The dangers of sleeping and snoring What can I do?

Frequent episodes of sleep apnea lead to a decrease in the partial pressure of oxygen in the arterial blood, an increase in the partial pressure of carbon dioxide, respiratory acidosis, shortness of breath, cyanosis, irritability and other symptoms, and in severe cases, sudden cessation of breathing. Long-term hypoxia can lead to heart failure, increased blood pressure, rapid heartbeat, and even heart rhythm disorders and heart arrest. Arrhythmias are the leading cause of death during sleep.

Hypoxia can also lead to memory loss, mental retardation, personality changes, behavioral abnormalities, and more.

Main symptoms Headache, lethargy, excessive drowsiness when waking up in the morning, memory loss, difficulty concentrating, low productivity, and erratic behavior.

Inability to fall asleep quietly at night, restlessness, dreaminess, breathing with the mouth open, sometimes stopping breathing, sleepwalking, enuresis, impotence, etc.

These patients have high-pitched snoring during sleep, which often interferes with the rest of others. Patients with long-term attacks can be complicated by hypertension, arrhythmia, cardiopulmonary failure, etc.

**。1, Non-surgical**.

a. Adjust the sleeping position and try to use side sleeping.

b. The effect of the drug** is not very ideal.

c,**。d, Positive nasal pressure ventilation.

2. Surgery** If it is clear, in principle, it should be performed to remove the surgery, such as nasal polyp removal, tonsillectomy, etc. In recent years, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty or velopharyngoplasty is often used for snoring.

Laser, plasma radiofrequency ablation is now also being used to treat snoring, but not for all patients!

It's not a big deal, snoring is normal, don't worry.

Snoring gives people the impression that people who snore as soon as they put their heads on the pillow and snore, sleep really fast and soundly, snoring is often synonymous with good sleep, many people are very envious of people who snore, because they rarely snore, thinking that their sleep is not deep enough.

Medical research knows that any pronunciation requires the movement of various muscles in the mouth, nose and pharynx, and that it is not spoken until the airflow passes through the differently shaped cavities formed by the various muscles. When people speak, they rely on the airflow to hit the vocal cords (two small muscles) in the larynx to make sounds, and then the muscles of the lips, tongue, cheeks, and jaw are matched to form cavities of various shapes, so that the sound passes through different initials and finals, and then form a language. During sleep, the muscles of the lips, tongue, cheeks, and jaw cannot be randomly matched to form various cavities, but there is always a large channel - the throat (pharynx), if this channel narrows and becomes a gap, then the air flow will make a sound when it passes, which is snoring.

Therefore, fat people, people with loose throat muscles, and people with throat inflammation are most likely to snore.

How to treat sleeping and snoring.

1. Avoid excessive fatigue, if you feel tired during the day, it is best to take a bath in bed, about 20-30 minutes.

2. Adjust the height of the pillow, the high pillow will form an angle between our throat and the organs, which is not conducive to our breathing, so the height of the pillow should be appropriate.

3. Don't drink alcohol before going to bed.

4. You can use the braces to suppress snoring.

The principle of stopping braces is that the patient's lower jaw is fixed in the appropriate forward position through a personalized instrument placed in the oral cavity, and the forward extension of the lower jaw makes the mental tongue muscle traction the tongue to stretch forward, so that the respiratory passage at the back of the tongue is opened. At the same time, the anterior movement of the tongue reduces the pressure of the tongue on the uvula, and the posterior respiratory passage is opened.

As a result, ventilation is increased, oxygen supply is improved, snoring is eliminated or reduced, and snoring is effective. This method is non-invasive, low-cost, and effective. The disadvantages are:

It will take a few days for the patient to get used to sleeping with braces.

The main structure of the braces: the braces are composed of plastic (PP) and variable temperature material (-C5H8- N).

If you snore while sleeping, you can wear braces while sleeping.