Snoring is a general term for the loud
sounds that a sleeper may make in the course of breathing. The sounds are caused by air vibrating the
soft palate, back of the tongue, and other soft structures of the
respiratory passage, particularly when sleeping on one's back and
breathing through the mouth. A deviated septum or other obstructions can augment snoring, as can obesity and loss of muscle tone through disease or alcoholism or simply through aging.
Snoring normally is not a health problem, but a severe case may indicate abnormal respiratory-passage growths, drug abuse, or other problems to be addressed, or it may be associated with the sometimes life-threatening condition called sleep apnea.
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