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Snoring Cure – Silence While Counting Lambs
August 11th, 2008I have had a rather extraordinary experience over the years and it has been repeated countless numbers of times it is inevitable. Whether I am at a business meeting, a social gathering, an athletic event, etc., if it becomes known to the crowd around me that I have an expertise in sleep disorders and snoring, people want to talk about it exclusively and always ask for my business card. People everywhere want a snoring cure.
Why is finding a snoring cure so important?
A recent scientific article reported at the American Academy of Sleep Medicine reported that the bed-mate to a snorer suffers poor quality sleep. This may sound obvious. However, bed-mates to snorers constantly attempt to “beat the system”. They will tell you that they go to bed earlier than their partner so that they can fall asleep before the snoring begins. This may happen but when the snorer arrives in bed, falls asleep and starts snoring, it partially arouses the bed mate as well as the snorer him/herself.
As it turns out, each stage of sleep plays a specific role in generating hormones that rejuvenate our bodies. Now for the urgency of finding a snoring cure. Snoring disrupts the brain’s ability to cycle through all of the stages of sleep. It not only continuously arouses the snorer, but also anybody who is sleeping with or within earshot of the snorer. Poor sleep results in daytime fatigue, irritability, memory loss, and a host of other conditions that demand a snoring cure.
Attempts at a snoring cure.
Dozens and dozens of strategies have been implemented in order to affect a snoring cure. Mechanical schemes such as nose clips, chin straps, tennis balls in the back of a pajama top have been endlessly recommended, yet failed. Surgeries designed to reduce the mass of the soft tissues that collapse into the airway (UPPP, LAUP, Pillar, Somnoplasty) have also been shown not to be effective long- term.
Other mechanical devices or strategies such as nose clips, chin straps, sprays, and tennis balls in pajama tops are also not viable. CPAP therapy where patients wear a mask attached to a blower is considered the gold standard as a snoring cure and treatment for obstructive sleep apnea. While CPAPs work well, they are bulky, uncomfortable and cosmetically imposing so patient compliance percentage is relatively low (approximately 40%).
A very viable approach to a snoring cure!
There has been much excitement in the disordered sleep community in recent years over oral appliance therapy. Anti-Snoring Mouthpieces have been demonstrated to be very effective as a snoring cure. These devices are custom fit over the upper and lower teeth and are joined in such a fashion as to pull the mandible (lower jaw) forward. When the lower jaw is pulled forward, it opens up the airway in the back of the throat and when the airway is open and unobstructed, snoring is significantly reduced or totally eliminated. This, by definition, becomes a snoring cure.
