Why women snore during pregnancy?
by admin | December 29, 2011 in Snoring Treatments | No Comments
For women who just have start pregnancy and also have snoring. This symptom you may have some question that why I have snoring during pregnancy? We have an answer for you as
1. Weight gain. When your weight gain. Tissue on the neck is extended and may block the airway to narrow down the respiratory tract. As a result less breathing through the lungs.
2. Progesterone hormone is increasing. As a result, the muscles around the mouth and upper airway swelling. And dropping down to cross the respiratory tract.
3. Allergy For someone who have an allergen. This symptom may take effect for her. Allergic take to the tissue of the mouth and upper airway swelling as well. Cause an obstructive respiratory more.
4. Tonsils or adenoid gland have chronic inflammation that takes effect that gland are larger size in both. And overlay in the respiratory tract. It make narrow down the respiratory tract.
5. Sleeping Posture, Such as a sleep with turning face up and your head position lower than that should be for long time. It will be take your tongue and soft palate down to obstructive respiratory tract. These are cause of snoring as well.
How many type of snoring are danger?
Snoring can be divided into two levels.
Level 1. Just normal snoring. It is not affect to your health in any way. But snoring can be a nuisance to the people around. you can treat it or not. If it’s just to maintain reduced. But be careful, because if not treated may develop into a Level 2.
Level 2. Snoring with have sleep apnea. This snoring will take effect to your health as well.
Note …Stop breathing.
The nature of the sleep apnea is snoring when you are sleeping. Snoring noise may stop in a momentary. It will take choking on saliva that is mechanism of the body to protection against hypoxia. With the alarm to wake up without knowing it and fall asleep to. Stop breathing to occur from time to time by approximately 10 seconds at least five consecutive times per hour. Some people may stop breathing, 30-300 times per night.
To know that the sleep apnea or not. We need people to help the side. If you are not sure if there is breathing with me. Can consult a doctor who specializes in ear, nose and throat by a large hospital. Both public and private help. It is a tool used in diagnostics by you must be sleep at the hospital one night.
Snoring side effects.
A study in Sweden and England in the past suggests that pregnant mothers sleep more and more snoring
- In a year 1996 found that women who are pregnant will have snoring symptom just only 4%, but after pregnant snoring symptom found up to 14%.
- The other study in 2000 found that snoring pregnant mothers to 23%.
- A study in 2005 found that pregnant women becomes a factor to increase snoring. This study compared the subject’s with normally snoring and without snoring. The side effects that occur as follows.
Mom who are sleep whit snoring
* The blood pressure as high as 14%.
* 10% of pregnant women is toxic.
* Baby weight lower than the standard as 7.1%.
The other symptoms that are severe blockages in heart arteries. The condition may be clogging the blood vessels in the brain. (If it is, then leave it for a long time).
Mom who are sleep without snoring
* The blood pressure as high as 6%.
* 4% of pregnant women is toxic
* Baby weight lower than the standard as 2.6%.
Snoring cures in women that pregnant
Require that a physician with expertise in Ear Nose and Throat(ENT) is evaluated in the treatment. It depends on the level of violence as well.
1. in a mom who have hard snoring. An oxygen mask to breathe can help.
2. In cause of snoring fromTonsils or adenoid gland have chronic inflammation. These will need to treat it before.
3. If snoring and sleep apnea is associated with Need to get the soft palate surgery. The doctor’s surgery or not, depending on the severity. If not severe, it may be held after the birth.because surgery during pregnancy may cause bleeding. However, if severe, and may need surgery.
4. Postpartum symptoms, snoring can be improved because of hormones and weight loss. However, some pregnant mothers may also snore if their weight is still heavy.






