Snoring - A Common Sleep Disorder

There are many people who love to sleep and like to spend most of the time in sleeping. But it is also not wrong to say that sleeping play an important role in making yourself healthy. It improves our quality of life and fills us with fresh energy. A person who enjoys a good sleep works quite well and efficiently all over the day. To maintain our health we need to take care that we are having a night in which our body can relax and in morning when we will wake up our body will be full new energy.

But unfortunately there are many problems because of which many people are not able to enjoy a good and healthy life because of sleeping disorder. The most common problem which most of the people face is snoring. It really harms our health. Snoring is mainly divided in to two categories:

• Obstructive sleep apnea - in this kind of sleeping disorder the volume of snoring is very high. It is because of problem in breathing. When the air do not reach our lungs. A person who is suffering from obstructive sleep apnea may sleep too much in day time also and he may also suffer from obesity. This kind of problem usually happens in males.
• Primary snoring - this is a starting point of sleeping disorder. It is an indication that in near future a person may suffer from obstructive sleep apnea. It happens with people in between the age of thirty to forty. They are usually over weight. Its features are quite similar to the previous one. It not only affects the person himself but disturb the co-partner too. The different causes are as following:

1. The oropharnyx is smaller.
2. A deviated nasal septum.
3. Hypertrophy of the tonsils.
4. Temporary or permanent enlargement of the nasal turbinate.
5. Mandibular abnormalities.
6. tongue enlargement
7. smoking

The consequences of snoring are also quite harmful as it hinder the supply of oxygen to blood and our brain also get affected as there is a lack of oxygenation in brain. One must contact to some good physician and should never take it lightly. It can cause serious diseases in future. Nocturnal asthma can be caused because of this. One should take care of himself who is suffering from sleeping disorder. Sometimes due to tiredness and sleeplessness from days can cause snoring but one should know other reasons too. Other harmful reasons are like heart diseases, asthma, and hypertension and brain ischemia.

Smoking is also considered as one of the major cause of snoring. Smoking affects on mucociliary clearance reducing the ciliary’s mobility.

Nasal obstruction can cause snoring. Normal breathing at night can not cause snoring but when there is some hindrance in the way of air it can cause snoring.

Smoking pattern really affect the snoring. Saline air can help us to overcome the problem of snoring. The saline has bactericide, mucokinetic, hydrophilic and anti- inflammatory properties which widen our passage of air so that more amount of air will come in and we would be able to breath properly so that we can get rid of snoring problems.