“Snoring like thunder”: Beware of hidden health risks

Some people think that "snoring loudly" is a sign of a sound sleep, but this is not true. People who snore frequently usually have health problems. Severe snoring not only affects the quality of one's own sleep, but also affects the rest of one's family. It can also induce high blood pressure and diabetes, and in severe cases, may lead to sudden death due to breath holding. Since it is difficult for people to detect it, snoring has become a potential health killer during sleep.

1. Many people snore

After falling asleep, the nerves and muscles of the whole body, including the respiratory tract, relax. The respiratory tract becomes narrow due to muscle relaxation, and the sound of airflow passing through the narrow airway is snoring. Since snoring occurs during sleep, many people do not know whether they snore or not, and do not know much about the harm of snoring.

2. Why does snoring threaten your health?

1. Physiological snoring sounds delicate, peaceful, slow and even, and often occurs after excessive fatigue, excessive drinking or smoking.

2. The snoring of patients with sleep apnea syndrome can reach 80 decibels, and the snoring is intermittent. Sleep apnea often occurs, and insufficient ventilation causes hypoxia. When the oxygen level in the body drops, the carotid artery will send instructions to the nervous system to increase blood pressure to transport more oxygen.

3. Long-term and repeated heavy snoring causes oxygen levels to drop repeatedly, and the nervous system constantly receives signals to increase blood pressure, thereby inducing hypertension. In addition, snoring is the culprit of diseases such as diabetes and myocardial infarction. Severe snoring can even block the airway and cause sudden death.

3. How to prevent snoring

1. Sleep on your side to avoid snoring

Lying on your side is an effective way to prevent snoring. For patients with breath-holding snoring, their family members must be vigilant. Once they find that their sleep apnea has occurred, they must wake the patient up in time to avoid accidents caused by breath-holding.

2. Sleep breathing monitoring

Want to know if you snore or how severe your snoring is? Experts suggest that you put a recording device (MP3, etc.) at the bedside before going to bed at night to record your sleep. If your snoring is severe, you are advised to do a sleep apnea monitoring to determine whether treatment is needed and how to treat it. If you are diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, you should receive timely treatment to avoid inducing other diseases or accidents.

3. Taking sleeping pills

The effect of drug treatment is not ideal. Different surgical methods can be used to treat different obstruction sites and different anatomical structures. Positive airway pressure ventilation therapy with few side effects and good treatment effect is the first choice. People who drink alcohol, smoke, take sleeping pills for a long time, and are obese and have short necks are prone to snoring. Therefore, quitting smoking and drinking, losing weight, and not taking sleeping pills are good ways to prevent snoring.