Saber Psychiatry specializes in evaluating and treating sleep disorders in children and adults in Franklin. One of the most common types of sleep disorders is snoring. Here is some information about snoring from the Sleep Health Foundation:
What can raise my risk of snoring?
- Being overweight or obese will mean you have more fat around the neck. This will make your throat narrower, and it will vibrate more easily.
- Drinking alcohol will relax the muscles in your throat. This will mean more vibration and more sound.
- People who breathe through the mouth are more likely to snore. This is because the walls of your throat at the back of the mouth vibrate easily. Walls at the back of your nose do not vibrate as easily.
- A blocked nose will mean that you have to breathe through the mouth. This will raise your risk of snoring. It also makes a vacuum inside the throat. This may pull the walls of your throat closer together.
- Sleeping on your back makes your tongue fall directly back. This can get in the way of your airflow. Snoring is almost always worse on the back.
- Some people snore because of narrowing caused by nasal polyps, a large tongue or thyroid swellings. These narrow the airway. Often children snore because of large tonsils and adenoids.
- Allergies, hay fever and smoking can make snoring worse. This is because they make it harder for air to flow in and out.
- Some medications make your throat muscles relax e.g. sleeping tablets, anaesthetic drugs, oral steroids and epilepsy drugs.
- Some people are born with a smaller airway than normal. These people will have a higher chance of snoring.
- Snoring is more likely in pregnancy
Call Us Today!
If you or someone you know has a problem with snoring, we can help. Saber Psychiatry is currently accepting new patients ages 2 to 65. Call 615.678.7839 to schedule an appointment.