Breathing is like snoring. What's the reason

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Snoring (medical terms for snoring, snoring, sleep apnea syndrome) is a common sleep phenomenon, but snoring is the enemy of health, snoring makes sleep apnea repeatedly, resulting in brain, blood severe hypoxia, the formation of hypoxemia, and induce hypertension, arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, angina pectoris. What's more serious is that apnea at night is more than 120 seconds, which is prone to sudden death in the early morning. So why is breathing like snoring.

Breathing is like snoring. What's the reason

First: upper respiratory tract stenosis or blockage of any anatomical part of the upper respiratory tract can lead to obstructive sleep apnea. Anatomically, there are three places above the larynx that are prone to stenosis and obstruction, namely nose and nasopharynx, oropharynx and soft palate, and tongue base. Clinical findings, nasal septum deviation, nasal polyps, hypertrophic rhinitis, nasal tumor, adenoid hypertrophy, nasopharyngeal atresia or stenosis, nasopharyngeal tumor, tonsil hypertrophy, uvula too long, pharyngeal muscle paralysis, tongue hypertrophy, jaw deformity, throat cartilage softening and so on, can cause snoring.

Second: Obese tongue hypertrophy, soft palate, uvula and pharyngeal wall have too much fat deposition, easy to lead to airway obstruction. The lung volume of obese people is significantly reduced, resulting in obesity lung ventilation insufficiency syndrome.

Third: endocrine disorders, such as acromegaly caused by tongue enlargement and so on. In old age, tissue relaxation and muscle tension decrease, leading to throat wall relaxation and collapse, causing snoring.

matters needing attention

Frequent episodes of sleep apnea lead to decreased arterial partial pressure of oxygen, increased partial pressure of carbon dioxide, respiratory acidosis, shortness of breath, cyanosis, irritability and other symptoms, and sudden stop of breathing in severe cases. Long term hypoxia can lead to heart failure, high blood pressure, rapid heartbeat, even arrhythmia, cardiac arrest. Arrhythmia is the main cause of sudden death during sleep. Hypoxia can also lead to memory loss, mental retardation, personality changes, behavioral abnormalities and so on.