Snoring: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for snoring

Obesity

It also causes heavy snoring. Respiratory problems associated with obesity occur when added weight of the chest wall squeezes the lungs and causes restricted breathing. [stanfordhealthcare.org]

Snoring and risk of cardiovascular disease in women. J Am Coll Cardiol 2000;35:308-13. [ PubMed ] 67. Wolk R, Kara T, Somers VK. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Snoring and risk of cardiovascular disease in women. J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 ; 35 : 308 -13. 67. Wolk R, Kara T, Somers VK. [cmaj.ca]

Nasal Polyp

Sometimes nasal polyps can make snoring severe enough to tip a patient who snores over to sleep apnea – which has a substantial effect on patients. [uofmhealth.org]

Symptoms include postnasal drainage, snoring, headaches, sinusitis, and a reduced sense of smell and taste. [medicinenet.com]

Why Diagnosis is Important Because patients can’t breathe through their nose, they mouth breathe while sleeping, causing them to snore. [uofmhealth.org]

Chronic Sinusitis

Sometimes nasal polyps can make snoring severe enough to tip a patient who snores over to sleep apnea – which has a substantial effect on patients. [uofmhealth.org]

[…] sinusitis can cause considerable discomfort with cold-like symptoms that include: Nasal congestion, facial pain, or pressure and headache Difficulty breathing through the nose; snoring [allergytampa.com]

[…] occur simultaneously with other symptoms or conditions including: Facial pain / pressure Headaches Pain in teeth Yellow or green mucus Nasal obstruction Breathing difficulty Snoring [entcoe.com]

Chronic Alcoholism

It can also increase snoring and sleep apnea, making it hard to get a good night’s rest. How to Get Help If you think you might have a problem with alcohol, get help. [webmd.com]

Sleep Apnea

Our objective was to develop a simple clinical screening test for OSA in snoring patients. [doi.org]

The key words “snoring AND implants” were used for snoring, and “apnea AND implants” for OSA. [doi.org]

In some patients, significant weight loss can also improve snoring and OSA. [enthealth.org]

Morbid Obesity

They also have trouble catching their breath if they do move and they are likely to have sleep apnea and snoring. [differencebetween.net]

Airway obstruction may be clinically obvious at the bedside, as patients with severe sleep apnoea may even ‘snore’ while awake, for example, when drawing breath while speaking [academic.oup.com]

This includes hypertension (high blood pressure), diabetes (too much sugar in the blood), heart disease, breathing problems or lung disease, sleep apnea (snoring), and arthritis [sages.org]

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

A progressive neuropathy of the soft palate and pharyngeal dilators may be associated with the progression of snoring to OSA. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Acoustic parameters of snoring sound to compare natural snores with snores during 'steady-state' propofol sedation. Clin Otolaryngol 2006;31(1):46-52. [kjorl.org]

The implants will prevent snoring or otherwise reduce the snoring. [snoring.com.au]

Tonsillitis

Furthermore, oleic acid content of tonsillar tissue was positively correlated with BMI (r 0.20, P 0.004), snoring (r 0.16, P 0.022) and hypertrophy grade (r 0.18, P 0.023) [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] and the adenoid may be enlarged if your child has the symptoms mentioned above, along with any of the following: Breathing stops for a short period of time at night during snoring [healthychildren.org]

This may obstruct breathing, causing snoring and disturbed sleep patterns. [health24.com]

Otitis Media

Other symptoms include hearing loss, snoring, mouth breathing, fever, headache, vomiting, and diarrhea. [nicklauschildrens.org]

(OME), or vice versa. [39] A study by Walker et al found that preschool children with chronic otitis media with effusion tended to be characterized by nasal obstruction, snoring [emedicine.com]

Deviated Nasal Septum

Some patients had associated pre-operative symptoms of snoring (57.3%), headache (48.0%), rhinorrhoea (38.7%), sneezing (30.7%), hyposmia (30.7%) and epistaxis (21.3%). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] of a deviated septum will cause symptoms of difficulty breathing and require treatment.[1] Symptoms of a deviated septum include infections of the sinus and sleep apnea, snoring [en.wikipedia.org]

Your partner complains about your snoring and your restless sleep. Your sleep is poor, light and not very restorative. [respifacile.com]

Bronchial Asthma

Asthma is defined as a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways with bronchial hyperresponsiveness and variable bronchoconstriction, and is one of the most common diseases in childhood and adolescence. Exercise-induced asthma-like symptoms and asthma are also frequently seen in highly trained athletes.[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Bruxism

Habitual snoring and sleep bruxism were closely related. Further studies into this relationship is needed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

RESULTS: MLR revealed association of nightmares (p 0.002; OR 18.09) and snoring (p 0.013; OR 0.14) with bruxism. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Muscle pain, snoring, and mouth breathing were important signals associated with possible sleep bruxism among children. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Adenoid Hypertrophy

The primary outcomes were improvement in symptoms of nasal obstruction, mouth breathing, rhinorrhea, snoring, cough, and total nasal symptoms. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

From Wikidata Jump to navigation Jump to search upper respiratory tract disease characterized by the unusual growth of the adenoid tonsil; has symptom snoring, has symptom [wikidata.org]

RESULTS: Topical mometasone significantly improved nasal obstruction, snoring, and apnea and also significantly reduced the adenoid tissue area related to the nasopharynx [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Hypothyroidism

Central nervous system (CNS) leukemia is a frequent diagnosis in pediatric acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) and includes neural symptoms. However, CNS leukemia is rarely associated with central hypsothyroidism. A 2-year-old female with AML with MLL rearrangement presented with CNS infiltration. Laboratory tests[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Overdose

Don’t ignore snoring and gurgling. Snoring and gurgling can indicate that a person is having trouble breathing. [overdoseday.com]

In the context of substance use, snoring is not something that should be seen as “normal”. [overdoseday.com]

If they do wake up, then the snoring (airway obstruction) will resolve. If they do not wake up, call emergency services and ask for an ambulance. [overdoseday.com]

Tonsillar Hypertrophy

[…] tonsillar hypertrophy (n 350) wheezing did not affect snoring [odds ratio: 2.76 (1.10-6.93); P 0.031 and 1.49 (0.92-2.43); P 0.107, respectively]. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Only maternal history of AT predicted history of snoring [4.12 (1.86-9.12); P 0.01]. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Snoring is a common but sometimes destructive phenomenon for the patient and his or her family or partner. [tomkuruvilla.co.nz]

Hypertrophy of Nasal Turbinates

Elsevier Health Sciences, 30.10.2008 - 472 Seiten Finally, a multi-disciplinary approach that covers both the surgical and non-surgical interventions for sleep apnea and snoring [books.google.de]

Chronic mouth breathing may worsen snoring or lead to dry mouth and/or sore throat. [entallergy1.com]

Turbinate hypertrophy may lead to chronic nasal obstruction, decreased sense of smell, headaches, snoring, or worsened obstructive sleep apnea. [beverlyhillssinus.com]

Insomnia

A PSG also records the amount of oxygen in your blood, how much air is moving through your nose while you breathe, snoring, and chest movements. [web.archive.org]

PATIENT CONCERNS: A 46-year-old man displayed involuntary movements during sleep time, snoring, autonomic nervous system dysfunction, cognitive deficit, brainstem symptoms [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Show More Learn More Improve Your Sleep Hygiene Melatonin and Sleeping Pills Overnight Sleep Study Sleep Quiz Snoring Tips for a Better Night's Sleep UCSF Research & Clinical [ucsfhealth.org]

Central Sleep Apnea

In obstructive sleep apnea, the most common symptom is snoring, but most people who snore do not have sleep apnea. [msdmanuals.com]

Family members may tell you that you stop breathing at night and snore excessively. [healthcentral.com]

A word about snoring Snoring by itself is not the same thing as sleep apnea. [sleepresolutions.com]

Nasal Fracture

Such injuries may result in deformities affecting the outside and inside structures of the nose, which can cause problems breathing, sinus infections, nose bleeds, snoring [entaacare.com]

[…] symptoms of a deviated nasal septum are blockages in either one or both nostrils, obstructed breathing, nasal congestions, chronic sinus, infections, bleeding of the nose, snoring [play.google.com]

Cerebrovascular Disorder

Snoring, sleep apnea syndrome, and stroke. Neurology. 1992 ; 42 (7 suppl 6): 75–81;discussion 82. [doi.org]

Snoring, daytime sleepiness and stroke: a case-control study of first-ever stroke. J Sleep Res. 2003 ; 12 : 313–318. [doi.org]

Snoring and cerebral infarction. Lancet. 1985 ; 2 : 1325–1326. Crossref Medline Google Scholar 406 Palomaki H, Partinen M, Erkinjuntti T, Kaste M. [doi.org]

Mucopolysaccharidosis

[…] patient had severe infantile global neurodevelopmental delays, macrocephaly with a prominent forehead, coarse facial features with clear corneas, chronic congestion with snoring [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Snores were more frequent in MPS I and II patients, and MPS VI patients having snore complaints showed a higher intensity and a more frequent association with sleep apnea. [arquivosdeorl.org.br]

[…] individual with the following findings 29 : Marked disproportionate short stature with short trunk and normal limbs Respiratory complications (sleep apnea, endurance limitations, snoring [centogene.com]

Acute Adenoiditis

Oral Thrush In Mouth Still Can Tonsils Snore Adenoids Without Hoarseness cavity tonsil unexplained cervical lymphadenopathy. [cedag.eu]

Signs and symptoms Acute adenoiditis is characterized by fever, runny nose, nasal airway obstruction resulting in predominantly oral breathing, snoring and sleep apnea, Rhinorrhea [dict.eudic.net]

Throat and nose problems, such as enlarged tonsils or adenoids, and obesity, nasal polyps, and allergies may all cause or contribute to snoring. [yourdictionary.com]

Purulent Rhinitis

It occurs when excessive adenoid tissue blocks the nasopharynx and results in snoring, nasal obstruction, postnasal drainage and infections. [patient.info]

[…] subjective data 1. poor school performance, sleep disturbance 2. rhinorrhea 3. congestion 4. nasal pruritis 5. sneezing allergic rhinitis objective data 1. mouth breathing, snoring [quizlet.com]

Significant congestion may also cause snoring and episodes of sleep apnoea. Investigation and management Investigations are not usually required but may include: FBC. [patient.info]

Rhinolithiasis

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Chronic Hypertrophic Rhinitis

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Symptoms such as a heavy head, headache, inability to concentrate, and snoring are also common. [suntenglobal.com]

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Acromegaly

In station 5 you may be asked to assess a 40 year old man with snoring Alternative presentations for this case: Headache and blurred vision on a background of diabetes and [medicaleducationleeds.com]

Soft tissue within the body can also enlarge, causing increased snoring, sleep apnea, chronic sinus problems, radiculopathy from nerve root entrapment (i.e., carpal tunnel [ccpd.ucsf.edu]

Carpal tunnel syndrome Deepening of the voice Diabetes Excessive sweating and changes in body odor Increased risk of colon polyps Joint pain and stiffness Sleep apnea and snoring [ucsfhealth.org]

Parasomnia Type Sleepwalking

Snoring will not necessarily be present. [schoolworkhelper.net]

Viola-Saltzman said that, in addition to screening patients for snoring, apneic spells, disrupted sleep and daytime somnolence, physicians "may also consider asking about [health24.com]

Alcohol can induce sleep apnea symptoms, such as snoring or interrupted breathing in perfectly healthy individuals. [sleepjunkies.com]

Pseudobulbar Palsy

A case of left atrial (LA) myxoma presenting as pseudobulbar palsy, due to multiple cerebral infarcts, without any cardiac manifestations, is presented. LA myxoma is rare cause of embolization to CNS causing ischemic infarcts. Due to multiple CNS infarcts patient can present with varied clinical picture and[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Hay Fever

Less commonly, you may experience: the loss of your sense of smell facial pain (caused by blocked sinuses) sweats headaches congested nose snoring. [healthdirect.gov.au]

Snoring. How can you help prevent seasonal allergies? Seasonal allergies, such as hay fever, are often caused by exposure to pollen. [healthlinkbc.ca]