More than 50% of men over 35 snore during their sleep. Snoring is a complex and rather dangerous disease, and people do not even think about what serious consequences such a disease can lead to in the future. Men suffering from long-term chronic snoring should definitely seek the advice of a specialist who will provide professional assistance in such a difficult matter as getting rid of snoring in a man’s sleep. The attending physician will identify the causes of snoring, determine the method of therapeutic treatment and take action in a timely manner.

There are two types of snoring:

1. Temporary,
2. Chronic.

Temporary snoring occurs in virtually everyone. Often this happens due to colds or viral diseases, due to physical overstrain or acute emotional stress. This type of snoring disappears over time and is not considered pathological.

Chronic snoring is already considered a serious pathology. In connection with the constant lack of sleep, a man has a state of drowsiness, irritability. Men with chronic snoring are more likely to suffer from such diseases as: shortness of breath, heartburn, problems with potency, diseases of the cardiovascular system. The result of chronic snoring is a stroke or heart attack.

Statistics show that people who snore are more likely to suffer from neurological diseases, are prone to depression, get into road accidents, and more often get various injuries at home and at work. In men, libido decreases and sexual problems are revealed.

Apnea - stop breathing during sleep

A stroke or premature heart attack is the result of many years of chronic snoring, which is accompanied by bouts of sleep apnea. Such a disease manifests itself in stopping breathing during sleep. Breathing during sleep may stop for a few seconds or even one minute, after which the patient snores much louder and then snoring continues as usual.

This sleep condition is called sleep apnea. At an advanced stage of the disease, the frequency of such attacks during the night can reach up to 400, in total their duration is three hours. With each such stoppage of breathing, the male body receives a very strong stress, which provokes oxygen starvation of the organs. The skin of the face and limbs acquire a blue tint.

Sleep apnea results in frequent pressure surges, which can eventually lead to such a serious disease as chronic hypertension.

Patients suffering from sleep apnea should definitely undergo regular treatment to avoid a stroke or heart attack. When breathing stops, not only the body experiences oxygen starvation, but also the brain. Compensating for losses, the brain gives signals, as a result of which blood pressure rises. As a result, the load on the heart and blood vessels increases, which can even lead to death.

Apnea attacks are accompanied by the awakening of the body, sometimes partial, sometimes complete, the sleep phase is disturbed, disappears. A man sleeps lightly at night. And in the morning he wakes up with a feeling of fatigue, irritability, excessive emotionality, absent-mindedness, inattention. Often he is tormented by a regular headache and health is gradually lost.

Causes of snoring in men during sleep

In order to deal with snoring, it is necessary to establish the cause of its occurrence. Snoring is a combination of low frequency sounds that a sleeping person makes. During sleep, the muscles of the nasopharynx and palate relax, the respiratory lumen narrows, which prevents the passage of fresh air.

Only after establishing the true cause of what is happening, experts choose and prescribe a method that will bring an effect in the treatment. Without establishing the true cause, therapy will not bring results.

Causes of snoring:

1. Congenital disorders in the nasopharynx and palate (small unformed jaw, hypertrophied soft palate muscles, elongated palatine tongue, wide large tongue);
2. Curvature of the nasal septum (congenital or acquired due to trauma to the face);
3. Enlarged palatine tonsils (consequences of an infectious disease);
4. Hypertrophied pharyngeal tonsil (presence of adenoids);
5. Polyps (overgrowth of the nasal mucosa);
6. Rhinitis (a large amount of mucus accumulates);
7. Excess overweight (growth of adipose tissue throughout the body, as well as in the neck area, which leads to squeezing of the walls of the larynx, to a reduction in the respiratory lumen);
8. Alcohol, smoking, taking sedatives (muscle tissues of the nasopharynx relax);
9. Age-related, hormonal changes in the nasopharynx (muscle elasticity is lost).

Getting rid of snoring

The most significant causes of snoring in men are: the presence of bad habits, excess weight and the wrong lifestyle.

In these cases, the help of doctors is not needed, for a fruitful and sound sleep, you only need to bring your lifestyle back to normal:

1. Proper balanced nutrition (do not eat sweets, flour products, fatty and canned foods, increase vegetables and fruits, cereals in the diet),
2. Physical activity (hiking, sports, morning jogging),
3. Refusal of alcohol and smoking,
4. Limit the use of sedatives and hypnotics, and if necessary, preference should be given to sedative and safe drugs (herbs).

Medical therapy

It is possible to use drug therapy for the treatment of nasal congestion only after consulting a specialist, since some modern medications can be addictive and irritate the mucous membrane.

Rhinitis is the result of colds and viral diseases, for the treatment of which the following antihistamines are prescribed: Lomilan, Diazolin, Claritin, Suprastin, etc.

For the treatment of nasal congestion, such popular drugs are prescribed as:

1. Antiviral - Grippferon,
2. Vasoconstrictor - Naphthyzin, Navizin, Sanorin,
3. Antimicrobial - Pinosol,
4. Moisturizers - Aquamaris,
5. Vegetable - Sinupret,
6. Decongestants - Orinol,
7. Hormonal - Nasonex.

After treatment with drug therapy, the muscle tone of the soft palate improves and normalizes, the swelling of the nasopharynx decreases, and the flow of air into the respiratory tract increases.

Special devices for getting rid of snoring

Modern medicine offers special devices with which it is possible to get rid of snoring.

Magnetic "Antichrap" is a magnetic clip made in the form of a small horseshoe. The device affects certain elements in the blood, which leads to increased blood circulation. As a result, the airways begin to open and snoring becomes quieter or completely stops. The action of the magnetic clip is that it creates a certain zone with a magnetic field, which begins to attract red blood cells.

Magnetic "Anti-snoring" has an effective result only if the cause of systematic snoring is nasal congestion. If the cause of constant snoring is associated with the larynx, then the action of the magnetic clip does not apply to it.

In order to expand the lumen of the nasopharynx, various oral devices are used in medicine.

The principles on the basis of which all devices work:

1. The device is attached to the teeth in order to keep the jaws open and prevent them from closing,
2. The device supports and protects the tongue from falling,
3. The chin strap fixes the jaw in a closed state, in which the muscle tissues of the larynx do not relax and the man does not snore in his sleep. But such a device must not be used when the nasopharynx is stuffy or puffy.

It is impossible to buy and use all of the above devices on your own without consulting a specialist, otherwise it can lead to negative consequences.

Surgical intervention in the fight against snoring

In most cases, the timely intervention of surgeons in a matter of minutes solves the problem that has been tormenting the patient and his entire family for many years. It is impossible to cure snoring in men and women with a deviated nasal septum with conservative treatment. After diagnosing a deviated nasal septum, the patient is prescribed septoplasty - surgical reshaping of the septum.

There are two methods of carrying out the operation:

• Endoscopic method - performed with an endoscope, leaving no scars,
• Laser method - a laser beam is used.

With the help of surgical intervention, the patency of the nasal cavity improves in the presence of polyps by removing them. Removal is done in the following ways:

1. With the help of a laser, polyp cells are burned out and blood vessels are sealed - the operation is performed without hospitalization of the patient,
2. With the help of an endoscope with a camera, which accurately determines the location and size, polyps are removed and the mucosa is not injured,
3. Using the method of polypotomy, a cutting loop is inserted into the nasal cavity, the polyp is captured and excised. The operation is performed under local anesthesia and removes many polyps in one surgical procedure.

With the help of the adenoidectomy procedure, the adenoids detected by the diagnostics are removed. The lymphatic tissue of the pharyngeal tonsil is excised, which closes the nasopharynx if the man is horizontal in his sleep. After the operation, the patient's breathing during sleep becomes normal, rhythmic. There is no coughing, severe snoring and suffocation.

In chronic tonsillitis, operations are performed to remove the palatine tonsils. The operation is performed using general anesthesia.

Surgical surgery is sometimes not without various side effects and contraindications. Before the operation, they must be taken into account and try to avoid. Currently, all surgical methods are painless and less traumatic.

How to deal with snoring at home

Many men do not attach much importance to the fact that snoring negatively affects not only their health, but also negatively affects relationships with other people. They do not want to visit the clinic, refuse to use various devices and take medications. In this case, you have to resort to the treatment of snoring folk remedies.

In folk medicine, there are many productive remedies to combat snoring at home:

1. Aromatherapy - if you have an aromatic lamp at home, you can drip five or six drops of eucalyptus oil into it and leave it overnight in the sleeping man's room. If there is no lamp, it is replaced with a container of hot water and a few drops of eucalyptus oil are added to it. If there is a humidifier in the house, then you can put a few drops of thyme oil into it and leave the humidifier in the sleeping room for the whole night in working condition. When inhaling warm steam with aromatic oils of thyme or eucalyptus, the mucus accumulated in the nasopharynx begins to liquefy and be excreted.
2. A special set of exercises that strengthens the muscles of the nasopharynx - if the reason for snoring is that the muscle tone is weakened. Thanks to the developed exercises, they get rid of snoring in just one month. To do this, you need to repeat the lingering sound “I” twenty times daily, while straining all the muscles. Systematically and daily twice a day for 10 approaches, you need to perform a circular movement of the tongue to the sides. You can extend the tongue as much as possible, preferably up to the chin and hold it for a few seconds, repeat the procedure 30 times daily. Every day before going to bed, on the count of three, hold a thin wooden pencil with your teeth.

Recipes with the addition of vegetables and herbs to get rid of snoring:

• Finely grind a glass of cabbage leaves and add a teaspoon of honey to it. Decoction to drink daily before going to bed.
• Every day, preferably two or three hours before bedtime, drip one drop of sea buckthorn oil into the nostrils. Sea buckthorn moisturizes and softens the nasopharyngeal mucosa and promotes its outflow.
• Prepare a decoction of a tablespoon of elderberry, two tablespoons of burdock, cinquefoil root and horsetail, pouring a glass of boiling water over the herbs. The broth is infused for an hour and drunk in a large spoon every three hours.

The gargling procedure clears the larynx of mucus, trains the throat muscles. For the preparation of a decoction, herbs such as sage, calendula, oak bark, eucalyptus are better suited. Rinse the nose with the initially prepared decoction, and then rinse the larynx, making loud gurgling sounds. Every day before going to bed, you should drip a few drops into each nostril of freshly squeezed Kalanchoe juice. The procedure relieves inflammation of the mucous membrane, clears a large accumulation of mucus.

In order to eliminate snoring, you can use an orthopedic pillow, which makes it possible to sleep peacefully, preventing the muscles of the tongue from partially blocking the airway during sleep.

Today, even Swiss-made orthopedic beds have been developed for people who snore. During loud snoring, attached sensors raise the head of the head and thereby change the position of the sleeping person's body.

Popular anti-snoring drugs

In modern medicine, there are many remedies for getting rid of snoring in men and restoring normal healthy sleep:

1. "Snorex" is a popular spray, which is based only on medicinal plants. Provides invaluable assistance in respiratory diseases and inflammatory processes. The composition of the drug contains propolis, which helps to cope with the disease, freshens breath, and restores the structure of the mucous membrane. With regular use, the elasticity of the mucosa is restored, the vibration in breathing disappears, the volume of the lymphoid tissue of the adenoids and tonsils decreases. It is ideal for fighting a fungal infection that can also cause snoring.
2. "Asonor" - the basis of the drug is glycerin, which increases the elasticity of tissues. With regular use, the effect is observed after one to two weeks. There are no contraindications and addiction.
3. "Silence" - the basis includes: glycerin, soy lecithin, essential oils of lemon and mandarin. The drug envelops and reduces the vibration of soft tissues, softens inflamed mucous membranes, restores them and relieves irritation.

Breathing during sleep should be calm and silent. The presence of snoring signals that there are problems in the body, which in the future can lead to serious consequences. Snoring negatively affects both the health and the nervous system of a man.

More than 40% of men face this problem. It is necessary to determine the cause of snoring and eliminate it in a timely manner. Only a doctor can correctly determine the causes and choose an effective method of treatment, individual for each patient.