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Approximately 10% of all adults snore.  For most of them, snoring has no serious medical consequences.  For these adults, snoring may simply be embarrassing, or annoying to their spouse.  In some adults, however, habitual snoring is the first indication of a potentially life threatening condition called obstructive sleep apnea.

There are several easy ways to reduce your tendency to snore, which don't involve a visit to your Doctor, Dentist, or a local sleep lab.  These include:

• Losing weight
• Sleeping on your side
• Avoiding alcohol more than two hours before bedtime
• Avoiding painkillers or anxiety drugs 6 hours before bedtime
• Using "nasal strips" which open the nasal cavity

Snoring occurs because of tissue in the back of your mouth or nose contacts the back of your throat. As air passes through, that tissue vibrates.

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