How to relieve snoring?
01 Weight loss
Relieves the accumulation of pharyngeal fat[1]
02 Sleep on your side
People with mild sleep apnea
Side sleep may be tried to relieve this
It can avoid falling back due to the base of the tongue when lying flat
and caused by blockage of the respiratory tract
03 Quit smoking and alcohol
Alcohol can exacerbate apnea
Smoking damages the nerves of the throat mucosa
will aggravate the condition
04 See a doctor
Snoring severely
The noise is unbearable for the people around you
And people who often wake up
I have to go to the hospital for a check-up
Conservative treatment or surgery may be an option
There are 3 options for conservative treatment
1. Ventilator
The blown out gas has a certain pressure
Narrows the airways
Or the collapsed place is propped up
2. Oral appliances
It can be simply understood as a braces
Helps the mandible to stretch forward
Expand the space in the throat and posterior auditory airway
Ensure that the respiratory tract is unblocked
note!
There are many types of ventilators and oral appliances
Needs to be evaluated and debugged by a doctor
You can't buy it yourself!
3. Medication
Hypertrophy of the tonsils and adenoids
Doctors will treat them with targeted medications
Generally relieved
(Adenoid hypertrophy.) Medical Code Self-Made)
If conservative treatment does not alleviate
Surgery may be done
Which surgery to choose
It should be comprehensively evaluated by a professional doctor
Choose for different reasons
21 March is World Sleep Day
Brother Dian hopes that everyone can pay attention to their sleep
If you are irritated by the purring of the pillow person
The next day, he quickly took him to the hospital to see
Can be hung on the otolaryngology head and neck surgery or sleep specialist
Find problems and solve them in time!
Forward to the circle of friends, can help more people!
Review expert: Ye Jingying
Chief Physician of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Tsinghua Changgeng Hospital, Beijing
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