Most Common Causes Of Snoring
The most common causes of snoring can be summarized as follows:
Lifestyle Snoring Causes:
Smoking (which inflames and swells the upper airways)
Alcohol (which both relaxes and dilates – ie swells – the throat muscles)
Colds, flu and other respiratory tract diseases (both viral and bacterial)
Sleeping tablets and other relaxants (they relax the throat muscles)
High carbohydrate diet, especially refined carbohydrates
Previous throat or oral surgery
Allergies to inhalants (eg dust), causing upper respiratory tract congestion
Missing a significant amount of teeth (changes the shape of the mouth)
Allergies or intolerance of certain foods (eg lactose in milk products)
Physiological Snoring Causes:
Aging (which causes a general loss of muscle tone
Overweight and obesity, especially around the neck and upper abdomen
Poor muscle tone in the back of the tongue, the soft palate and throat
An under active thyroid (known as hypothyroidism)
A structural abnormality, such as a deviated septum or cranial distortion
A swollen or enlarged thyroid gland in the neck (known as a goiter)
Enlarged adenoids or tonsils, especially in children
Excessive bulkiness or thickness of the throat, neck tissue or tongue
Ineffective neural control of the mucus membranes in the head and neck
This most common causes of snoring listed above may help you find the exact reason why you snoring, then choose the right way to stop snoring .
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