Could snoring be a sign of other health problems?
Sunday, August 29th, 2010 at
2:44 am
If a person snores, could it be because they are not breathing right, due to weight, and/or weak lungs/respitory system or in other words being out of shape and not in good health? In other words can it be a sign of health problems and a warning to get in shape? Or do healthy people snore too? Just curious.
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Great question. Snoring can be associated with a very serious condition called sleep apnea. In sleep apnea people do not get enough oxygen so they need to wake up hundreds of times per night. They are not actually aware that they wake up because it is just for a microsecond, but they never get good quality sleep. People who snore are likely to have heart disease, depression, and feel awful.
Snoring is considered a medical confition that is treatable by surgery, machines that help you breathe, and oral appliances that fit into your mouth to reposition your jaw and help reduce/eliminate snoring.
Snoring should be reported to a doctor and, if you can see a specialist, someone who specializes in sleep medicine. There are also sleep dentists who fit people with the oral appliances.
Good luck.
no it does not.
could be sleep apnea where they stop breathing during the night. Then they don’t get a good sleep and have other problems, like overeating and fatigue.
It could be all of the above…yes healthy people snore
The biggest concern is Sleep Apnea, when people stop breathing for periods during their sleep, common in people who snore.
Yes cardiac and breathing
One of the disorders that can be indicated in snoring is sleep apnea another is a deviated septum in your nose. Some healthy people do snore. Weight definately plays a factor. My mother and brother have sleep apnea. My bother is worse and is about 75 lbs overweight. My mother is getting better because she lost all her weight but the sleep apnea did not completely go away. My brother and her use a APAP machine to make sure they keep breathing at night. When my brother went for sleep tests it showed he stopped breathing about 75 times per eight hour sleep period. Signs of sleep apnea include snoring and not being able to get a restful nights sleep
Yes, yes, yes – sleep apnea – over weight, smoker, etc, etc…. get him to a doctor or go yourself, which ever the case may be.
Snoring can be for various reasons:
1. Dry mucous membranes due to use of the heater in your home.
2. Obesity
3. Swollen tonsils and or adenoids
4. Sleep apnea
5. After oral surgery or extraction of teeth due to swelling in mouth or change in bite.
6. Allergies
It is always good to look into the reason a person is snoring, because some of the reasons can lead to other health problems.
YES!!!! People can play Doc all they want with you BUT you need to get a sleep study done, most Hosp do it! I know someone that did just that and he was around 3 weeks from a heart attack. When they watched him at the sleep study his heat was flat lining for up to 12 secs at a time. Now his heart is as good as it was years ago. It was not the snoring that did it to his heart but what was making his heart go 10-12 secs was making him snore to. Thank God he had it done–Don’t play with this have it looked into!
If you wake up bloodied and your husband/wife is sleeping peacefully with a smile and a baseball bat in hand. Seriously it could cause many health issues as previous answers have said.
Health may be attended to if snoring (the body’s attempt to bring 02, hence air, into the body) is attended to.
Some ’snorers’ are deeply relaxed and just breathing in a larger ‘clump’ of air. Snoring can many times be an irritant to others, as the noise level while sleeping may disturb others sleeping as well, or at social events (movies, seminars, etc.).
Others may have sleep apnea, etc. Weight may be a factor.
Blood pressure should maintain a healthy balance.
Some just sleep so deeply they ‘forget’ to breathe. (apnea-type but different in a more subtle way)
Be sure to check with your health care professional in this type of a situation. Some relief will be experienced as a benefit.
Thin people, babies, dogs, cats, birds, older folks, all snore.
As to healthy person snore, etc. Sure we can all do this, and probably have at least one time in our lives, or have been told at least once that we were overheard snoring, no matter how lightly or heavily…however, again, just see the health care provider insofar as the medical end of things is concerned.
Different people have slightly different definitions of ‘health’.
Discussion around this topic can often be helpful as well.