Post Date April, 15 2023
Snoring is a common phenomenon among men, especially many middle-aged men. Snoring has a certain impact on men's health. As the saying goes, prolonged snoring can lead to illness. It is hoped that snorers can try to maintain a quiet sleep environment to improve their condition. People who live with snorers also want to be considerate of others, improve their own quality, and actively reduce noise to avoid affecting others' rest. Recent research has found that snoring can lead to a decrease in some hormones and erectile control chemicals in men, affecting erectile function.
And this unwelcome "midnight snoring" has also caused many couples to sleep in separate rooms. Doctors say that the quality of sleep not only affects a person's mental state, but also affects their physical health.
Repeated apnea during sleep prevents a person from obtaining sufficient oxygen, resulting in hypoxia and hypoxemia in the body's tissues. For example, if the blood flow in the body is not smooth and cannot reach various organs of the body smoothly, the blood needed for penis erection will be "in short supply", reducing the production of nitric oxide enzymes that control erection, resulting in slow erection, reduced erectile stiffness, or too short an erection duration, or even inability to erect.
Hypoxia can also inhibit the function of the cerebral cortex, leading to drowsiness, fatigue, and lethargy, while lowering the level of testosterone in the blood that maintains sexual desire, secondary sexual signs, and erectile function, leading to a lack of or low libido in men and women.
A growing number of studies have shown that the more severe snoring is, the poorer the erectile function of men. At the same time, one party's snoring often causes the other party to experience aversion and disgust, affecting sexual life between couples, and even causing separation.
Prevention and health care of snoring
1. Strengthen physical exercise and maintain good living habits.
2. Avoid tobacco and alcohol addiction, as smoking can cause respiratory symptoms to worsen, while drinking alcohol can exacerbate snoring, nocturnal breathing disorders, and hypoxemia. Especially drinking before bedtime.
3. For obese people, it is necessary to actively reduce weight and strengthen the collection and collation of sports medicine education network. Our experience is to lose more than 5% to 10% of weight.
4. Snoring patients often have a decrease in blood oxygen content, which is often accompanied by hypertension, arrhythmia, increased blood viscosity, and increased cardiac burden, which can easily lead to the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to blood pressure monitoring and take antihypertensive drugs on time.
5. Before going to bed, it is prohibited to take sedative and hypnotic drugs to avoid aggravating the inhibition of respiratory center regulation. Collected and organized by Medical Education Network.
6. Take a lateral sleeping position, especially the right lying position, to avoid sagging and sagging of the tongue, soft palate, and uvula during sleep, which can aggravate obstruction of the upper airway. A small ball can be attached to the back during sleep, which helps to forcibly maintain lateral lying position sleep.
7. After surgery, patients should mainly eat soft food, and do not eat too hot food. Avoid strenuous activity.
