Snoring isn’t just irritating and annoying, it's down like it's fully depriving. According to the Breathe Right Index Reports, 66% of Canadians say they are losing as much as three hours of sleep a night because of a snoring spouse. That equals 687 hours of loss sleep a year. Doctor Adam Moscovitch is a sleep specialist and says sleep deprivation from snoring is no laughing matter.
Dr. Adam Moscovitch: You have to appreciate that by the time the people get to see us is our frequently absolutely desperate. If we are talking in some cases about snoring it's 60 to 90 decibels that’s equivalent to a jack hammer breaking up your highways.
Next though to that kind of sound generator that is literally going whole nights like that, it can impacts individuals quality of life. It can make them tired, cranky much more prone arguments.
Sarah Vella: I know it's not his fault but it's really hard not to get annoyed and angry when he has been snoring all night. The next day I wake up for work feeling completely exhausted.
Anthony Pallotta: I feed terrible about it especially we have a busy day coming neither of us can afford corner sleep on our busy schedules. Sometimes we even sleep different beds.
Sherri Dmyterko : More often then not blocked nasal passages are the cause of the roar behind the snore.
Dr. Adam Moscovitch: Snoring can be a result of several factors a large tonsils, lots of tissue at the back of the throat, nasal congestion, deviated septum or your body position is a quite few simple like some measures, is that the people came about to minimize or hopefully eliminate snoring. Working on your position eliminating sleeping on your back if you can, working on the weight loss, reducing smoking, reducing the amount of alcohol but one of the most affective tools is a nasal strips such as Breath Right, for example, which creates an opening of this area here as a result of it improve flow, improve quality of sleep and reduction and in many cases complete elimination of snoring in some cases.
For information on what you or your spouse can do to stop snoring, speak with your doctor or visit your local pharmacy Sherri Dmyterko reporting.
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