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Removing
editI'm removing the remark about divorce being the only viable solution to a snoring partner. Although it provided some humour, it didn't serve as a positive contribution. 86.147.227.213 (talk) 20:37, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
Somnoplasty/Somniplasty
editSomniplasty is an orphan article and just links to a BBC article from 1998 and googling the term gets results referring back to Wikipedia or pages with computer compiled terms. The procedure described on the page sounds like what is referred to by Somnoplasty.--209.7.195.158 (talk) 18:02, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
Regarding the comments "Snoring As A Defense Mechanism" and "Evolutionary Background"
editGood article for the area of the topic that it covers! Regarding the talk page topics "Snoring As A Defense Mechanism" and "Evolutionary Background", I would also like to see the article enlarged to include topics about snoring as it relates to defense against predators in our evolution, snoring in other species (very common in dogs and cats, and pigs snore just like humans), non-placental mammals (do kangaroos and duckbill platypuses snore?) and non-mammalian snoring, and even to ideas about what possible benefits snoring has for molding family structure by making people sleep separately from each other (such as snoring as a form of birth control, for example after not being able to escape from my partner's snoring all night long I most certainly did not feel romantically inclined). There has got to be a reason why such a supremely annoying, even life-threatening (via sleep apnea auto-strangulation or being strangled by an enraged sleep-deprived family member), thing exists! Linstrum (talk) 13:27, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
What Doctors might ask first:
editWho is most affected by the snoring? This is often the bedpartner, especially with simple snoring. Is the snoring personally disturbing and/or the relationship? If so, how much? Since when is the snoring a problem or worry? Has the person recently gained weight or increased the collar size? Alcohol consumption and its possible influence on the snoring. Intake of sleeping pills and other sedatives. Does the sleeping position, especially lying flat on the back, influence the snoring? A history of nasal problems which could refer to nasal polyps Obstructive sleep apnoea [1]
References
- ^ Parker, Hardinge & Jeffries (2005). "10 Minute Consultation". The British Medical Journal. 331: 1063.
What your doctor might check out first:
editMeasurement of Body Mass Index (BMI) and collar size since many patients with sleep apnoea measure a BMI >30 and above 43 cm collar size. Examination of nose for polyps or septal deviation. The crowding and size of tonsils and uvula. A receding lower jaw and the crowding and quality of teeth. Daytime sleepiness. Thyroid functioning.
References
- ^ Parker, Hardinge, & Jeffries (2005). "10 Minute consultation". British Medical Journal. 331: 1063.
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Smoking "clogs the throat"
editWhat, like bacon grease? Just a weird parenthetical that I was curious to learn more about -- not sure if the revert to the citation-needed tag there was because my stupid edit message made it seem like I was adding this self-evidently absurd claim, or because the claim is obviously true and I'm just being dense. 2600:1702:6D1:28B0:DDB0:105C:EDBE:C48D (talk) 17:11, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
What to do to stop it
editHow should I treat it? Sigmakratos (talk) 18:58, 27 March 2023 (UTC)