| Snoring is one of those conditions that can cause | | | | be reduced. |
| many sleepless nights for partners of people who | | | | It should be noted that the sclerotherapy agent |
| snore. The grating and annoying sound become so | | | | use is approved by the FDA to treat varicose |
| unbearable, that some people will not be able to | | | | veins; however it has not been approved to treat |
| go to sleep. Aside from being annoying, snoring | | | | snoring. |
| can be very dangerous, especially if affects an | | | | There have been studies that have been |
| individual's breathing pattern. This article will take a | | | | conducted to show the effectiveness of this |
| look at one solution to snoring, injection | | | | treatment in preventing snoring. One study took |
| snoreplasty. We will try to find out effective it is | | | | 27 patients and applied the technique to them. |
| at stopping this condition. | | | | After treatment, 25 of the patients showed |
| There is a new surgical technique that is used to | | | | drastic reductions in their snoring. There were four |
| treat the problem of snoring. This procedure is | | | | patients out of the group whose snoring returned |
| often referred to as injection snoreplasty. Based | | | | after 19 months. They were treated again and |
| off the results gained from using this procedure, | | | | their snoring was gone. |
| more and more people are opting to have it done. | | | | Injection snoreplasty is considered to be one of |
| It is fairly easy to do, relatively cheap and it has | | | | the best new treatments available for getting rid |
| been proven to effectively reduce or stop | | | | of snoring. It has been proven to be very |
| snoring. | | | | effective at stopping the problem. Many people |
| The use of the procedure is very simple, as a | | | | are drawn to the procedure due to the fact that |
| technique that is used to treat varicose veins, is | | | | is cheap to do and also there is very little down |
| used to affect the tissue that causes snoring. | | | | time, compared to surgery. It should be noted |
| What happens in injection snoreplasty is that the | | | | that over time, the snoring may return. This is |
| tissue is injected with this sclerosing agent. Once | | | | due to the tissue that was stiffened, softening |
| applied, the agent will cause the tissue to scar and | | | | again. |
| harden. The now stiff tissue will cause snoring to | | | | |