Best Cure For Snoring
February 13th, 2010 -- Posted in Cure Insomnia | 1 Comment »If you or someone close to you snores there are many products and devices to choose from when looking for the best cure for snoring. There are snoring mouth guards, nasal devices and dilators, snoring chin straps, anti-snoring pillows, exercise therapies, and even hypnosis.
Before trying any stop snoring therapies it is important to eliminate the possibility of the potentially dangerous condition of sleep apnea. Sleep apnea must be diagnosed by a a doctor or by attending a sleep laboratory or clinic.
It is also necessary to take care of any underlying health concerns that may have a bearing on your snoring.
Another option that is available to a person who snores is to undertake surgery. Under some circumstances this can be the best cure for snoring and although the results may often prove to be disappointing there are several different types of surgery that can be performed.
Palatopharyngoplasty – or PPP – is a surgical procedure designed to enlarge the airway in the tonsillar area. The operation can include shortening an elongated uvula, partial removal of the soft palate and removal of tonsils and adenoids. This is designed to increase the amount of airflow and reduce the amount of vibrating tissue in the throat.
This procedure may only be a temporary method of ending snoring. Research studies have suggested that within two years of the operation only fifty percent of the patients that have undergone this surgery report having their snoring stopped or markedly improved.
A less expensive and equally effective alternative to palatopharyngoplasty is laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty (LAUP) that uses a laser technique to shorten the uvula as well as scar parts of the tissue of the soft palate. Though palatopharyngoplasty must be performed under general anesthetic, uvulopalatoplasty can be performed under local anesthetic.
The effectiveness of LAUP may be marginally better than PPP although many patients have reported that snoring returned within two years or so after surgery, though there are also studies that show marked improvement in the patient’s snoring.
A third type of surgery is cautery-assisted uvulopalatoplasty whereby the surgeon uses cauterizing equipment in lieu of a laser and a heated wire or electrode is used to burn or scar most or all of the uvula and palate. The success of this form of treatment is similar to other surgical operations to reduce snoring and this procedure is easy to perform and may be less painful than other treatments.
It should be noted, however, that most patients report severe post operative pain with any of these surgical procedures so surgery may not be the best cure for snoring.
