How to Alleviate Snoring

Snoring can be a real pain, to both the person snoring and the person sleeping with him. There are ways to alleviate snoring so that everyone involved can get a good night's sleep. While these ideas may not eliminate snoring altogether, they should help.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Nasal strips
• Firm pillow or pillows
• Vaporizer

1. Apply a breathing strip on the top of your nose. These over-the-counter nasal strips should open up your nasal passages and allow for more air to flow through them, which may alleviate your snoring.
2. Sleep with your head propped up. You can use either two pillows or one very big and firm pillow. Using a firm pillow can prevent your throat muscles from relaxing too much, which is a cause of snoring. Having your head propped up helps reduce snoring by keeping your airway open.
3. Lose weight if you need to. Unfortunately, people who need to lose weight often snore because their fatty neck tissue is thicker than those who are an average weight. By losing weight, you will lose some of this excess tissue, which can help alleviate snoring.
4. Run a steam vaporizer at bedtime. Many times a stuffy nose is a cause of snoring and by simply running a vaporizer to help keep your nose unclogged, you reduce your chances of snoring.
5. Limit your alcohol intake, stop taking any medication that acts as a sedative and avoid antihistamines. All of these can reduce your air flowing through your nasal passages and cause snoring.

Tips & Warnings

• If you stop breathing at any time when you are sleeping, you may have sleep apnea, which is a serious condition often related to snoring. You should seek medical treatment if this occurs.