Help Prevent Snoring in Your Sleep Partner

For Your Sanity and Their Health

If you've ever slept with a person who snores, then you know how down-right aggravating this can be - especially when you're trying to get a good night's sleep. But what's often deemed as aggravating could be a serious health disorder (like apnea) and may warrant a little bit of sympathy and help, along with some investigation into ways to stop, reduce or help prevent snoring. So stop tearing your hair out - pull the covers or the pillow down from your ears and take a few notes. You can help prevent, reduce, or stop snoring with a little understanding, treatment, new sleeping positions, diet changes, and maybe experimentation with a few other ways to stop snoring, like the use of sleeping aids.

First, try to change your attitude if you're angry every morning because of your partner's snoring. Your snoring partner isn't trying to keep you awake all night or give you severe case of sleep deprivation or insomnia. In fact, people who snore are unaware that they snore at all so you can certainly help the situation by controlling your reaction. It won't be easy, but it can be done by doing things to ensure that you get a full night's rest yourself. Some suggestions are to take a warm bath at night, meditate, listen to relaxing music, maybe even drink a low-alcohol glass of wine - anything that you can think of to help lull you into a deep sleep. These suggestions are just some of the ways you can wake up the next morning with a happy attitude - a proper attitude to discuss ways to reduce or stop the snoring problem and its cure with your partner.

Next, discuss some of the solutions to this problem with your partner. While you're in a relaxed and well-rested mood, the both of you can talk about the ways that sleeping and head positions can block the airway and influence snoring. A snorer who lays on his or her back with head faced toward the ceiling is prone to block the airway and snore, however sleeping on his or her side can significantly reduce its instance or stop (prevent) it altogether. Because most of us change positions while sleeping, the both of you can look into purchasing bedding that's designed to keep a snorer on his or her side, clear the airway, and prevent rolling over onto the back.

Another strategy to try is keeping the head up, airway cleared, and mouth closed while sleeping. Most (if not all) of us sleep with our head down and mouth open at one time or another - especially when we're in a deep sleep. But research has shown a high head and closed mouth can help control the airway and prevent, reduce, or stop snoring in a significant number of individuals. Naturally, it's impossible to monitor the airway and open/closed mouth breathing while sleeping, so you may want to look into sleep-wear or head-wear that's designed to keep the mouth closed during the night.

Lastly, talk with your partner about ways to lose weight. We're not talking about a couple of pounds here. Snoring as a factor of weight is the direct result of being severely overweight - not five or ten pounds on the heavy side. A healthy diet and regular exercise as part of a weight loss program has been shown to help reduce snoring, and restore a good night's sleep.

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