Snoring Home Remedies for a Silent Night

When sleeping, the muscles and tissues in the throat tend to relax which results to the airways becoming smaller than normal. The shrinkage of the air passage in the throat increases the speed of the air when breathing. When the space is constricted, the increased velocity triggers a vibration in the throat of the soft palate and the uvula. This is the way the noise is created when snoring.

There could be numerous reasons for snoring. As concluded in sleep studies, drinking too much alcohol, excessive fat especially in the area of the throat and taking sedatives worsen snoring. Although not all people snore when they sleep, everyone has experienced snoring at one time or another. Some people snore only when they have colds or when sleeping on their backs.

To treat the snoring, surgical procedures can be done. These involve the trimming of respiratory obstructions such as an impaired uvula, part of enlarged tonsils and adenoids. The use of a radio frequency apparatus is used to correct the deviated tissues. However, surgical procedures have shown little success in terminating snoring.

Your position while sleeping can help reduce snoring. Sleeping on your side is advisable so that you can breathe easily. Some people have less snoring if they don't use any pillows while other find that elevating the neck helps.

For some cases the patient may need immediate attention then snoring devices are suggested. These oral devices are placed inside the mouth to keep the airways open and thus, make breathing easier.  The appliances are prescribed by dentists in place of surgery and can help even the most acute snorer. They are safe to use and have easy to follows instructions and can be removed the next morning when you wake up.

Oral snoring appliances help a lot of snorers and if you use some of the other tips stated above, snoring can be remedied if not totally stopped. And by conditioning the muscles, who knows, you may not need to use the oral snoring appliance anymore.