Snoring Information and Causes
It is a fact that most of us do snore every now and then. For many people snoring is not a huge problem and it has very little effect on their lives and the people around them. The cause of snoring is the tapering of the passageway between the throat and the nose. The tapering or narrowing takes place when the throat’s muscles are relaxed during sleep. The air that is inhaled must move faster than normal and it strikes the tissues of the soft palate as well as the uvula harder than usual. This vibrates and is heard as snoring.
It has been noted that increased weight increases the risk of snoring. Men are more likely to snore more frequently. More often than not the strength and regularity will become more with the increase in age. It is advisable to have this problem sorted out in the early stages.
Any substance that induces the muscles to loosen will leave you with relaxed throat muscles that taper the air passage. Your tongue will also loosen and fall back lessening the air passageway resulting in snoring. Examples of these substances are drugs or alcohol. They encourage drowsiness.
Having a stuffy or blocked nose can bring on snoring. Once again it causes less oxygen passing through the nasal passage. This makes the throat pull in air via the mouth with unusual force and result in snoring.
Being overweight means the throat has extra fatty tissue that means a passageway that is narrow. Having a soft palate or an uvula that is long also results in an air passage that is tapered and there is a high risk of snoring. A deviated nasal septum, long tongue, large adenoids, small lower jaw and large tonsils all have the potential to cause snoring.
An individual who smokes or has asthma has more chance of snoring. This kind of snoring is due to inflammation and limitation to the air way.
Gravity drags the tongue and the jaw to the throat’s rear and restricts the air passage. As can be seen there are many reasons for snoring. Any reason that constricts the air passage during sleep will result in snoring.
