Snoring: Home Treatment
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Home Treatment
Snoring generally is first treated at home. Treatment includes:
- Losing weight. Many people who snore are overweight. Weight loss can help reduce the narrowing of the airway and possibly reduce or eliminate snoring.
- Limiting the use of alcohol and medicines. Drinking excessive amounts of alcohol or taking certain medicines, especially sleeping pills or tranquilizers, before sleep may make snoring worse.
- Going to bed at the same time each night and getting plenty of sleep. Snoring may be more frequent when you have not had enough sleep.
- Sleeping on your side. Sleeping on your side may eliminate snoring. Try sewing a pocket in the middle of the back of your pajama top, putting a tennis ball into the pocket, and stitching it closed. This will help keep you from sleeping on your back.
- Promptly treating breathing problems. Breathing problems caused by colds or allergies can disturb airflow, leading to snoring.
- Using nasal strips. Nasal strips, such as Breathe Right, widen the nostrils and improve airflow.
| Last updated: | January 30, 2008 |
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| Author: | Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS |
| Reviewed By: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, Jan Ulfberg, MD, PhD - Sleep Disorders |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Pat Truman, MATC |
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