Monday, May 24, 2010

Natural Snoring Aids That You Can Adopt

Virtually everybody will snore from time to time. It can, however, affect your sleep patterns and lead to tiredness, increased irritability and other problems. There are a number of natural snoring aids that you can adopt to ensure that your partner does not send to the spare room - or go there themselves.


Sleeping in separate bedrooms doesn't have to be the remedy for snoring. There are many effective treatments for it. Discovering the cause of and finding out how to quit will vastly improve your health, your relationships, and, of course, your sleep.


Snoring can often seem like a problem without a solution - especially when it is getting in the way of a good night's sleep for you and your partner. If you want to quit snoring, it is important to consider the cause and severity of your snoring. Identifying the cause can help you choose the right cure. You might want to attempt some of the following simple non-invasive snoring aid treatments first to see if they will help your snoring.


To start with, try sleeping on your side as this simple task may be enough to stop you snoring, especially if you normally sleep on your back and you are not a strong snorer. You could try raising the bedhead a few inches as it could assist breathing and move your jaw and tongue further to the fore. If possible, attempt to sleep without the use of pillows to help neck muscles.


Avoid eating and drinking any alcohol prior to going to sleep as these will both make you more vulnerable to snoring. Do not take medications like sleeping pills they might assist your sleep but they won't help your sleep partner as the muscles become so relaxed that they actually increase the volume of the snoring. For the same reasons, any product with a high milk content should also be avoided.


The last natural thing to try is to lose some weight for people who snore moderately.Slight loss of weight may reduce snoring as the fatty tissue reduces at the back of the throat. Many chronic snorers are overweight middle-aged people and may have more serious problems medically.


Sleep apnea is sometimes associated with snoring. Sleep apnea is potentially life-threatening. Narrow airways cause snoring whereas sleep apnea is a true breathing obstruction. This means that the sleeper needs to awaken to start breathing again. Someone with this condition may wake up many times a night to regain breathing, but generally doesn't remember anything about the awakenings. Snoring itself whilst a common symptom of sleep apnea on its own does not entail any stoppage of breathing.


Finally, if these methods of how to quit snoring still don't work, I suggest you consult your physician. .

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