Is Snoring Causing Domestic Dissent In Your Household?

By Author: vikram Kuamr
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Does your sleeping partner snore and make you irritable? Or, maybe it is you doing the snoring and keeping the whole household awake. No matter who the offending party is, they can be helped to stop snoring and peaceful nights can be restored to your home.

What causes us to snore anyway? It is caused by the jaw relaxing open followed by the tongue falling backwards into the throat, effectively narrowing the airway. When air is forced through the narrowed airway vibrations are created; these vibrations are more commonly known as a snore. Most of us are simply annoyed with this inconvenient noise never realizing it can indicate a very real health problem called OSA.

OSA (aka Obstructive Sleep Apnea) is a condition where the soft tissues of the throat or the tongue fall onto the rear wall of the upper airway to form a blockage that stops air from reaching the lungs. In order to recommence with breathing, the person must wake and create pressure in the throat tissue and tongue. This procedure allows the airway to reopen and allow air into the lungs; a snorting sound is a collateral result of the procedure. Sleepers ...
... rarely have any memory of OSA incidents. The process can repeat itself literally hundreds of time during an 8 hour period. As a result, OSA is a major cause of chronic fatigue and other health issues.

The importance of taking steps to stop snoring is evident in data presented by the National Sleep Foundation. According to the NSF nearly 70% of all incidents of congestive heart failure and 60% of all strokes can be directly attributed to some type of sleep disorder, primary of which is OSA.

Snoring interferes with the body's ability to relax and attain recuperative sleep. The REM period is the sleep stage where major muscle groups relax; without proper REM sleep the risk of heart failure is increased well over average. OSA symptoms include jerking of limbs, snoring, snorting, apnea, irritability fatigue, depression, ADHD symptoms, lack of concentration, loss of motivation and motor skills, kicking, heartburn and acid reflux. Without proper REM sleep any or all of these symptoms may manifest. Snoring is nothing to take lightly; it can be an indicator of serious issues.

One of the most effective methods to stop snoring is with the use of an effective jaw support to hold the jaw in proper alignment to allow air flow. By holding the jaw in an upwards position a jaw supporter effectively increases all three dimensions of air space which causes a reduction in the velocity of air and soft tissue vibrations. Sometimes immediate and sometimes gradually, snoring and OSA symptom cessation occurs with the use of effective jaw support.

An effective jaw supporter works on the principle that the airway must be open if air is to pass through it. Constriction or collapse of airways leads to snoring and even OSA. Jaw support is the best way to maintain clear, open airways to improve breathing and stop snoring.

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Effective jaw support while sleeping (such as that provided by the Snoring Kit) helps to Stop snoring and improve REM sleep. Proper jaw positioning not only reduces Snoring but it potentially reduces associated OSA heal risks without medications or surgery.