How to avoid disturbing your spouse

Someone who snores can often become the butt of jokes. But jokes aside, snoring is no laughing matter. Nearly 90 million Americans snore, most of them men, and very often snoring affects those over the age of 60.

A recent survey found that snoring is the cause of one in seven domestic disputes, & 95 % of those questioned say they are woken by their partner's heavy snoring at least once a week, with 39 % being woken up every night! Another poll revealed that 80 % of couples end up sleeping in different rooms, all because one partner can no longer tolerate sleeping next to someone that sounds like a landing strip. Besides the social ramifications of snoring, it can also have serious health effects.

Snoring consists of noisy breathing through the mouth or nose during sleep. If you are a quiet sleeper, air passes from your nose & throat to your lungs silently & unhindered. However, for millions of others, something disrupts the flow of air. Maybe it's a blocked nose; perhaps the base of the tongue is restricting breathing. More commonly, it's the soft tissue in your upper palate or throat that gets in the way & starts vibrating.

The reasons for snoring are many. They include poor muscle tone in the tongue and throat, sometimes due to alcohol or drugs; weight gain -- extra weight around the neck can lead to snoring; colds -- having a stuffy nose means you're likely to snore; and some kind of obstruction, such as a polyp, cyst or even enlarged tonsils.

How can you stop snoring? There is no universal answer, but there are potential solutions that may help you. Snorenz is an all natural product tested and recommended by the national Health and Wellness Club. Snorenz combines natural ingredients like Sunflower and Almond oils with vitamins E and B6 to make a healty solution to help alleviate snoring.

If your snoring symptoms are mild and seem more than anything to create a disturbance, try implementing a few lifestyle changes to reduce the volume of your snore. First of all, get out and exercise more. This will help increase your lung capacity & works as a great natural decongestant. Losing weight may help you remove excess soft tissue from your air passages. Your throat muscles contract during sleep, so if you have lost excess fatty tissue, you'll have an easier time breathing. You can also try sleeping without a pillow or sleeping on your side. Avoid late-night eating, drinking and smoking too.

In most cases, lifestyle changes coupled with over-the-counter remedies will be sufficient to relieve snoring and enable both you and your partner to have a full night’s sleep uninterrupted.

In rare cases snoring maybe a symptom of sleep apnea. In this case anti-snoring aids will not be sufficient to cope with decreased levels of oxygen intake, so you should not let severe snoring symptoms go unchecked. Sleep apnea can be life-threatening, so if you find yourself waking up in the middle of the night gasping for air, then a trip to the doctor is a must. Don't let your condition go untreated - get the help you need!