Wondering How To Stop Snoring? Here Are The Best Snoring Remedies
by: Jonathan Higgins
Here are some effective snoring remedies if you want to know how to stop snoring. These
remedies fall into two major categories: long term and short term, or proactive and
reactive or, preventative and prescriptive. Let's have a look.
How To Stop Snoring With Long Term Snoring Remedies
You need to know the difference between what will cure your snoring by attacking its root
cause and what will merely mask it by only treating the symptoms (while the cause
remains intact). Let's take a look at what is causing your snoring.
Snoring is caused by a narrowing of the airway to the point where air is partially
obstructed causing the snoring noise to occur. It doesn't get more complicated than that.
If the airway is completely closing cutting off breathing in the process, then we call that
obstructive sleep apnea. If this is happening you need to see a doctor immediately. The
preventative steps to eliminating snoring can also eliminate sleep apnea.
The secret of how to stop snoring with long term snoring remedies is to find out why your
airway is narrowing during sleep. The first thing that should be considered here is weight.
People who are overweight build up fat and tissue all over their body, including the neck
and throat. Losing just 10 pounds of bodyweight can decrease or even stop snoring all
together. If there is no improvement after losing 10 pounds then lose another 10 pounds.
I'm serious! Losing weight will also put you at less risk of a myriad of other chronic
diseases.
If you are as thin as a rail or you are certain that your snoring has nothing to do with your
weight, then the next option you need to consider is throat exercises. These special
exercises strengthen the muscle and tissue in your throat so the airway doesn't narrow
during sleep and cause snoring. I talk about these exercises in other articles on my site.
Finally, if you are certain your snoring has nothing to do with being overweight. And, you
have faithfully tried the throat exercises by still snore. Then and only then would I
consider you a candidate for snoring surgery. However, this decision needs to be made
with your doctor.
How To Stop Snoring With Short Term Snoring Remedies
Knowing how to stop snoring with short term snoring remedies is the second piece in
curing your snoring problem. The long term remedy isn't going to give the results now.
But, you need to stop snoring now. You need some solutions to stop your snoring while
you are waiting for the long term remedy to kick in. Basically the effective approaches are
of three kinds. First, make sure you are not doing anything to cause your throat to narrow
while sleeping. The second approach is to control your sleeping position. The third
approach are to use devices.
Keeping The Throat Open
Do not eat, drink or take anything that will cause your throat to relax and narrow. Do not
drink alcohol, take pain medication or any medicine that causes you to relax before going
to bed. These items cause the muscles in your throat to relax and your throat to narrow.
Sleeping Position
Sleep on your side, not your back. Sew a tennis ball to the back of a shirt and wear it
while you sleep if you need to. Also, sleep with your head higher up. There are also
special pillows you can buy for this.
Snoring Devices
Visit your local drug store and see what they have for snoring strips or other stop snoring
devices. Mayne you will find one that works for you.
Remember that these short term solutions for how to stop snoring with snoring remedies
are only going to stop the snoring temporarily. If for some reason none of these options
don't work you will still snore. On the other hand, the long term approaches may get rid of
your snoring for ever.
About The Author
Jonathan Higgins is an expert on snoring. He has developed a whole series on home
remedies for snoring that he would be glad to share with you. Just send him an email at
treatsnoring@aweber.com. Visit him at http://www.treat-snoring.com.
by: Jonathan Higgins
Here are some effective snoring remedies if you want to know how to stop snoring. These
remedies fall into two major categories: long term and short term, or proactive and
reactive or, preventative and prescriptive. Let's have a look.
How To Stop Snoring With Long Term Snoring Remedies
You need to know the difference between what will cure your snoring by attacking its root
cause and what will merely mask it by only treating the symptoms (while the cause
remains intact). Let's take a look at what is causing your snoring.
Snoring is caused by a narrowing of the airway to the point where air is partially
obstructed causing the snoring noise to occur. It doesn't get more complicated than that.
If the airway is completely closing cutting off breathing in the process, then we call that
obstructive sleep apnea. If this is happening you need to see a doctor immediately. The
preventative steps to eliminating snoring can also eliminate sleep apnea.
The secret of how to stop snoring with long term snoring remedies is to find out why your
airway is narrowing during sleep. The first thing that should be considered here is weight.
People who are overweight build up fat and tissue all over their body, including the neck
and throat. Losing just 10 pounds of bodyweight can decrease or even stop snoring all
together. If there is no improvement after losing 10 pounds then lose another 10 pounds.
I'm serious! Losing weight will also put you at less risk of a myriad of other chronic
diseases.
If you are as thin as a rail or you are certain that your snoring has nothing to do with your
weight, then the next option you need to consider is throat exercises. These special
exercises strengthen the muscle and tissue in your throat so the airway doesn't narrow
during sleep and cause snoring. I talk about these exercises in other articles on my site.
Finally, if you are certain your snoring has nothing to do with being overweight. And, you
have faithfully tried the throat exercises by still snore. Then and only then would I
consider you a candidate for snoring surgery. However, this decision needs to be made
with your doctor.
How To Stop Snoring With Short Term Snoring Remedies
Knowing how to stop snoring with short term snoring remedies is the second piece in
curing your snoring problem. The long term remedy isn't going to give the results now.
But, you need to stop snoring now. You need some solutions to stop your snoring while
you are waiting for the long term remedy to kick in. Basically the effective approaches are
of three kinds. First, make sure you are not doing anything to cause your throat to narrow
while sleeping. The second approach is to control your sleeping position. The third
approach are to use devices.
Keeping The Throat Open
Do not eat, drink or take anything that will cause your throat to relax and narrow. Do not
drink alcohol, take pain medication or any medicine that causes you to relax before going
to bed. These items cause the muscles in your throat to relax and your throat to narrow.
Sleeping Position
Sleep on your side, not your back. Sew a tennis ball to the back of a shirt and wear it
while you sleep if you need to. Also, sleep with your head higher up. There are also
special pillows you can buy for this.
Snoring Devices
Visit your local drug store and see what they have for snoring strips or other stop snoring
devices. Mayne you will find one that works for you.
Remember that these short term solutions for how to stop snoring with snoring remedies
are only going to stop the snoring temporarily. If for some reason none of these options
don't work you will still snore. On the other hand, the long term approaches may get rid of
your snoring for ever.
About The Author
Jonathan Higgins is an expert on snoring. He has developed a whole series on home
remedies for snoring that he would be glad to share with you. Just send him an email at
treatsnoring@aweber.com. Visit him at http://www.treat-snoring.com.
