What is snoring?

When it comes to snoring, many people are familiar with it, because many people themselves or people around them have the habit of snoring. Some people think that snoring is actually a sign of a good sleep. In fact, snoring not only affects the rest of people around you, but also has a great impact on your own health. So what is snoring? Many people don’t understand this. Let’s take a look at the introduction in this article.

Snoring is very common in daily life, but many people don’t know why they snore. In fact, there are many factors that cause snoring. If you find snoring in daily life, you must go to a regular hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time.

What are the causes of snoring?

1. What are the causes of snoring? Occasional, mild, one-time snoring may occur in healthy people under certain circumstances, such as physical fatigue or excessive drinking, especially when sleeping in the supine position.

2. Simple habitual snoring. Although this type of people snore habitually all year round, they have not yet developed any organ damage. The reason for snoring is that there is a certain degree of narrowing and obstruction in the upper respiratory tract, but it also maintains a certain degree of patency. The snoring mentioned here refers to simple habitual snoring.

3. Sleep apnea syndrome is when people snore frequently during sleep and experience intermittent breathing pauses. The diagnostic criteria are: more than 30 breathing pauses lasting more than 10 seconds in a 7-hour sleep night, or 5 or more breathing pauses lasting more than 10 seconds per hour. This is used as the apnea index, and any index above 5 is defined as sleep apnea syndrome.

After reading the introduction in this article, everyone should have some understanding of the factors that cause snoring. Generally speaking, many factors in life can lead to snoring. Everyone should not underestimate the phenomenon of snoring. After snoring occurs, it is necessary to seek timely treatment.