| When the throat muscles relax and when the tongue | | | | 3. Drinking alcohol and taking sleeping pills: Once the |
| drops in the throat, it blocks the passage way and thus | | | | alcohol is absorbed by the body the brain signals |
| one resorts to snoring. This happens because some | | | | become slower. This makes the muscles relax extra |
| substances or habits result in relaxing the throat | | | | than when sleeping. Alcohol is also known to be a |
| muscles. Therefore, one should always remember that | | | | depressant. The extra relaxation of the muscles |
| as long as you take those substances or follow that | | | | makes the throat flaps to fall down and thus causes |
| habit, snoring will occur. But what causes snoring? | | | | snoring. Alcohol causes nose blockage and irrigation |
| Following are 6 reasons as to what causes snoring. | | | | and can also make your blood pressure high and injure |
| 1. Gorging, overweight, not exercising: this are the most | | | | your heart tissues. It is a high calorie product, and |
| common cause to what causes snoring. The fat in | | | | makes the drinkers overweight and sometimes obese. |
| your throat area can increase if you do not exercise | | | | If you want to drink then it should be done at least 4 |
| or love gorging on food. Obese people generally have | | | | hours before sleeping. This will give your body the time |
| loose muscles, and thus blocking the breathing | | | | to adjust and come back to the normal state. |
| passage when they lie down to sleep, snoring | | | | 4. Sleeping posture: When you sleep on your back the |
| therefore takes place. When a person has an | | | | chin, tongue and other fat muscles below the chin will |
| excessive amount of fat around their neck the | | | | perhaps relax and squeeze the air passage. |
| chances of snoring are higher. Women tend to snore | | | | Therefore, sleeping on your side with a pillow amid |
| after menopause and as they grow old the muscle | | | | your legs will prevent it from happening. |
| tone tends to wear off and their body fat increases. If | | | | 5. Breathing from the mouth: If you breathe from |
| you have fat around the neck area, the air passages | | | | mouth while sleeping, you could possibly snore. That is |
| will get squeezed when you sleep, because of loose | | | | why you must control your allergies with proper |
| muscles. It prevents the movement of air. A proper | | | | medicines. While breathing through nose, the air flows |
| weight loss and balanced diet will help in lessening your | | | | through the curved passage to the throat and flows in |
| snoring. | | | | without any disturbance. Once you start breathing |
| 2. Smoking: Stress has induced a lot of people to | | | | through the mouth the airflow will cause the soft tissue |
| smoking and thus it is another cause of what causes | | | | in your throat to start vibrating. |
| smoking. Smoking annoys the throat and nasal cavity | | | | 6. Allergy: The normal symptoms are nose blockage |
| and causes inflammation. There are breathing | | | | and sneezing. Investigations have revealed the people |
| difficulties with the swelling in the throat and nasal | | | | with nose blockage were at a greater risk of snoring |
| cavity. The risk of snoring is higher in the people who | | | | and other sleep disorders than people without them. |
| smoke a lot. Passive smoking also causes swelling in | | | | Allergies normally cause your nasal passages to be |
| the throat and nose linings, and therefore increases the | | | | swollen giving you no other choice than to breath with |
| dangers of snoring in passive smokers. Similar to | | | | the mouth thus increasing the probability of snoring. |
| alcohol, you can alter the effects by taking the last | | | | Nose blockages and rhinitis are both a great cause for |
| smoke 4 hours prior to sleeping. | | | | snoring especially when you sleep on your back. |