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If your bed partner\u2019s snoring wakes you up at night, you have probably considered smothering them with a pillow to allow yourself a good night\u2019s sleep.\u00a0 Partners of people who snore lose 2 hours of sleep a night on average due to the noise.\u00a0 As aggravating as this can be, the reality is that snoring is a medical condition that can actually be causing severe health damage to your partner and yourself.<\/p>\n
Snoring is a common disorder.\u00a0 Nearly 45% of adults snore occasionally while 25% are habitual snorers.\u00a0 Occasional snoring can be caused by too much alcohol consumption, allergies, and a variety of other elements.\u00a0 This occasional snoring is not really harmful aside from irritability resulting from a lack of sleep.\u00a0 However, habitual snoring can have some very harmful effects.<\/p>\n
One common cause of snoring is obesity, which narrows the airway making it more likely that parts of the throat and mouth will rub together.\u00a0 Another common cause is nasal congestion, due to allergies or a cold.\u00a0 Also, alcohol and sedating medications can relax the muscles in the airways leading to snoring in people who normally do not snore, or intensified sound in already habitual snorers.<\/p>\n
Habitual snoring prevents both the snorer and their partner from![\"snoring,](\"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/snoring-2.jpg\")
entering the deepest and most important part of sleep.\u00a0 REM sleep is the period of sleep when your body is able to repair itself and help you feel rejuvenated in the morning.\u00a0 Without this deep sleep a person will feel more tired with each sleepless night.<\/p>\n
Along with the short term effects of fatigue and irritability, there are also profound long term effects for the snorer.\u00a0 Snoring can contribute to high blood pressure and even cause stroke, according to the National Institutes of Health.\u00a0 The heart is forced to work harder as breathing difficulty increases, which over time can lead to a heart attack.<\/p>\n
Believe it or not, marriages have even been broken up over snoring.\u00a0 It is harmful to the snorer and their partner.\u00a0 There are over the counter devices to help stop snoring such as mouth pieces and \u201csnore pillows\u201d which can be used to help many minor or moderate snorers.\u00a0 If these devices are not effective, there are also many medical treatments that will help, and even simple surgical procedures that will correct more severe cases.\u00a0 Snoring should never be ignored when there are so many readily available treatments to solve the problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If your bed partner\u2019s snoring wakes you up at night, you have probably considered smothering them with a pillow to allow yourself a good night\u2019s sleep.\u00a0 Partners of people who snore lose 2 hours of sleep a night on average due to the noise.\u00a0 As aggravating as this can be, the reality is that snoring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_autoblog_aioseo_focus_keyphrase":"","_autoblog_aioseo_title":"","_autoblog_aioseo_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-health-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t