Snoring

Snoring is a common problem. It is caused by breathing being obstructed while sleeping. The sound is caused when the air you breathe is passing through relaxed tissues in your throat, which causes them to vibrate and produce the annoying sounds.

Snoring can be everything from a soft low sound to very loud sound. In some cases, snoring is not really problem and may only occur occasionally. In other cases it may indicate a serious health problem.

Breathing can be obstructed in a number of ways during sleep, this means that snoring can be caused by a number of reasons. Thus, there is no single way to cure all snoring.

Often snoring is more of a problem for those who have to listen to it, rather than for the snorer.

Needless to say, snoring has been a problem since the beginning of mankind and a number of remedies have been tried. Many of them are completely useless but some of them are useful, even if, as mentioned earlier, no single remedy can cure all snoring problems. There are simply too many different causes of snoring.

Some of the known causes of snoring are:

  • Tongue dropping to the back of the mouth, due to sleeping on one’s back
  • Drinking alcohol in the evening, which causes muscles in your throat to relax
  • Fat gathering in the throat
  • Obstruction in the nasal passageway


If you have a snoring problem, you can try to sleeping on the side rather than on your back. This will help some people but a lot of people snore even when the sleep on the side. If you notice that you snore after you have been drinking alcohol in the evening, try to cut down on your alcohol intake, especially in the evening. In some cases, losing weight will also decrease snoring. In some cases, anti-snoring devices may help, for example if your chin needs support. But for some people, surgery is necessary.

If the snorer is not affected by the snoring but the partner who has to listen to the snoring, the simplest solution may be ear plugs. As mentioned earlier, far from all snoring is the due to serious medical conditions. The people who have to listen to the snoring may suffer more than the snorer. But if you are often sleeping in places there a lot of people can hear you snoring, it can be embarrassing. Unfortunately, a lot of people like to make fun of people who are snoring. So it may be worth looking into a solution even if you have no problems your snoring.