Best Snoring Doctors in Mysore

Types/Stages of Snoring

Snoring does not have any distinct stages or types. However, it can be categorised on a spectrum from mild to severe:

• Mild Snoring: This is occasional and typically non-disruptive.

• Moderate Snoring: This is more frequent and louder, potentially disrupting sleep.

• Severe Snoring: This is characterised by persistently loud sounds and often indicates an underlying health condition such as sleep apnea.

Symptoms of Snoring

Aside from the characteristic loud noise during sleep, other symptoms associated with snoring include:

• Daytime fatigue and sleepiness

• Difficulty in concentrating

• Experiencing headaches

• Waking up with a sore throat

• Dry mouth upon waking up

• Increased irritability

Tests to Diagnose Snoring

To understand better whether an individual is suffering from snoring or an underlying condition like sleep apnea, several tests can be conducted by doctors for snoring treatment:

• Physical Examination: To thoroughly inspect the throat, mouth, nose, and neck and to check for blockages or abnormalities

• Sleep Studies (Polysomnography): To record brain waves, heart rate, and other body functions during sleep

• Home Sleep Tests: To monitor airflow, blood oxygen levels, breathing patterns, and brain waves during sleep

• Nasal and oral Airflow Test: To check for airflow through the nose and mouth while breathing

• Pulse Oximetry: To measure the oxygen saturation level in the blood

Treatment or Surgery Options for Snoring at Apollo Hospitals, Mysore

Depending on the underlying cause and severity of snoring, several treatment options are available at Apollo Hospitals in Mysore by our experienced surgeons and specialists treating snoring:

• Lifestyle Changes: Losing weight if overweight, sleeping on the side instead of the back, and avoiding alcohol and sedatives before bed.

• Usage of Nasal Devices or Strips: These help open up the nasal airways to improve breathing.

• Oral Appliances: Appliances such as mandibular advancement devices that move the jaw forward or tongue-retaining devices that hold the tongue in place.

• Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) therapy: This uses a machine to deliver air pressure through a mask, keeping the airway open during sleep.

• Surgery: Procedures like uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) are done to remove excess tissue in the throat or nasal surgery to correct structural abnormalities.