How come someone suffocates to death from snoring

In the folks, I often hear people say that people who snore when they sleep are because they are too tired and that the louder the snoring, the better the rest they got. However, some experts have pointed out that snoring is not a good thing. On the contrary, it is a sign of some health problems. In fact, there are people who have suffocated to death due to snoring. Many people think that it is not so exaggerated and do not believe it. Let’s take a look at the specific reasons.

People generally believe that people who snore when they sleep must sleep well. “Louder snoring means better sleep”, but in fact, snoring is not a good sign. "Snoring" and "snoring", medically known as snoring, are the most external manifestations of a series of obstructive sleep apnea syndromes (hereinafter collectively referred to as sleep apnea). Other serious diseases are hidden behind this disease. Therefore, people who always snore loudly must pay attention to it, as this is not a small problem.

Snoring means breathing difficulties

For a long time, people have considered snoring to be just a bad habit that causes nuisance to others. In recent years, sleep breathing disorders have gradually been taken seriously by the medical community, and snoring, as its most common manifestation, has begun to be regarded as a symptom. Zhang Longcheng, director of the Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at the 303rd Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, told reporters: "When a person breathes, air enters from the mouth and nose, and enters the trachea through the oral cavity, nasal cavity, throat and other parts. If there is any blockage in the middle process, it may make a sound." These blocked parts may be abnormalities in the physiological structure of these parts themselves, and for most people, the corresponding soft tissue relaxes and collapses during sleep, causing ventilation obstruction.

Of course, not everyone who snores has sleep breathing disorders. Generally, mild snoring does not pose a health hazard, but strong and irregular snoring is a problem.

Severe snoring needs early examination

When a person snores very loudly when sleeping, it always makes people feel like a large piece of flesh is covering the air intake. This condition usually results in a lack of oxygen. People who snore loudly often have particularly great airway resistance when they sleep. They often sleep poorly and are easily woken up in the middle of their sleep due to lack of oxygen.

In more serious cases, the airway is almost completely blocked by loose soft tissue. People nearby will hear that the sleeping person suddenly stops breathing! After a few dozen seconds, rapid breathing and snoring will be heard again, and then the breathing stops again after a while. This condition is called sleep apnea.

Director Zhang said: "Upper airway resistance syndrome is the early stage of sleep apnea. If you experience such symptoms during sleep, you should pay attention to it and seek medical attention early." Many large hospitals now have sleep medicine programs or even specialties that can perform professional sleep monitoring, which is also the main means of diagnosing sleep breathing disorders. For people with symptoms of sleep apnea, monitoring will reveal that the oxygen content in their blood is significantly lower than that of normal people.

Sleep apnea is a serious threat

Sleep apnea is a serious threat

Sleeping with someone with sleep breathing disorders is always scary - sometimes he snores loudly, sometimes he doesn't breathe well, and you're afraid that he might suddenly run out of breath. In fact, this is not an unfounded worry. People with severe sleep apnea are at risk of sudden death in their sleep.

People spend 30% of their lives sleeping. If they are in a state of hypoxia during this time, it will cause a series of problems.

The first is that you tend to feel sleepy and doze off during the day, have difficulty concentrating, and have reduced energy. Secondly, the risk of cardiovascular disease is much higher than that of ordinary people. Long-term hypoxia can cause damage to the vascular endothelium, inflammatory response, etc., and ultimately lead to a series of problems, including hypertension, coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, heart failure, arrhythmia, thrombosis, stroke, etc. For example, some hypertensive patients cannot lower their blood pressure for a long time. After treating sleep apnea problems, their blood pressure can be controlled within an ideal range. In addition, diabetes and metabolic syndrome are also possible consequences of sleep apnea. Long-term hypoxia and inflammation lead to insulin resistance, which ultimately leads to a series of problems such as diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and obesity. Conversely, treating sleep-disordered breathing will improve the effectiveness of treatment for these conditions.

After the above introduction, everyone must have learned a lot. It turns out that snoring is a sleep breathing disorder, so if someone around you snores, you must go to a regular hospital for a check-up in time. This will also prevent the body from having any problems without being aware of it.