A tennis-ball is a cure for snoring!

Don’t be surprised! A tennis-ball can really be a cure for snoring. I’ll explain how.

Mild forms of snoring and obtrusive sleep apnea syndrome are often positionally conditioned and reveal themselves only when a person sleeps on his back. It happens because of falling back of the tongue. So the best cure for snoring in this particular case is the so called positional treatment that excludes person's sleeping on his back.

So there’s one great thing that can make a person break the habit of his on-the-back sleeping. It’s a tennis-ball! You simply attach a tennis-ball to your pajamas between the shoulder-blades. Thus, each attempt to lie on the back will lead to wakening. Of course, in the beginning of such “treatment” the quality of your sleep can suffer greatly, but don’t get frustrated as in 3 or 4 weeks you will sleep anyhow but not on your back. And who knows, maybe in 3 or 4 weeks you will say goodbye to snoring as well. And say thank you to a tennis-ball:)

Can booze be a cure for snoring?

Can booze be a cure for snoring? Absolutely not. I'll explain why.

Some people may think that alcohol can have a positive effect in treating snoring. Yeah, I can understand it as the feeling of pleasant warmth and comfort in the throat after a sip makes them think this way. But it's just an illusion. Booze can never be a cure for snoring as it works just the other way around. It makes gullet muscles relaxed and, thus, provokes snoring and sleep apnea.

Scientists say that the liver can process 10-15 ml of pure alcohol an hour. Hence it is possible to determine the amount of booze that you can drink before sleep without any notable consequences on your breathing during the sleep. A fifth of vodka contains 40 ml of pure alchohol so the negative effect of this doze lasts about 4 hours. Didn't you notice that the most loud snorers are alcohol abusers?

Once again, booze can never be a cure for snoring. First ask yourself how much you take in. I don't say that you should turn into a total abstainer but if you want to turn your snore-volume down be more careful with booze. I quite often enjoy a sip of Johny Walker myself. But just a sip. Drink with measure - sleep with pleasure is my motto.

Refusal from smoking may be a cure for snoring

Today I'll talk about snoring and smoking. It's not a secret that smoking is one of the most topical problems of present-day society. It often causes inflammation of the gullet and trachea that is accompanied by dropsy of their walls and lowering of gullet muscles tonus. In its turn it leads to narrowing of upper airways and eventually results in snoring and sleep apnea. Thus, if you are a heavy smoker the refusal from smoking or some limitation may be a cure for snoring. And it is not for the first time that I'm telling you that you should strive against the cause of the disease but no the consequence of it.

Though, considering the refusal from smoking as a cure for snoring you should be very cautious, especially if you suffer from obesity. As quitting smoking may lead to the growth of weight it eventually can make the situation even worse. Extra-kilos can lead to the further progress of the disease, you know. I have touched upon this issue in the previous article entitled Body weight control as a preventive cure for snoring. Yes, quitting smoking is also a preventive cure for snoring, but in any way you should solve the problem of your weight first. In this case try at least to keep yourself from smoking not less than two hours before going to bed. There must be something to begin with!

Take care!