Septoplasty



Often lifestyle factors are responsible for snoring and they can be easily changed. Overweight people are more prone to suffer from the problem of snoring. Obesity leads to fatty tissues in the neck, narrowing the airway. These excess soft tissues vibrate with breathing, causing snoring. Loosing weight helps breathing by reducing the fatty tissue of the neck.

Sleeping position

Sometimes sleeping habits are at fault. If you sleep on your back, it can cause snoring by narrowing the airway from the tongue sliding back. To increase the amount of air flow, you should change to sleeping on your side. Sleeping on your side will help you treat your snoring problem.

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)

If the problem is sleep apnea, or interruption in breathing, the problem could be solved by a device called a CPAP. The CPAP (Continuous positive airway pressure) is a device which circulates air through the nose. This machine helps you to breathe more easily by opening your airways and helps you to breathe more freely. CPAP can be an effective way to treat sleep apnea. Those with severe symptoms have found this device very helpful and by the help of this device they now can sleep more comfortably. This appliance sometimes causes dryness of the mouth and can be uncomfortable to fit on your face.

Septoplasty

When snoring is serious, some of the above changes don't help, and surgery is called for. In a septoplasty, the surgeon straightens the partition between the nostrils, which will reduce breathing obstruction and help with snoring. The procedure is carried out through the nostrils, leaving no visible scar. The stitches are removed by stitching the skin covering back on it. In 50-60% of cases there is improvement.

Sinus surgery

In sinus surgery, the air chambers present on either side of nose and between eyes, called sinuses, are removed. There are our pairs of these chambers called frontal, maxillary, sphenoid and ethnocide. Any blockage of the drainage system of the sinuses such as that with allergies or colds can causes infection. The procedure is not painful. The patient is anesthetized and the nose is examined with an operating telescope. Micro instruments are used in the whole surgery to remove and any areas of the blockage. Serious complications will rarely occur in this surgery. Bleeding is the most serious potential consequence. Removing tonsils

A tonsillectomy is a surgery to remove the tonsils, which are tissues at the back of the throat flanking the uvula. The tonsils collect bacteria while you breathe and allow blood cells to produce an protein involved in immunity, or fighting infection. Tonsils can enlarge and cause a blockage in the back of the throat, leading to vibration of the tonsils and palate, or snoring. In that case the tonsils can also lead to stopped breathing during sleep, and should be removed. Tonsil removal is a simple procedure. They are removed through the mouth and afterward the blood vessels are sealed off. The one possible complication is bleeding.