| Whenever a serious case of snoring occurs, the | | | | of inhaling steam is effective and without side |
| temptation is to look to a cause in dietary factors. | | | | effects. Also available are natural herbal nasal |
| It could be that the patient eats a diet too | | | | sprays, which are safe to try. If these remedies |
| concentrated in saturated fat, or consumes an | | | | fail, you will need to seek qualified medical help. A |
| excessive amount of alcohol, or smokes. Whilst | | | | doctor can prescribe medicines called |
| these are contributory factors in many cases of | | | | antihistamines, although these can have severe |
| snoring and even a direct cause in many others, | | | | side effects. |
| there are many other physical factors, which can | | | | The nostrils themselves can be a major factor in |
| influence the development of a snoring problem. | | | | how well a person breathes at night and |
| Even the simple factor of your position on the | | | | consequently a factor in any snoring condition. |
| bed while sleeping is a potential source of | | | | Nostrils can be naturally small, they can collapse, |
| problems. People who usually sleep on their back | | | | or they can be obstructed or congested. Any of |
| are far more at risk of snoring than those who | | | | these factors sets up a kind of resistance to the |
| sleep on their side. This is because fatty tissue | | | | normal natural breathing pattern of breathing |
| often falls back to restrict the air passages. | | | | smoothly through the nose. The quality of sleep is |
| Someone breathing through their mouth, rather | | | | severely affected by any restriction to this |
| than their nose, whilst asleep causes one of the | | | | natural breathing. This lack of oxygen to the brain |
| most common types of snoring problem. Proper | | | | can cause impaired sleep patterns, resulting in |
| breathing, through the nose, has the air pass | | | | reduced relaxation and lead to excessive tiredness |
| smoothly through the soft part of the throat with | | | | during the waking hours. |
| very little irritation. This is the natural way to | | | | One of the most common and most effective |
| breathe. When people breathe through the mouth, | | | | treatments for these kind of physical problems is |
| however, the air makes no natural passage | | | | to use a nasal dilator. These nasal dilators have |
| through soft tissue, instead hitting the throat at | | | | become extremely popular, because as well as |
| an unnatural angle and in a way that carries | | | | being effective, they are also completely safe and |
| excessive force. This can be one of the most | | | | have no unpleasant side effects. To see if a |
| difficult types of snoring problem to combat, as | | | | dilator is likely to help your own condition, you can |
| the cause of the problem occurs while the patient | | | | do a test in front of a mirror. Close one nostril |
| is asleep and therefore unaware of the problem. | | | | and with your mouth closed, see if your breathing |
| Allied to breathing through the mouth is nasal | | | | is clear. If your breathing is restricted and |
| stiffness. This is because the most common | | | | becomes clearer by holding the nostril open, there |
| cause for people to breathe unnaturally through | | | | is a strong chance that a dilator will help. This one |
| the mouth is a restriction in the flow of natural | | | | simple little device has solved the problems of so |
| nose breathing. If nasal stiffness is a factor in | | | | many snoring sufferers. It is well worth a try to |
| your condition, you will need to take some steps | | | | see if it could solve your problems as well. |
| to try and overcome it. The traditional treatment | | | | |