due to its low cost and because it causes very little pain compared to other popular snoring surgeries.

The implant is placed in the back of the throat and stops the palate from vibrating so heavily. The entire procedure takes less than an hour and has been shown to be more effective than most other similar surgeries. However the long term effect are still unknown and many insurance policies don’t cover this multi-thousand dollar procedure.

While other procedure require the cutting and removal of flesh and bone, the pillar palatal implant system does not. Unlike many popular procedures this system isn’t going to to keep you out of work for multiple weeks and doesn’t leave the patient with any long lasting pain. The procedure does take up to 5 weeks for it to reach its maximum effectiveness.

However, this procedure is still very much so in the experimental stages despite its approval by the Food and Drug Administration. The pillar palatal implant system was only approved 5 years ago for snoring, and was only recently approved as an effective way to treat sleep apnea.

Despite its growing popularity, the results vary greatly. Some people stop snoring all together, while others notice hardly any difference at all.

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Smoking and Its Effect on Snoring

January 29th, 2008

Studies have proven that smoking is a major cause of snoring and that smokers are far more likely to snore than those that don’t smoke.

Smoking causes the mucus membranes of the mouth, throat, and nose to swell greatly causing the air passages to become obstructed. The actual nicotine can cause uneasy sleeping which in turns causes even more snoring problems.

If cancer and other diseases aren’t enough incentive to quit this is yet another reason to stop smoking. Not only will you feel better afterwards, but your partner will also get a much better night of sleep, because your snoring will decrease by leaps and bounds.

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