You have heard enough complaints about your snoring from other family members. You are desperate to find some effective snoring remedies but before finalizing your decision regarding the choice of therapy, there are a couple of questions that are bothering you. These could be:

• Why do people snore?
• What are the different options of snoring remedies? Do I have to go for surgery?

Why do people snore?

This may seem like some kind of divine discrimination – some people snore and others don’t. What makes these people snore? While there is no discrimination of any sort here, to understand why snoring affects some people, you have to understand what snoring is and what makes it such a noisy intrusion in the bedroom.

While we are supposed to use the nose to breathe, we may use the mouth to do so when the nasal passage is blocked for some reason. While asleep, the muscles of many organs involved in breathing, like the tongue, soft palate, uvula and throat may get over-relaxed and collapse. The tissues of the soft palate and uvula also vibrate during sleep. The noise of this vibration is called snoring.

The blockage in the nasal passage, which is at the root of most sleeping problems, could be due to nasal congestion, nasal polyps, deviated nasal septum, enlarged tongue or turbinates, etc.

Some of the common causes that make people snore include: wrong sleeping posture; obesity; consumption of alcohol and other sedatives, etc.

Snoring remedies: what are the options?

While there are plenty of both surgical and non-surgical snoring remedies available to cure the condition, the choice of therapy largely depends on the severity of the condition as well as the site of the nasal blockage and the general health condition of the individual. Starting from weight loss to using anti-snoring devices and oral or dental gadgets to anti-snoring pillows, there is really no dearth of snoring remedies that are available in the market.

However, before opting for any specific therapy, it is always better to consult a snoring doctor for making the right choice.

Snoring remedies: natural cures for snoring are healthier

Some of the natural cures for snoring are invariably safer, more effective and devoid of any drug, device or medication. Some of these are:
• Losing body weight by balanced diet and physical exercises
• Quitting alcohol or any other kind of sedative
• Changing sleeping posture from the back to the sides.
• Keeping the head at a slightly raised position to ease normal breathing.