A Life-Threatening Noise - Excessive Snoring

By Milos Pesic
Let's admit it, every one of us has snored even once in our lives. Even babies snore but it’s most frequent in men (about 45% of the world's population) while 30% of women are also snorers. However, there has to be a demarcation line between mild snoring to habitual or excessive snoring. Little babies may tend to snore because their nasal passages aren't mature enough yet; they also haven't learned to swallow excessive secretions in their throat that makes them produce the snoring sound. It is also normal for pregnant women to snore especially at the later stages of pregnancy. Snoring at a certain position is also normal. Drunken individuals also tend to snore in their sleeps.

However, if snoring occurs every night, and becomes so loud (up to 80-90 decibels) that the person in the other room, or even the person snoring, can hear the sound, it might already be excessive snoring. Excessive snoring is generally caused by an obstruction in the air passage and various reasons initiate this. Heredity may be one cause of snoring by inheriting a narrow throat. Obesity is another cause of snoring as obese people have fats accumulated around their necks narrowing their air passage.


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