Why do some people snore when they are sleeping? - Natural ways to stop snoring

Natural ways to stop snoring
by Raj, on Mon May 3, 2010 1:10am PDT

Snoring is often a problem among people who snore and those people around them. This is one of the causes of separations among couples when the snoring of their partner is already unbearable. Couples often start by sleeping on separate rooms until such time that they decide to separate or divorce. This is how serious snoring could be.

Snoring is caused by the narrowing of air passage. As the person sleeps, the muscles in the palate relax thereby narrowing the passage of the air that comes out. As a result the person opens his mouth and snores. Snoring varies from person to person. There are people who snore softly but there are people who snore too loud that those around them could not sleep.

Here are some natural ways to stop snoring.

1. Sleep on your side.

The cause of snoring is the narrowing of the air passage as the palate relaxes. This will not be possible if the person sleeps on his side. But you will never know when you change position in your sleep and once you sleep flat on your back the snoring starts again. You can put a pillow at your back in order to prevent you from sleeping flat on your back. The pillow will serve as a barrier which will prevent you from turning flat on your back.

2. Use more pillows to elevate your head when you sleep

When your head is elevated, your palate will not sag that much thereby allowing the passage of air freely which will prevent you from snoring loudly.

3. Exercise

Exercising your jaws, tongue and mouth will help prevent snoring. You must do the exercise of closing and opening your mouth daily because this could help your muscles not to relax so much thereby allowing for more air passage.

4. Avoid overeating

Overeating could affect the snoring of a person. When the person overeats the stomach will be overworked which enhances the person to snore more. Overeating makes the person sleep deeply and relaxes the muscles including the palate muscles thereby making the muscles sag.

5. Avoid alcohols, drugs and all sleep inducing pills

All of these help increase muscle relaxation and depresses the air passage that causes snoring.

6. Treat colds and all nasal problems

If your snoring is caused by colds or any nasal problem, drink plenty of water and fruit juice. You can also drink mint tea. Once the air passage is blocked because of colds or other related nasal problems, the person cannot stop snoring. If you have allergy colds, try spraying the room with anti-allergy sprays.

Always make the room clean and free from dust particles to prevent having colds and allergy that will lead to the possibility of air passage blockage.

7. Reduce your weight

Most people who are overweight snore, that is why it is important to reduce your weight. If you are fat, the air passage narrows which will make you snore.

There are lots of remedies to stop snoring. Choose one that works for you because not all remedies are applicable to people.

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