WHY DO SOME PEOPLE SNORE DURING SLEEP?

SNORING -

You must have definitely come across people who snore during sleep. Their mouth remains open and a peculiar sound comes out while breathing. Do you know why this happens?

Normally, people breath through the nose. But some people's nose remains blocked due to some reason. And thus they breathe through the mouth. Sleeping on the back can also make a person snore. When we are asleep and breath through the mouth, the air coming out causes our soft palate (tissue at the back and top of our mouth) to flutter back and forth. Thus, a strange sound of snoring is produced. Often this vibrations also causes cheeks, lips, and nostrils to vibrate which produces an even louder sound. When we are awake, the palate remains tight and, therefore, no such sound is produced.

If we clean our nose and mouth before sleeping, snoring can be controlled to some extent. This increases the possibility of breathing through the nose rather than through the mouth. If one develops the habit of breathing through nose, the possibility of snoring is greatly reduced.

Breathing through the mouth is harmful to health. The germs of many diseases can enter directly into the mouth and causes disease. If we breathe through the nose, the hairs present in the nose do not allow these germs to enter into the body. It is, therefore, advisable to develop the habit of breathing through the nose.