Snoring

Snoring

Snoring is the sound made when air passes through relaxed tissues in your throat. This sound is often noisy and can be quite loud. It can cause your partner or roommate to wake up and can affect your sleep. Most people may snore on occasion — but for some, snoring can be a chronic condition that impacts their life. Snoring is a sleep condition, but can also be a sign of further health conditions.

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Snoring Testing and Treatment Options

Our experts at Texas ENT Specialists can provide sleep tests to help determine the cause of your snoring. You may be snoring due to sleep apnea. We also provide CPAP (“continuous positive airway pressure”) machine prescriptions to help patients stop snoring by increasing the air pressure in the throat to stop the airway from collapsing.

What Is Snoring?

Snoring is a common condition that affects people of any age, although it typically gets worse the older you get. Snoring occurs when the muscles in the roof of your mouth, tongue, and throat begin to relax. When the tissues relax enough, they block part of your airway, leading to airflow becoming more forceful. This begins to increase the vibration of the tissues, which leads to snoring becoming louder.

Snoring can be a symptom of sleep apnea, which can cause one to stop and start breathing while asleep. Our team at Texas ENT Specialists offers testing and treatment options for snoring.

About Texas ENT Specialists

Texas ENT Specialists offers patients across Houston clinical expertise in a wide range of ear, nose, and throat conditions. Since 1997, we have been helping the patients of Houston achieve long-term relief for the conditions that impact their lives. We have 15 office locations across Texas to make it as convenient as possible for you to visit our locations. We have set ourselves apart in ENT care by providing our patients with:

Personalized Treatment

We work to understand your condition and tailor treatment to what you need. We understand that treatments should be fully customized to the patient rather than taking a “one-size-fits-all” approach.

Top-Rated Physician Network

Each of our locations is staffed with a network of experienced providers who have been fellowship-trained and are experts in diagnosing and treating ENT conditions.

Centers of Excellence

Our offices are designed to offer our patients a seamless experience from the minute they walk in the door to the moment they leave.

Continuity of Care

Our providers will treat you with the goal of achieving long-lasting relief, never looking for only short-term solutions to the problem.

Who Snoring Can Affect

Snoring can affect anyone, no matter their age or gender. Your sleep position and anatomy can also affect your snoring. There are some factors that can increase the risk of snoring. This includes:

Excess weight

Consuming alcohol

Narrow airways

Nasal defects (including deviated septum or chronic congestion)

Family history of snoring

Men are also more likely to snore than women, although women can also snore.

Snoring FAQ's

Why should I seek treatment for snoring?

It’s important to have your snoring evaluated to understand the root cause. If your snoring is due to sleep apnea, you may require further treatment. Snoring treatment can also help you and your partner sleep better.

Can’t I just use over-the-counter treatments?

While over-the-counter treatments for snoring can provide some relief, they won’t be able to determine the cause of the snoring.