What should I do if my husband always snores at night?

Snoring is a condition that many people suffer from. Mild snoring has little impact on the snorer or people around him, but severe snoring can be very harmful. Many netizens have reported that their husbands often snore at night. Not only does the thunderous snoring affect their rest, but the key is to worry about the harm to their health. What we are going to talk about below are the relevant methods to solve this kind of problem. I hope it will be helpful to everyone!

Snoring during sleep is caused by the vibration of the soft palate as air passes through the oropharynx. Snoring means that the airway is partially narrowed and blocked, and snoring is a characteristic manifestation of OSAHS. This type of snoring is different from simple snoring. It is loud and irregular and intermittent. In addition to side-lying, quitting smoking and drinking, and weight loss for obese people, the treatment of OSAHS is divided into two categories: non-surgical treatment and surgical treatment.

1. Non-surgical treatment

1. Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP): This method is currently the most effective treatment for moderate to severe OSAHS. Most patients can achieve satisfactory treatment results through CPAP treatment.

2. Oral appliances: Wearing oral appliances during sleep can raise the soft palate, pull the tongue actively or passively forward, and move the mandible forward, thereby expanding the oropharynx and hypopharynx. It is the main means of treating simple snoring or one of the important auxiliary means of non-surgical treatment of OSAHS, but it is ineffective for patients with moderate to severe OSAHS.

2. Surgical treatment

The purpose of surgical treatment is to reduce and eliminate airway obstruction and prevent collapse of airway soft tissue. The choice of surgical method depends on the location and severity of the airway obstruction, whether there is morbid obesity, and the overall condition. The following are some commonly used surgical methods.

1. Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy: This type of surgery is suitable for adult patients with tonsil hyperplasia or pediatric patients caused by adenoid hyperplasia. It is generally effective in the short term after surgery, but it may still recur after puberty and the development of the tongue and soft palate muscles.

2. Nasal surgery: For patients with nasal airway obstruction caused by a deviated nasal septum, nasal polyps or enlarged nasal conchae, septoplasty, nasal polyp or nasal conchae removal can be performed to alleviate symptoms.

3. Glossoplasty: Glossoplasty can be performed for patients with tongue hypertrophy, macroglossia, posterior displacement of the tongue root, and enlarged tonsils at the tongue root.

4. Uvula, palatine and pharyngeal plasty: This surgery involves removing the posterior edge of the soft palate with an excessively long uvula and the loose lateral pharyngeal mucosa, and tightening and suturing the lateral pharyngeal mucosa forward to relieve airway obstruction at the soft palate and oropharyngeal level, but it cannot relieve airway obstruction in the hypopharynx, so the indications must be mastered.

5. Orthognathic surgery: Orthognathic surgery is mainly used for OSAHS with oropharyngeal and hypopharyngeal airway obstruction caused by jaw deformity.