What Causes Excessive Snoring While Having Hypertension?

Brief Answer:
Various interventions are available

Detailed Answer:
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Snoring occurs when air cannot move freely through your nose and throat during sleep.

The following conditions can affect the airway and cause snoring:
* Your mouth anatomy. Having a low, thick soft palate can narrow your airway. People who are overweight may have extra tissues in the back of their throats that may narrow their airways. It is possible that you have put on some weight after pregnancy and that could be the reason behind your snoring. The shape of the tongue base plays a major role.
* Nasal problems. Chronic nasal congestion or a crooked partition between your nostrils (deviated nasal septum) may contribute to your snoring.
* Sleep deprivation. Not getting enough sleep can lead to further throat relaxation. Bringing up a baby can be tiresome. That could contribute to sleep deprivation and thereby to snoring.
* Sleep position. Snoring is typically most frequent and loudest when sleeping on the back as gravity's effect on the throat narrows the airway.
* Obstructive sleep apnea

There are various procedures that help in dealing with snoring. But prior to that the exact problem needs to be identified. You as well as your husband need a thorough ENT evaluation in order to estimate the probable cause. In case of your husband, nasal pathologies like deviated nasal septum need to be ruled out.

There are various interventions available:
* In case of deviation of nasal septum, surgical correction can help in reducing snoring.
* Traditional surgery. In a procedure called uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP), you're given general anesthetics and your surgeon tightens and trims excess tissues from your throat.
* Laser surgery. In laser-assisted uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (LAUPPP), an outpatient surgery for snoring, your doctor uses a small hand-held laser beam to shorten the soft palate and remove your uvula. Removing excess tissue enlarges your airway and reduces vibration.
* Radiofrequency tissue ablation (somnoplasty). In this outpatient procedure, you'll be given local anesthetic. Doctors use a low-intensity radiofrequency signal to shrink tissue in the soft palate to help reduce snoring.

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