Snoring can occur with or without sleep apnea. But no matter what type of snoring you have, and when, you should see a doctors to get tested and treated to determine the cause.
Snoring is a common occurrence in people who only have snoring symptoms but do not have sleep apnea. In this case, it often causes annoyance to people in the same bedroom. Snoring with sleep apnea, if left chronic for a long time, may affect diabetes, cardiovascular disease, memory loss or Alzheimer’s.
What are the factors that cause snoring?
When we sleep deeply, the anatomy of the muscles in our mouth relaxes and sags, blocking the airway.
It was found that more than 80% of snoring is caused by the vibration of the soft palate. Which is found in 15% of men and 6.3% of women. เว็บพนันออนไลน์ UFABET สมัครง่าย โปรโมชั่นมากมาย Therefore, in order to examine to find the cause of snoring, it may be necessary to examine and diagnose several points together.
How to treat snoring problems
Non-surgical treatment
By losing weight and exercising, avoiding drugs or beverages that have central nervous system depressant effects, changing sleeping positions, or possibly increasing the use of a ventilator that pushes air through a narrow throat to allow more air to pass through the narrow airway while sleeping (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure: CPAP).
Treatment by surgery
This depends on the cause of the snoring, such as where the airway is blocked in the throat. Such as enlarged tonsils. The tonsils may be removed using the traditional method or laser surgery combined with tonsil repair, known as LASER Tonsilloplasty.
- In cases where the cause is a sagging soft palate and a long uvula, it can be treated with:
- The use of a scalpel and suturing of the soft palate, called UPPP (Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty).
- The use of laser assisted surgery (LASER Anterior Palatoplasty) together with suturing the soft palate and uvula, called Anterior Palatoplasty and Uvulopalatoplasty, has the advantages of short surgery time, less blood loss, less postoperative wound pain for the patient, and a quick recovery time.
Technique for treating snoring with thread spring
Previously, snoring was treated by inserting a Pillar into the soft palate to reduce the vibration that causes snoring. However, some problems were found after the treatment. Therefore, it was developed and changed from a straight Pillar to a spring thread instead. After the spring thread is inserted, collagen will surround the spring thread, causing the soft palate to tighten and lift, making it firmer. This helps reduce the problem of a sagging palate and reduces snoring.
The benefits of spring thread lift are not only to help reduce snoring problems, but in patients who snore along with sleep apnea, spring thread lift in the soft palate can also help treat mild to moderate sleep apnea. In addition, if the patient needs to use a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine, spring thread lift in the soft palate will help enhance the effectiveness of CPAP treatment.