According to the National Sleep Foundation, snoring affects about 90 million adult Americans from time to time, while 37 million people snore on a regular basis. In addition to those millions of people, millions of bed-partners are also struggling to get a good night’s sleep as their spouse struggles to breathe.
Snoring can be disruptive to family members in a number of ways:
Partners can have difficulty getting to sleep or staying asleep.
Both snorer and partner may suffer from sleep loss, disrupted sleep patterns, fatigue, and daytime drowsiness.
Husbands and wives may be forced to sleep in different rooms, affecting their relationships.
Husbands and wives may be forced to stagger their sleep schedules to avoid disrupted sleep.
Partners may be forced to wear earplugs or take other uncomfortable measures to sleep soundly.
In addition to these everyday problems, you should know that snoring may also be a sign of larger health problems, including sinus issues, nasal congestion, or a deviated septum. If your partner’s snoring is caused by sleep apnea, it could increase his risk for a ever-increasing number of illnesses, including high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, heart attack, depression, obesity, and stroke.
Understanding Snoring & Its Causes
Let’s reverse engineer what happens when someone snores. We’re not all doctors, but we can all identify the noise when we hear it. Simply put, snoring is what happens when there is a physical blockage of airflow in the throat. As the blockage continues over time, the airflow becomes more forceful, finally erupting in a snore. The pauses between snores represents a cessation of breathing, while the snoring itself can cause small disruptions in sleep – sometimes dozens in under an hour.
While snoring is sometimes treated with levity, in reality, snoring is linked with a number of serious conditions and sleep disorders. Almost one in three snorers suffers from sleep apnea, a sleep disorder caused by throat and mouth tissues blocking the airway.
Snoring Solutions & Snoring Cures
So how can you get your husband to stop snoring? Mild snoring or sporadic snoring can sometimes be cured with simple fixes: sleeping on your side instead of your back, abstaining from alcohol before bed, losing weight, or using an oral appliance that opens your airway. However, if you or your partner’s snoring is caused by moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, you may need to seek out a medical diagnosis, a sleep study, and a formal treatment.
Effective sleep apnea treatments include:
Continuous positive air pressure (CPAP) therapy.
Lifestyle changes.
Oral appliances.
Upper airway stimulation (UAS) therapy.
Sleep apnea surgery.
Bimaxillary Advancement Surgery: Our Permanent Solution to Snoring
At the Surgical Sleep Solutions, we specialize in a jaw surgery that permanently opens the patient’s airway and eliminates air flow blockages It’s called bimaxillary advancement surgery, and it has a success rate of between 95 and 99 percent.
Unlike other sleep surgeries, your husband or partner will not spend weeks in post-operative care and months recovering. In fact, the average surgery allows you only one night in professional care and most patients are feeling significantly recovered within 7 to 10 days.
Get eight hours of uninterrupted sleep. Get help with your husband’s snoring. Learn more about our surgical sleep solution today: (855) 560-7378 or send us an email to set up a consultation.
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