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Prevent Snoring and Sinus Problems
The easiest way I’ve found to stop snoring also prevents sinus problems and boosts your immunity! Especially during the winter months, you can vastly improve your sleep and your health by running a cool mist humidifier at home, in your bedroom, and in your office. In other words, keep it moist!
Your sinuses, nasal passages, mouth, and throat are a plumbing tissue system that requires constant moisture to run properly. When you are exposed to forced air heat, antihistamines, or decongestants, your plumbing dries out. When your pipes are dry, airborne particles, viruses, bacteria, and allergens can easily attach, take root, and burrow in, causing allergies and illness. When your plumbing system stays moist, these undesirables find it difficult to find a home.
A humidifier also keeps your system from backing up. As bad as dry tissues are to encourage the nesting of nasties, a stagnant system is even worse. Imagine how much harder it is for mosquitoes to breed in a flowing stream than in a stagnant pond. You get the point!
Snoring also is largely caused by air that is being forced to pass through relaxed but dried-out plumbing tissues. Extra humidity in the room keeps these tissues moist and decreases the friction. Of course, lying on your side is usually better than on your back because it keeps the front of your throat off the back of your throat when you are relaxed.
There are a variety of humidifiers on the market with different kinds of delivery systems. I prefer the kind that wicks the water into the air and uses a paper filter because it filters both the water and the air in the room. You do have to change the filter every month, but you can extend the life of a filter by drying it out between use. I rotate between two or three filters to give each one a chance to dry out. You also can let them dry by running the humidifier fan without adding water. In a few hours the filter will be completely dry and ready to use again. The parts of this type of humidifier are usually large and easy to clean and mine have lasted for years and years.
Another kind of humidifier uses a vibrating ultrasonic membrane to deliver humidity into the air. This type has the advantage of not using a filter. However, unless you use highly distilled water, it will deposit hard water particles and minerals onto your furniture and flooring. The water particles this type throws into the air are large and can wet the floor beneath them. I’ve also found that this type only lasts for one or two seasons as the membrane is fragile and detailed cleaning of the parts, including the membrane is necessary. Ultraviolet light may also be used by this type of humidifier to “sterilize” the water. But I’ve not found one that works satisfactorily and warm water encourages bacterial growth while cool water tends to inhibits it.
You just have to try the different types of delivery systems to find what works for you.
I used home filtered tap water for a long time. Now I use bottled spring water and find that it not only humidifies the room more quickly, the air feels fresher and lighter than home filtered tap water and my paper filters last longer. Well worth the difference in price!
And finally, if you can, stop using forced air heat. Gas and electric furnaces wreck your fragile plumbing tissue. Wherever you can, especially at home, use radiant heaters. The best use ceramic blocks to create heat that radiates into the air with the help of a small fan. Radiant heat doesn’t have to heat the air as much as forced air heat to make you feel warm and toasty. Even better, it’s the same nurturing infrared heat that sunlight and fire provide. When you combine radiant heat with cool mist humidifiers, your skin will thank you too!
If you travel, keeping your pluming tissues moist and getting a good night’s sleep is very important. You can purchase a portable humidifier that fits in your luggage, and bottled water is available at most hotels. No need to give up this home comfort just because you are away from home.
On a final note, I suspect that sleep apnea can be greatly assisted by these techniques. I used to wake up every few minutes snoring, and now I don’t, and I’ll never have to wear that crazy mask contraption on my head! |
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