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Snoring can affect the life of the snorer and his loved ones. Although he may be blissfully unaware of it whilst it is actually happening, snorers typically have severely interrupted and low quality sleep and tend to feel extremely tired for the rest of the day.

The effect on those that the snorer shares a bed or room with is much more obvious and often the snorer must sleep on the couch due to the protests from others that they cannot themselves get to sleep.

So, how can we cure snoring?

Long Term Measures

One of the first things to do is to lose weight. Most snoring is seen in overweight people and is due to poor muscle tone and excess fat at the back of the throat.

I know that this is much easier said than done but excess weight is normally the root cause and it could save you a lot of hassle with other methods that don’t work or, even if they do, require you to prepare and apply treatments every day.

Losing weight also has many more profound health benefits as I’m sure you can imagine.

Short Term Measures

There are other things that can also be done in the short term.

You can try stitching a tennis ball into the back of your shirt or pyjamas. Most snorers only do so when they lie on their back and this should prevent you from rolling back onto it in the middle of the night.

And how about those nasal strips that athletes use to increase the air flow to the nose? These are also well known to help prevent snoring. The better the air flow to your nose, the less that will flow through the mouth.

There are even some throat sprays that you can spray on the back of the throat each night that will also stop snoring.

Other Reasons For Snoring

There can sometimes be other, more rare reasons for snoring. One of these is enlarged tonsils. In this case, the best advice is to have them removed in hospital.