What Impact Does Snoring Have On Your Life?
Snoring might seem harmless, but it can lead to some serious issues in the long-term.
Snoring can put a huge strain on your relationships. Loud snoring can disturb your partner’s sleep leading to increased frustration. This often brings about separate sleeping arrangements. Serious snoring can even lead to the hearing impairment of your partner².
When it comes to your own sleep quality, persistent snoring can lead to a chronic lack of restorative sleep which can contribute to poor concentration, decreased productivity, and even accidents or injuries due to reduced alertness.
Over time, on-going snoring can also contribute to more serious health concerns like hypertension and heart problems.
How Is Snoring Connected To Sleep Apnea?
Although snoring is common - with 2 billion¹ (!) people snoring worldwide - it is NOT normal. Snoring is literally the sound of air being dragged into the lungs through an impaired airway -- and that is never a good thing.
After all, if you saw someone wide awake and snoring, would you think it normal? Or would you be alarmed about the way they are breathing and call for help? If disordered breathing is not good while awake, it can only be worse while you’re asleep, so why do we tolerate it?
Especially when snoring can be a sign of a serious underlying sleep-related breathing disorder called obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Obstructive sleep apnea is where the airway becomes partially or fully blocked during sleep, causing recurring pauses in breathing. OSA leads to a host of negative impacts on your well-being and overall health, including:
- High blood pressure
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Weight gain
- Reduced libido
- Type 2 diabetes
- Waking tired and excessive daytime sleepiness (to name a few) .
Plus, new research definitely found that people with sleep apnea are five times more likely to develop heart disease, and 60% more likely to experience a stroke³.
Let's Start Your Journey To Better Sleep
If you are a loud, persistent snorer and experience one or more of the following:
- waking feeling exhausted
- morning headaches
- frequent night time toilet visits
- difficulty concentrating
- waking choking/gasping
- weight gain
…then you are in a high risk category and should consider getting a diagnostic sleep study done:
Contact Sleep Clinic Services for an accurate diagnosis on the cause of your snoring. From home-based sleep studies to diagnosis and treatment, our skilled Care Coordinators are here to provide the care you need, when you need it.
Click here to schedule a free screening call or here to submit a query and we will get back to you.
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