Snoring
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What to Expect at your Health Care Provider's Office
Your doctor will ask questions to evaluate your snoring and perform a physical exam, paying careful attention to your throat, mouth, and neck.
Questions may include the following (some of which your partner might have to answer):
- Is your snoring loud?
- Does it occur no matter what position you are lying in or only in certain positions?
- Doesyour own snoring ever wake you up?
- How often do you snore? Every night?
- Is your snoring persistent during the night?
- Are there episodes when you are not breathing?
- Do you have other symptoms like daytime drowsiness, morning headaches, insomnia, or memory loss?
Referral to a sleep specialist for sleep studies may be needed.
Treatment options include:
- Weight loss
- Avoiding Alcohol
- Use of Nasal Dilator strips (e.g., Breathe-rite strips)
- Dental appliances to prevent tongue from falling back
- Surgery (e.g., correction of a deviated septum)
- Palatoplasty -- stiffening of the palate using surgery or injection
- Use CPAP mask (a device you wear on the nose while sleeping to decrease snoring and sleep apnea)
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