If you or your bed partner is spending a good part of each night snoring, here are some things to try:
- Maintain weight, fitness and muscle tone through regular exercise.
- To keep your throat muscles toned, try singing.
- Treat nasal congestion and allergies.
- Avoid alcohol and heavy meals or snacks just before bedtime. Also avoid tranquilizers, sleeping pills and antihistamines.
- Sleep on your side rather than your back and raise the head of your bed four inches.
[SOURCE: American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, “Snoring: insight into sleep disorders and sleep apnea.”]
For more information about how to deal with snoring, please visit Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center’s Health Information Library online.