I snore. Apparently, it caused my husband to shove me every few hours which drag us both to lack of sleep which is already two days in a row. And it drags me further to being a cranky irritable kettle pot that would snap at my husband because I haven’t slept for more than two hours when he hadn’t had any. A day ago, I justified my snoring as a cause of exhaustion. This morning, I have a lousy excuse of blaming it to staying up late to study hiragana (?) Err.. duh! For consolation, it doesn’t happen everyday (whew!) so we are now theorizing on what may have caused it.
1st theory. Bed position. This can be easily ruled out since I changed position each time he woke me.
2nd theory. Bad cold or allergic rhinitis. I haven’t had this for a long time. But it did return when I got here in Japan.
So with lazy eyes and fingers I googled “snoring” and this is what I’ve found.
The physiology behind snoring starts when a sleeper progress from shallow sleep to deep sleep where the muscles in the roof of the mouth, tongue and throat relax. If the tissues in the throat relax enough, they vibrate and may partially obstruct the airway. And the more narrowed, the more forceful the airflow becomes the more forceful the vibration hence the louder the sound it makes. Dr. Woodson from Medical College of Wisconsin said that when it happens the brain has to respond by waking up, which last milliseconds to a few seconds so people don’t remember it. The waking up is to reestablish breathing, and because of this and breaking up of sleep, they never get into the deeper levels of sleep they need to be rested and therefore are tired during the day.
Research named the causes of snoring and/or sleep apnea as: nasal congestion, anatomical deformities, obesity, asthma, hidden food allergy (according to John Kernohan, Director of the York Nutritional Laboratories in Hollywood, Florida)
Other contributing factors are mouth anatomy, alcohol consumption, airway obstruction or apnea.
for more readings you can check http://www.helpguide.org/life/snoring.htm
1st theory. Bed position. This can be easily ruled out since I changed position each time he woke me.
2nd theory. Bad cold or allergic rhinitis. I haven’t had this for a long time. But it did return when I got here in Japan.
So with lazy eyes and fingers I googled “snoring” and this is what I’ve found.
The physiology behind snoring starts when a sleeper progress from shallow sleep to deep sleep where the muscles in the roof of the mouth, tongue and throat relax. If the tissues in the throat relax enough, they vibrate and may partially obstruct the airway. And the more narrowed, the more forceful the airflow becomes the more forceful the vibration hence the louder the sound it makes. Dr. Woodson from Medical College of Wisconsin said that when it happens the brain has to respond by waking up, which last milliseconds to a few seconds so people don’t remember it. The waking up is to reestablish breathing, and because of this and breaking up of sleep, they never get into the deeper levels of sleep they need to be rested and therefore are tired during the day.Research named the causes of snoring and/or sleep apnea as: nasal congestion, anatomical deformities, obesity, asthma, hidden food allergy (according to John Kernohan, Director of the York Nutritional Laboratories in Hollywood, Florida)
Other contributing factors are mouth anatomy, alcohol consumption, airway obstruction or apnea.
for more readings you can check http://www.helpguide.org/life/snoring.htm
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uy palusot! hehehe... di bale, mawawala rin yan sa summer! :)
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