Is there anyway to stop someone from snoring?

Question by ShadowIceWind: Is there anyway to stop someone from snoring?
To me snoring is annoying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! someone who sleeps next to me on another bed starts to snore after 15 mins and her snoring sounds like a bubble popping in cartoons and it takes me at least 2 hours to fall asleep. anyway how do you stop someone to stop snoring?


Best answer:

Answer by Sam
There are lots of ways to try and stop snoring, but it is worth trying to find out what is causing it.

It’s usually pretty simple really, snoring occurs when there is some kind of blockage in the breathing passage when you fall asleep. The airflow in your bronchial passage becomes irregular due to the constriction that occurs when your throat relaxes. Disrupted airflow then causes the soft palette in the breathing passages to flap causing the snoring sound. It’s like a door banging open and shut in the wind.

So keeping the airways open is the key. Here are some suggestions to achieve that:

• Elevate your head by sleeping on a thicker pillow or multiple pillows will help reduce your snoring, a pillow that's too soft encourages your throat muscles to relax and narrows your air passageway.
• Don't drink alcoholic beverages, take sleeping pills, tranquilizers, or antihistamines right before going to sleep, they will cause your muscles to relax and limit your air passage way.
• Avoid dairy products, which can cause mucus build-up right before you go to sleep.
• If you are overweight, losing some weight will reduce snoring by increasing the space in your air passage way.
• Sleeping on your side instead of your back
• Try following a regular sleep routine.
• Don't eat a big meal right before bed, if your stomach is full it will push up on your diaphragm and limit breathing passage ways.
• If you are a smoker, stop smoking, if that is not feasible then avoid smoking right before you go to bed. Smoking causes inflammation and swelling of the throat.
• Try exercising the muscles in your jaw, mouth and throat - strengthening these will reduce the airway collapsing when you are relaxed
• It is important that you Consult a medical professional if your snoring continues to adversely affect your sleep as you may have sleep apnoea.

There are many other Stop Snoring Aids available such as nasal strips, sprays, mouth guards or even surgery, but I would sugest exhausting the list above, and doing the excercises before you go down that path.

Good Luck

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