Snoring
Signs and Symptoms of Snoring
If you are concerned about you or your loved one’s snoring, our guide below highlights some of the most common issues to look out for.
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Snoring Symptoms
- Restless sleep
- Awakening with choking, gasping, or smothering
- Morning headaches, dry mouth, or sore throat
- Waking frequently to urinate
- Awakening unrested, groggy
- Low energy, difficulty concentrating, memory impairment
Snoring causes
- Men are more commonly affected than women
- Middle and older age
- Being overweight or obese
- Having a small mouth and throat
Snoring in children
Snoring-related symptoms in children that may be caused by Obstructive Sleep Apnea include:
- Poor concentration or behavioral concerns at school
- Hyper-activity and inattention
- Loud or noisy breathing throughout the night
Obstructive Sleep Apnea in children can be screened for and graded using a home Oximetry test. This simple finger probe test will record your child’s oxygen levels throughout the night, and from this test, we will be able to calculate the risk of your child having any breathing related problems immediately after surgery. This will help us decide on the level of in-hospital post-operative monitoring required.
Related Issues
Snoring can sometimes be an underlying symptom of GORD or Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- The main symptoms of OSA are loud snoring, fatigue, & daytime sleepiness.
- However, some people have no symptoms. For example, if the person does not have a
A bed partner, he or she may not be aware of the snoring. Fatigue and sleepiness have
many causes and are often attributed to overwork and increasing age. As a result, a
person may be slow to recognize that they have a problem. A bed partner or spouse
often prompts the patient to seek medical care.
Snoring Treatments
We always recommend a multi-disciplinary approach for the assessment and treatment of snoring related disorders. This can entail working with a sleep/respiratory physician, dentist, sleep psychologist, and/or dietician.
Lifestyle Changes:
- Improve sleep hygiene
- Try to have regular sleep time, and obtain an adequate amount of sleep every night (this varies from person to person)
- Minimize pre-sleep activities such as TV, exercise
- Adjust sleep position
- Weight loss
- Avoid alcohol and other sedatives
Devices:
- Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP): The most effective treatment for sleep apnea uses air pressure from a mechanical
device to keep the upper airway open during sleep. - Dental devices: A dental device, called an oral appliance or mandibular advancement device (MAD),
can reposition the jaw (mandible), bring the tongue and soft palate forward as
well.
Surgical treatment:
Surgery can be used to address the bony and soft tissues that are causing the obstruction. This may involve nasal surgery, palate elevation and stiffening surgery, tongue volume reduction surgery, or other lower airway surgery, or a combination of these. Newer surgical techniques such as Coblation and ENT-ceps can also be utilized, which generally result in less pain and shorter recovery times than traditional methods.
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