Snoring, is the main manifestation of sleep apnea syndrome, a disease. Ordinary snorers snore evenly and regularly, usually appearing after sleeping in a flat position, exertion or drinking alcohol. If the snoring sound is loud and irregular, intermittent, the sound is high and low, it marks the airway narrowing aggravation, there is airway obstruction occurs, then it will cause apnea. If apnea occurs more than 30 times a night, or more than 5 times an hour on average, the patient will repeatedly wake up from sleep with suffocation, which is medically known as sleep apnea syndrome. The main clinical manifestations of sleep apnea syndrome include snoring, open-mouth breathing and frequent breathing stops during sleep; repeated waking up from sleep, headache after waking up and elevated blood pressure; angina pectoris at night and heart rhythm disorders; no relief from sleep, sleepiness and drowsiness during the daytime; memory loss, slow reaction and reduced working ability. Any of the above manifestations should seek prompt medical attention. Sleep apnea syndrome can only be diagnosed by polysomnography. Currently, the treatment of sleep apnea syndrome includes internal medicine and surgery, and patients must choose the appropriate treatment method under the guidance of specialists in order to achieve good therapeutic effects. Treatment: (1) General treatment: lose weight, exercise, sleep on the side, quit smoking and drinking, and take sedative sleeping pills cautiously. (2) Oral appliance therapy: wear the relevant appliance in the mouth to open the airway. The disadvantage is that patients often can't tolerate it and the application range is narrow. (3) Non-invasive ventilation: wearing a nasal mask respirator during sleep, delivering air at a certain pressure to eliminate snoring and apnea. Advantages are non-invasive, high efficiency, especially for severe patients should be preferred. The disadvantage is that it is expensive and needs to be worn for a long time. (4) Surgical sequence treatment: including nasal reconstruction, uvula palatopharyngeal molding, hyoid suspension, chin and tongue muscle anterior displacement and so on. The disadvantage is that surgery is very traumatic and difficult for patients to accept. (5) Radiofrequency ablation minimally invasive treatment: it is the latest minimally invasive technology which is generally recognized by the international medical community in recent years for the effective treatment of snoring. According to experts, snoring is medically known as snoring, which is a major clinical manifestation of sleep apnea syndrome. It can not only lead to daytime drowsiness and fatigue of snorers, but also may be related to the occurrence of certain respiratory diseases and cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular accident. Experts said that if snoring at night, accompanied by the following symptoms, it is a danger signal from the body, and need to go to the hospital immediately: sleep snoring, open-mouth breathing, frequent respiratory arrest; sleep repeatedly waking up, sleep restlessness, induced epilepsy; sleep does not relieve fatigue, daytime sleepiness, drowsiness; wake up after sleep, elevated blood pressure; sleep shallow, wake up after sleep, headache; sleep at night angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia; sleep at night, urination, nocturia increase Memory loss, slow reaction, reduced ability to work and study; sleepy during the day, sleepy at work, meetings and meals; impotence, loss of libido; Alzheimer's disease. In addition to hospital treatment, you can take the following ways to reduce snoring symptoms in daily life: sleep in a side-lying position, change the customary supine position to sleep; try not to drink alcohol before going to bed, do not drink strong tea, coffee, and do not take certain medications, because alcohol, tranquilizers, sleeping pills, as well as anti-allergy drugs will make breathing shallow and slow, and make the muscles more relaxed than usual, resulting in the pharyngeal soft tissues are more prone to block the airway; make a habit of regular exercise to reduce weight and enhance lung function. Experts also remind that snorers who have the habit of smoking need to quit smoking immediately. It is because only by keeping the nasopharynx clear can snoring be reduced, and the stimulation of the nasal mucosa by smoking will only make the already blocked nasal cavity and airway become worse. In addition, snorers should also prevent colds and treat blocked nasal diseases in time. Snoring is also a disease -- Patients who snore used to think that it is a good sleep, but now people have gradually recognized that it may be a pathological condition. Snorers are often complained about by others, and relationships with roommates or spouses become unusually strained, to the annoyance of the snorer. However the greater danger of snoring is that it causes apnea.... The airway of snorers is narrower than normal, and in severe cases, the airway can be completely blocked and apnea occurs. When apnea occurs, gas cannot enter the lungs, resulting in lack of oxygen and carbon dioxide retention in the body. In serious cases, it can lead to high blood pressure, heart disease, arrhythmia, cerebrovascular accident, diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, hypothyroidism and so on, and even sudden death in sleep. What is the mechanism of snoring - the airway of snorers is usually narrower than normal people, and the compensatory contraction of the throat muscles during the daytime when they are awake keeps the airway open and does not cause blockage. However, at night when sleeping, the nerve excitability decreases, the muscles relax, the pharyngeal tissues are blocked, so that the upper airway collapses, and when the airflow passes through the narrow part, it produces vortex and causes vibration, resulting in snoring, and when it is serious, the breathing can be stopped temporarily, which affects the person's physical health. There are also a very small number of people who suffer from central causes. Common causes of snoring and apnea - the narrowing of respiratory passages, mainly the narrowing of the upper airway above the plane of the trachea can cause snoring and even apnea, including: nasal septum deviation, nasal polyps and other causes of nasal stenosis. Pharyngeal stenosis: enlarged tonsils, flaccid pharynx, prolonged uvula. Pharyngeal stenosis is caused by hypertrophy of tongue, tumor of tongue root, tongue suffix, and so on. Maxillofacial developmental deformities, such as small jaw deformity, obesity. Children mostly due to enlarged tonsils and adenoid hypertrophy. General treatment of snoring-- The treatment of snoring patients should be different according to different causes, and the choice of treatment method is the most important factor in determining the effect of treatment. We will talk about the main methods of treating snoring in four parts. Firstly, we will talk about the general treatment. Weight loss: Obesity is one of the factors that cause narrowing of the pharynx. Losing weight can narrow the degree of airway obstruction. Quit smoking and alcohol: cigarette can stimulate pharyngeal inflammation and cause pharyngeal edema and narrowing, and alcohol can make the muscles relax and the root of the tongue fall back, thus aggravating the obstruction. In addition, not taking sedative sleeping pills before going to bed and sleeping on the side are all good for snoring. Basically 95% of snoring patients can achieve satisfactory results through different treatments.