Snoring is a common sleep phenomenon, which is very harmful. Because snoring repeatedly stops sleep and breathing, it causes severe hypoxia in the brain and blood, resulting in hypoxemia, which leads to hypertension, brain heart disease, arrhythmia, myocardial infarction and angina pectoris. What is the reason for snoring at night? Now briefly introduce it.

What are the reasons for snoring at night?

The stenosis or blockage of any anatomical part of the upper respiratory tract is the cause of snoring.

1, true cavity, nasal stenosis or atresia before throat lesions, deviated nasal septum, nasal polyps, hypertrophic rhinitis, allergic rhinitis, various benign or malignant tumors of nasal cavity; Nasopharyngitis, adenoid hypertrophy, nasopharyngeal atresia or stenosis, tonsil hypertrophy, uvula is too long or hypertrophy, pharyngeal tumor, pharyngeal muscle paralysis; Epiglottitis, epiglottic cyst, epiglottic tumor, supraglottic edema, vocal cord paralysis, laryngeal edema, and chondromalacia thyroid; As well as goiter and other primary or metastatic mass compression in the neck.

2. Some congenital developmental deformities of the neck and face can lead to snoring.

3. Systemic diseases, such as tongue hypertrophy caused by acromegaly, mucous edema caused by hypothyroidism, chronic lymphocytic leukemia angina pectoris, postmenopausal endocrine disorders, obesity, etc., may all lead to snoring. The reason why obese people are prone to snoring may be that the tongue body of such patients is thick, and the fat deposition in soft tissue, uvula and pharyngeal wall is too much, which is easy to cause airway obstruction. The opening degree of pharyngeal cavity is related to the change of lung volume, and obese people can obviously reduce the lung volume, thus producing obese pulmonary hypopnea syndrome; This sign may be caused by the increase of abdominal fat, which leads to the increase of its volume and the elevation of banners. Moreover, fat is deposited on the diaphragm and intercostal muscles, which reduces the intensity of breathing, so it is easy to cause symptoms of snoring.

4. Oral diseases, especially tongue diseases, such as giant tongue disease, tongue tumor, ectopic thyroid at the base of tongue, tongue swelling secondary to mucinous edema, etc. Some patients with hip fracture were repaired with pharyngeal flap.

Preventive measures for snoring:

1, keep the mouth and nasopharynx unobstructed to reduce snoring. Therefore, we should pay attention to avoid smoking and drinking, especially drinking before going to bed, because smoking can aggravate respiratory symptoms, and drinking can aggravate snoring, nocturnal respiratory disorders and hypoxemia.

2, pay attention to the prohibition of taking sedative and hypnotic drugs before going to bed, so as not to aggravate the respiratory center regulation inhibition.

3. When snoring happens once or twice occasionally, you can take a lateral position, especially the right lateral position, to avoid the sagging of the tongue, soft palate and uvula after relaxing during sleep, which will aggravate the upper airway obstruction. When sleeping, you can wear a small ball on your back to help you sleep on your side.

For obese people, we should actively lose weight and strengthen exercise.

5. Strengthen physical exercise and maintain good living habits.

6, when suffering from snoring, the patient's blood oxygen content is reduced, so it is often accompanied by high blood pressure, arrhythmia, increased blood viscosity, and increased heart burden, which is easy to lead to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, so pay attention to blood pressure monitoring and take antihypertensive drugs on time.

7, when there are symptoms such as nasal congestion, dyspnea, should be actively and reasonably handled.

If the symptoms are serious, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital for treatment.

I wish you a speedy recovery!