{"id":1719,"date":"2010-05-27T18:46:34","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T16:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neuropoolwp-com.beast-hosting.com\/2010\/05\/27\/was-hilft-gegen-schnarchen\/"},"modified":"2010-05-27T18:46:34","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T16:46:34","slug":"was-hilft-gegen-schnarchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/reports\/society-2\/was-hilft-gegen-schnarchen.html","title":{"rendered":"What helps against snoring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1718\" alt=\"Snoring man\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Schnarchen.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Schnarchen.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Schnarchen-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More people are affected as they get older. Around 60% of men and 40% of women over the age of 60 snore.<\/p>\n<p>Snoring is a particular problem for sleeping partners.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During sleep, the muscles in the throat relax and the air we breathe passes over the uvula. This creates vibrations that cause the annoying snoring noise.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>What causes or favours snoring<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sleeping on your back<\/p>\n<p>Sleeping with your mouth open<\/p>\n<p>Alcohol, tranquillisers, sleeping pills, antihistamines and other drugs that relax the muscles in the throat and dry out the mucous membranes.<\/p>\n<p>Smoking<\/p>\n<p>Severe overweight<\/p>\n<p>Blocked nasal cavities<\/p>\n<p>Nasal polyps<\/p>\n<p>Bent nasal septum<\/p>\n<p>Hay fever and other allergies<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to remedy snoring<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If snoring is caused by blocked nasal cavities, it helps to take a decongestant nasal spray before going to bed.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Further measures:<\/p>\n<p>Plasters to widen the nasal cavities<\/p>\n<p>Sleeping in prone or lateral position<\/p>\n<p>Place your head higher than your body<\/p>\n<p>Keep the bedroom as dust-free as possible<\/p>\n<p>Place a humidifier in the bedroom to reduce the drying out of the nasal mucous membranes<\/p>\n<p>Rinse your nose with a saline solution before going to bed<\/p>\n<p>Instead of sleeping pills, drink a glass of hot milk with honey before going to bed<\/p>\n<p>Avoid alcohol and smoking<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are special devices that can be used to keep the jaws in the correct position and thus prevent snoring. The dentist can provide the best information about these devices.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More people are affected as they get older. Around 60% of men and 40% of women over the age of 60 snore. Snoring is a problem for sleeping partners in particular. \u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_id":["1718"],"_fgj2wp_old_id":["883"],"rank_math_focus_keyword":["was hilft gegen schnarchen"],"rank_math_analytic_object_id":["2606"],"rank_math_internal_links_processed":["1"],"_trp_automatically_translated_slug_en_GB":["what-helps-against-snoring"]},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gesellschaft","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}