Snoring in sleep - causes and methods of treatment: surgical, conservative

Causes of snoring in sleep and methods of its treatment

Snoring is evidence that the air we inhale enters the body with some difficulty. Doctors consider snoring during sleep as a syndrome of obstructive apnea, and this condition can provoke a short-term cessation of breathing. Such a violation can lead to the development of a stroke or heart attack in a dream. We have a real problem before us, and it must be solved. But before you learn how to cure snoring, you should understand its causes.

Causes of snoring in sleep

Most often, the above condition occurs for the following reasons:

• too large size of the tongue (of physiological or pathological etiology);
• diseases of the larynx and nose;
• swelling and sagging of the soft palate;
• abuse of alcoholic beverages;
• smoking;
• frequent use of drugs with a hypnotic effect;
• obesity;
• old age.

It is worth highlighting separately the curvature of the nasal septum, the formation of neoplasms of a benign or malignant nature, which can also provoke the specified phenomenon. Only a specialist can determine the real cause of snoring in a dream. It is with a visit to the doctor and a thorough examination that the therapeutic course should begin.

Methods of treating snoring

It is impossible to single out a single remedy for snoring. First, it is necessary to treat the cause of this condition, and secondly, a comprehensive approach to solving the problem will be most effective.

Operative intervention

Most clinics can offer patients uvuloplasty surgery for snoring - shortening of the uvula, which is performed using a minimally invasive method. Most often, a laser is used for the procedure, in some cases, the "extra" part of the tongue is exposed to liquid nitrogen. According to statistics, uvuloplasty allows you to get rid of snoring in 80-90% of cases.

In particularly advanced cases, surgical intervention involves the removal of not only part of the uvula, but also the tonsils. In this way, the oropharynx expands, as a result of which the air we inhale enters the body unhindered.

If adenoids, polyps and other neoplasms were found during the examination of the patient, the doctors will perform their surgical removal. As a result of such radical methods, it is possible to cure even severe snoring in men.

Therapeutic (conservative) treatment

To prevent snoring, you can use medicines such as Asonor or Dr. Snoring. They are produced in the form of sprays and sprayed in the oral cavity, on the palate and small tongue immediately before going to bed. These remedies eliminate swelling of the mucous membrane, but do not solve the problem. These drugs are suitable for people whose snoring is not a constant phenomenon.

As part of the therapy, you can also use special devices to eliminate snoring:

1. Implants for the palate. They are administered in medical institutions under local anesthesia. Such implants contribute to increasing the tone of the tissues of the palate, as a result of which they stop vibrating when breathing in air.
2. Caps. They are used independently at home. The mouthguard is placed on the lower jaw immediately before going to bed and helps to improve the elasticity of the pharynx.

Folk methods

Methods of folk medicine can be considered in the process of treating snoring only as temporary or additional measures. In any case, you should consult a doctor. The pediatrician will tell you about how to deal with snoring in a child's sleep. The following recommendations exist for an adult with this phenomenon:

1. You should sleep on a high pillow so that the head is not only raised above the body, but also slightly lowered.
2. If snoring occurs only when sleeping on your back, you should try to sleep only on your side or stomach.
3. In the case of existing inflammatory processes in the nasopharynx, which provoke snoring, it is necessary to undergo a full course of treatment of the pathology. Before going to bed, you can rinse the nasal passages and sinuses, removing their contents, drip vasoconstrictor drops into the nose.
4. Sea buckthorn oil helps well. 2 drops are instilled into each nostril immediately before going to bed. Before that, you need to make sure that the person is not allergic to this plant.
5. A short-term solution to the problem of snoring is inhalation. They are carried out before going to bed, using decoctions of medicinal chamomile, sedum, and calendula flowers.

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