How much sleep are you losing each night due to your partner’s loud snoring? Would you believe it could be as much as an hour? At least according to a Mayo Clinic study it could.
Which might explain how far we go to remedy the situation. And also accounts for all the snoring cures you see available on the Net. Look long enough and you’ll see some pretty crazy snoring aids alright.
While not technically a disease, there’s no doubt snoring makes it hard for non snoring spouses and partners. And aside from possibly being a sign of more serious issues it causes all sorts of problems in the bedroom.
And yes the ads do sound convincing. And a tempting array of pillows, back of the throat sprays, magnets and even such things as acupressure watches and rings can be had – for a price. Do they work? Well that’s another matter.
Specifically efforts by the military to study these things suggests there are no real benefits to be had. At least not from nasal strips, oral sprays, or those high tech head positioning pillows. That despite what’s implied by all the photos of supposedly happy spouses displayed with the ads.
Surgery to eliminate snoring that tightens the soft palate in your throat that has grown flabby, think throat lift, is costly, painful and not a guaranteed cure either.
So the market for non surgical snoring remedies continues to flourish. With an ample supply of solutions being drawn to an ever growing demand.
Dig behind the ads however and you’ll be hard pressed to find much supporting documentation. Yet since snoring isn’t, as was pointed out before, a disease, remedy purveyors have precious little to fear from the FDA. No matter how outrageous the claims being made.
So relying on Buyer Beware is about all that’s left. Sadly too may are not. Aware that is. Despite the fact this fails the “if it sounds to be good to be true it probably is” sniff test.
So when you see things like asupressure pinky rings or any collection of straps and magnets or electric shock watch like devices, take pause.
Still, what makes it worse is sometimes things that don’t sound plausible really are. For instance who knew drinking a banana shake before bed, learning to play the didgeridoo, or taking singing lessons can improve the situation? You wouldn’t think there’d be much difference between picking up a didgeridoo and straping on some magnets now would you. But there is.
Of course other solutions as simple as sleeping on your side or stopping smoking can go a long way towards silencing that night time sawing of logs that plagues some of us. Or the people we share our beds with.
Anyway before you reach for your credit card to order the latest surefire snoring cure, do what due diligence you can. Yes there are curious approaches that do work. But sadly most don’t.
Let me ask you, are you puzzled by the jargon that goes with CPAP machines? Unsure about CPAP masks? Not sure what can be done about your partner’s snoring? Why not stay up tonight and visit the site that might help – Less-Snoring.com. You’ll find it offers a collection of helpful articles on related topics of interest.
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