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Content updated on Jan 4, 2023

About the symptom

Snoring is the hoarse or harsh sound that occurs when air flows past relaxed tissues in the throat, causing the tissues to vibrate as one breathes.

When to see a doctor

Seek professional care if you experience any of the following symptoms

  • Abnormal menstruation

  • Impossible to walk normally

  • Headache

Possible causes

  • Sleep disorder

    Sleep disorders are conditions that affect the quality, timing or duration of your sleep, impacting your ability to function when you are awake. There are many types of sleep disorders, they include disturbances in the quality or quantity of sleep or excessive daytime sleepiness, abnormal behaviors that occur during sleep, sleep disorder related to a mental disorder and many more.

  • Hypertension

    Hypertension is high blood pressure (increased pressure of blood against the blood vessel walls). It'is classified into primary and secondary. Primary is when the cause is unknown. Secondary is due to underlying conditions, such as kidney or thyroid disease. Risk factors include smoking, being overweight,lack of physical activity, unhealthy diet, excessive alcohol consumption, stress, genetics, etc.There are often no symptoms. If untreated, it can cause health problems, such as heart disease and stroke.

  • Migraine

    A type of headache that usually presents as throbbing, pulsating pain on one side of the head, sometimes with associated nausea or sensitivity to light and sound. Sometimes, sensory disturbances, such as vision changes (seeing flashing lights or zigzag lines), can occur before the headache. The pain may worsen on exposure to bright lights or wild noise. Triggers for migraine include stress, poor sleep, caffeine, and hormonal changes in women.

  • Simple obesity
  • Acromegaly
  • Sleep apnea syndrome
  • Drug-induced obesity
  • Chronic barbital addiction

Questions your doctor may ask about this symptom

Your doctor may ask these questions to check for this symptom

  • Have you ever been told that you snore while sleeping?

  • Do you feel you have put on weight across your whole body (not just around the tummy)?

  • Do you have headaches or does your head feel heavy?

  • Have you ever woken up at night because you were breathless or struggling to breathe?

  • Do you often feel sleepy, doze off or take naps in the day?

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References

  • Stuck BA, Hofauer B. The Diagnosis and Treatment of Snoring in Adults. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2019 Nov 29;116(48):817-824. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2019.0817. PMID: 31888795; PMCID: PMC6947688.

    https://www.aerzteblatt.de/int/archive/article/211022

  • Chawla J, Waters KA. Snoring in children. J Paediatr Child Health. 2015 Sep;51(9):847-50; quiz 850-1. doi: 10.1111/jpc.12976. PMID: 26333074.

    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpc.12976

  • Parker RJ, Hardinge M, Jeffries C. Snoring. BMJ. 2005 Nov 5;331(7524):1063. doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7524.1063. PMID: 16269493; PMCID: PMC1283189.

    https://www.bmj.com/content/331/7524/1063

  • Hoffstein V. Snoring. Chest. 1996 Jan;109(1):201-22. doi: 10.1378/chest.109.1.201. PMID: 8549187.

    https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(15)45554-0/fulltext

  • Snoring

    https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/snoring/

Reviewed By:

Rohini R

Rohini R, MD (Ear, nose, throat (ENT))

Dr. Rohini R is an ENT, Head and Neck Surgeon, with a Fellowship in Advanced Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery and a Fellowship in Aesthetic Medicine and Lasers. Besides clinical practice and working with Ubie, she is actively training and mentoring medical students and residents. She has functioned in various work settings - teaching hospitals, private and free health centers, and worked with patients from all socioeconomic backgrounds due to her experience in free hospitals and volunteering in India and Singapore.

Yoshinori Abe

Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal medicine)

Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.

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