Cause of snoring
Medically, snoring is defined as a noise caused by vibrations from the airways of the respiratory tract that only appears during sleep.
So why all state, do we only experience snoring while relaxing moments?
The likelihood of snores during our waking hours is very slim because of our activity. That explains why Snoring occurs only at night or in our sleep.
During sleep, all our voluntary muscles are relaxed. Throat, in the same way as the triceps are relaxed is also rest while we sleep. The fact that tissues in the throat are soft, adds that the possible issuance of vibrant hues.
Once these tissues facilitated the passage of air is closer to passage. As you can see, reduced passages louder noise because there is more room for friction, so that the vibrations.
The same factors are also important as the reasons why there are differences in the volume, pitch and tone of snores.
The loudness of the snoring is affected by the force of the wind, through the air passages. Therefore, if the speed of the wind is faster, the snore, in general, is louder and more resonance. These answers why babies are capable of snoring. However, they usually not as snoring, but only as a mild noise caused by the respiratory tract. This must never be neglected, because even when it may be the early sign that something is jammed in your child’s breathing tunnel.
But while it may not be both sexes in every age, men are more affected by this condition as women and middle-aged men are most likely to be the victims.
This is due to the reason that men are more fleshy neck, as they are a bit wider than women. This factor, combined with the speed of air, the result is most likely to be snoring.
Meanwhile, women by nature produce hormones progesterone. This is known to inhibit snoring, making them less susceptible to the sounds testy. Because this hormone actually helps to relieve a person from this dilemma night time, some anti-snoring devices are known to use progesterone as their basic ingredient.
Lifestyle and health factors are also thought as perpetrators of snoring. These include:
- 1. Allergies that cause clogs in the air paths.
- Drying of the nasal cavities due to several elements including allergy medications.
- Cold and flu, this explains why some people only experience snoring when they are sick.
- Excessive intake of alcohol.
- Thickening of the tissues along the nasal passage. Often, surgeries done on conditions not directly related to snoring can also contribute to the frequency and intensity of the snores.
- Abnormally large belly or guts.
- Irritation of the air passages due to overuse of nasal sprays.
- Abnormal enlargement of the tonsils or the adenoids.
- Smoking which causes inflammation in the air passages.
- Swelling of the thyroid gland or goiter.
- Blockage of the airflow due to large tongue.
- Medications that initiate relaxation
- Obesity
- Inefficient neural control on the nasal membranes.
