Sleep Apnea Snoring

If you stop breathing periodically during sleep, you have sleep apnea snoring. You may awaken to restart breathing up to 100 times per night.

Probably you remember nothing at all about the awakenings. However, if you sleep with someone else, your sleep partner will remember a great deal about the awakenings.

There are three vital things that you need to know about sleep apnea snoring:

• Not only does sleep apnea snoring result in sleep deprivation, but it can also threaten your life.
• Sleep apnea snoring is a progressive sleep disorder, Sleep apnea snoring gets worse as your age increases..
• Treatment for sleep apnea snoring is necessary and usually successful.

Snoring and sleep apnea are not the same thing. Snoring is simply a loud sound that you make during breathing while asleep. Snoring may accompany sleep apnea, but snoring by itself does not mean that breathing has stopped.

These are some of the symptoms of sleep apnea snoring:

• Frequent cessation of breathing during sleep.
• Choking or gasping during sleep to get air into the lungs
• Loud snoring
• Sudden awakenings to restart breathing
• Waking up in a sweat during the night
• Headaches, sore throat, or dry mouth in the mornings after waking up
• Daytime sleepiness, including falling asleep at inappropriate times, such as during driving or at work
• Rapid weight gain
• Memory loss and learning difficulties
• Depression
• Personality changes

There are three types of sleep apnea,

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

The most common type of sleep apnea snoring is caused by a breathing obstruction, which stops the air flow in the nose and mouth.

Central Sleep Apnea (CSA)

The brain signal that instructs the body to breathe is delayed. This central nervous system disorder can be caused by disease or injury involving the brainstem, such as a stroke, a brain tumor, a viral brain infection, or a chronic respiratory disease.

Mixed sleep apnea

A combination of the above two types of sleep apnea snoring is mixed sleep apnea.

Causes of sleep apnea snoring

•  Obesity or excessive fat in the neck and throat .

•  Age

•  Irregular sleep hours

•  Anatomical anomalies that narrow your Snoring

•  Enlarged tonsils or adenoids

•  Use of alcohol and sedatives before bedtime

•  Smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke

•  Nasal congestion, nasal blockages, and nasal irritants.

Remedies for sleep apnea snoring

These are some of the remedies for sleep apnea snoring,

Lose weight - One of the most significant remedies for sleep apnea snoring is weight loss.

Eliminate the use of alcohol, tobacco, and sedatives such as sleeping pills - Avoiding the use of alcohol, tobacco, and sleeping pills can reduce the likelihood of airway closure during the night.

Sleep on your side - Sleeping on your back may cause the flesh of your throat to relax into your airway, so adjusting your sleeping position can alleviate snoring.

Regularize your sleep hours - irregular sleep hours can throw off your sleep cycles and lead to breathing problems during the most important sleep stages. Stabilizing bedtime hours and eliminating disturbances to your sleep can reduce sleep apnea.