to those who had actually experienced snoring so loud or has been with a loud snorer… and had successfully minimized or perhaps even stopped it…do you know any remedy/cure:ie:medications… what did you do?
Or to anybody who knows…?
(this person i'm refering to is not obese, therefore apnea may be removed from the causes… medium built and has a quite busy lifestyle. Not so busy though..)

Sleep apnea is just a term that means that the person stops breathing during sleep and wakes up gasping for air even though they don't recall waking. While it is true that most people with this condition are obese, there are other causes for the disorder. Of course, not every loud snorer has sleep apnea, either. In order to "fix" the loud snoring, you first have to figure out what's causing it. Nasal strips usually work for snorers who are snoring b/c of fallen nasal passages. Snoring can be reduced for people with big adenoids or uvula by an adenoidectomy or clipping the uvula. If snoring is a result of dry throat then the snore spray might work. So my question is, when you observe the person sleeping, does their chest continue to rise and fall without air moving in and out?? If so, suspect apnea. Cheaper to try the strips, sprays, etc. but, if sleep apnea, the person will need a sleep study. When my hubby had his, he "woke up" 700 times in one night. It's no wonder he'd fall asleep driving from work to home–a whole whopping 1.5 miles. We got the CPAP machine, it reduced the volume of snoring a little, but did not eliminate it. CPAP is not to eliminate snoring, it's to take stress off the heart muscle. When apnea occurs, the heart has to work harder to try to circulate oxygen to the body's vital organs. Sometimes the snoring is so loud that hubby has to sleep in another room so I can get some sleep. It's not cruel, he can sleep ANYWHERE!! Before being diagnosed, he fell asleep in LaMaze class–I was so embarrassed. One time he was "grounded" to the spare B/R for about 1 1/2 months, but I obviously allowed congical visits. LOL.

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