10 Snoring Causes and How a Stop Snoring Mouthpiece Can Help

Have you ever wondered what the conditions at home may have inspired Mark Twain’s quote, “There ain’t no way to find out why a snorer can’t hear himself snore”?

Whether or not the Twain (or Clemens) Household had a few breakfast table arguments over the condition, snoring effects upwards of 30% of women and 50% of men.

Snoring can lead to sleep deprivation and the associated ills that come with that. Snoring also lowers the quality of life for those that have to deal with or compensate for the noise.

Fortunately, in the modern day, stop snoring mouthpieces have shown remarkable benefits for reducing noise and upgrading the quality of life for snorers.

Read on to discover 10 snoring causes and how a simple mouthpiece can help you get a good night’s sleep.

Snoring Causes

Actually, the only real cause of snoring, if we are being pedantic, is the vibration of airways which create noise. That aside, the following list provides a whole lot of reasons and understanding of what can make those airways go lax. Each of these list items gives an idea of how the physiology of sleep gets affected.

1. Being Too Tired

Topping the snoring causes list comes a perhaps unexpected tidbit, unlike most of the list, which involves how poor quality sleep causes issues, this is the opposite. Crashing after being up for a long time or being unable to rest properly can put you into a deeper sleep. Deep enough that you go a bit limp.

This excessive relaxation opens the mouth, throat, and nose which leads to snoring. Worse, because you are so far under, it is unlikely you will wake yourself so the snoring is likely to cause more issues for others in the house.

This is an excellent time for a stop snoring mouthpiece to be utilized. Also, any fears of sleep apnea or related issues intensify.

Avoid becoming overly tired by maintaining a sleep schedule. If that becomes impossible, try small, timed naps before a full night’s sleep to balance out the load.

2. Medication

Various medications may be great for relieving problems in other aspects of life, but often have side-effects.

Some of these side effects can lead to snoring issues.

Even the primary function of a medication may cause an issue. This is especially true of those used to treat muscle conditions or blood pressure.

These often have ways of opening up capillaries, which increase blood flow, which can lead to more flexible tissue, which leads to more sound when snoring.

Muscle relaxers may help relieve pain so sleep is more comfortable, but that relaxation leads to sagging in the nose and throat and an increase in vibrations which puts you right back to snoring.

Lastly, medication may lead to weight gain which can cause issues as we’ll hit on later.

Always be aware of the potential interactions of medication to avoid unexpected results.

Fortunately, treating snoring can be done with a stop snoring mouthpiece, which doesn’t involve unknown or nasty side-effects, other than looking a little like a scuba instructor.

Keep reading for other common snoring causes and how to treat them.

3. Pillow Position

Sleep posture contributes a lot the quality of sleep. Your body naturally moves through the night to find the most natural position to stay at rest in.

When your neck has to tilt up or down too much the body spends a lot of time reacting. Not only that, the position of your head can open the throat which causes snoring as well.

Working to keep the alignment of spine, head, and neck together prevents the tossing and turning which can lead to snoring as well as the throat opening.

A proper pillow should support your shoulders as well as your neck. Try to avoid stacking pillows, which can shift against each other, a single solid pillow gives better results.

4. Pre-Sleep Eating

This includes both what you eat and how much. Eating within 4 hours of sleep may cause snoring because the body will still be digesting, which involves action in the throat and mouth.

Particles remaining to be digested or rinsed from the mouth after eating can be places where saliva and fluids build up, which can clog airways.

Eating dairy near bedtime can increase the thickness of mucus and coat the throat.

Anything spicy may create inflammation in these areas. Indigestion from spicy foods also creates lighter sleep which leaves you more prone to snoring.

Eating before sleeping is best kept to protein and carbs which will digest slowly and cause fewer issues. Or eat whatever you want and get a stop snoring mouthpiece. Your call.

5. Allergies

What, a problem with feeling congested and having difficulty breathing can cause snoring? I know, it isn’t exactly the most enlightening item on this list. But what you might not know is that the restrictions in airways are only one problem.

One of the big causes of snoring is the irritation of the membranes in the nose and throat. Irritation and that tickling feeling in your throat make snoring more likely. The snoring also stimulates and vibrates the tissue, prolonging the inflammation.

So you get to snore more and louder and keep that allergy pain around longer.

6. Smoking

Smoking provides a bevy of problems that lead to snoring. The irritation and inflammation from taking smoke into and out of the mouth and nose create the same causes as allergies (though possibly more enjoyable).

Tar and particle-laden phlegm can get lodged and create interesting acoustic enhancers which push snoring decibels to new heights.

Finally, that little bit of nicotine has a stimulant reaction which can make sleep shallow and result in more frequent movements and re-positioning, which in turn, results in more snoring.

While a stop smoking mouthpiece can do wonders to reduce snoring, it doesn’t help much with quitting smoking.

7. Air Quality

Sleeping in an area with too much or too little moisture in the air can clog sinuses and create inflammation.

A humidifier can add moisture to reduce the effects of dry air. A dehumidifier is better employed in rainy seasons where too much moisture leads to increased phlegm accumulation and a drowning feeling.

Either way, irritation and build-up can lead to snoring. This is one of the places where a stop snoring mouthpiece could help with the snoring problem, but fixing the air problem is a more thorough solution.

8. Dehydration

Much as the air being dry can cause an issue, being internally dry does the same. Mucus gets sticky and harder to dislodge when you are dehydrated. This clogs the airways and also provides a smoker-esque reverberating phlegm issue.

The best course of action is to get more water through the day. Avoid drinking water too close to sleep, as the need to get up for to relieve yourself will disturb sleep.

9. Out of Shape

This one could be split in two but we’ll reflect on both core issues. First, being overweight intensifies the risk of snoring and sleep-related disorders.

Studies show that being outside of the recommended 25 kg/m2 raises the risk by a factor of 2.18.

Unfortunately, fat deposits in the upper body push on airways, causing constriction and cause shifts in sleeping posture.

Secondly, exercise improves musculature around the face, throat, and neck which keeps airways open.

Being out of shape adds weight which causes issues. Lack of exercise leaves airways shallow and prone to blockage.

You put these two factors together and being out of shape hits you with a double whammy of risk with a single solution.

10. Genetics

Obviously much harder to deal with than some of the others on this list, the genetic component of snoring ranges, as would be expected.

Some may be victim to looser air passageways, more give in the nose and throat creating more chance for vibrations to occur.

Others may have sonorous nasal cavities that allow sound to echo about.

Some may find themselves with a predisposition to addictive behavior such as smoking or overeating.

The genetic factor can influence how snoring starts for an individual. The good thing is that the same stop snoring mouthpiece that works for a deviated septum will work equally well for a position constriction. So the remedy remains the same.

Get a Stop Snoring Mouthpiece

Snoring causes a host of health issues, including high blood pressure, fatigue, weight gain and many more.

The good news is that there are a host of good over the counter snoring remedies that work extremely well.

Snoring isn’t something to just ignore, even if living alone without anyone to be distressed by the noise. Snoring interrupts and lowers quality of sleep.

Even if you get a solid number of hours of sleep each night, snoring could be reducing the quality to a point below a normal threshold.

Sleep deprivation when you are getting sleep can be hard to explain. The effects of sleep deprivation though, are not.

The National Health Service of the UK gives a rundown on what happens when you don’t have enough sleep.

Common problems include a lack of mental well being, an increase in risks for diabetes and heart disease, and a fall off in sex drive.

Nobody likes the lowering of immune responses either. Getting a stop snoring mouthpiece provides relief to all of these problems.

A variety of stop snoring mouthpieces fills the market currently. Check out some reviews to figure out which one best fits your needs.