To be able to help your boyfriend snoring loudly when he is asleep we should first look at what causes snoring so you have a better understanding of the problem.

Snoring is caused when the muscles of the soft pallet and the muscles holding the tongue in place relax during sleep. The soft pallet drops down into the throat and the tongue moves backwards causing the two pieces of tissue to come together.

This will reduce the passageway in the airway and as air passes through the passageway it causes vibrations at the back of the mouth and into the throat. These vibrations result in a noise that we refer to and know as the snore.

Contributing factors to snooring are being overweight where fatty deposits form in the throat narrowing the airway, cigarette smoking that irritates the throat membrane causing swelling and alcohol that relaxes the throat muscles deeply.

Drug use and medications relax the muscles of the body and has a profound affect on throat muscles. The relaxation of muscles in the throat causes narrowing of the airway making it difficult for air to pass by freely.

Loud snoring is basically caused by the vibrations in the throat and are resonated down into the abdomen like a big bass drum.

There are a few things that can be done to alleviate the loud snorring sound.

Firstly, open a window and allow fresh air into the room. Try not to sleep in air conditioning as this air dries out the moisture in the throat adding to the problem. Reduce alcohol and cigarettes prior to going to bed to allow the membranes of the throat to be less irritated.

Add another pillow so that your boyfriend’s head is raised higher then normal to allow the tongue to resume it’s natural position in the mouth. The raising of the head will stop the tongue from falling backwards at rest and be more forward in the mouth clearing the airway.

Talk to your boyfriend and tell him he snores loudly. Discuss ways on how you can reduce his snoring and especially what he can do to reduce his loud snoring. Perhaps a medical examination would be in order to rule out any underlying medical condition.

It might simply be a small lifestyle change such as dieting to lose that little bit extra weight. He might consider to quit smoking or drug use. Your boyfriend should commit to stop any alcohol intake some hours before going to bed.

Snoring causes you to have disturbed sleeping patterns as with each loud snore your becoming slightly awoken, not to the point of being awake, but taken out of a deep satisfying sleep to a lighter less nourishing sleep.

That is if you can get any sleep at all.

There are many things that can be done to reduce your boyfriends loud snoring and before taking any drastic action, such as leaving him or moving into another room, try the obvious causes first and help fix them up.

The alternative is surgery, invasive surgery or the use of sleeping machines, a last resort. We believe and promote a one hundred per cent natural cure to help stop snoring and suggest all avenues be explored.

So next time you say, my boyfriend snores loudly also say and we are going to do something about it together.

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