{"id":16448,"date":"2021-07-20T13:00:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=16448"},"modified":"2021-07-20T13:00:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T13:00:14","slug":"what-snoring-tells-you-about-your-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/sleep\/what-snoring-tells-you-about-your-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"What Snoring Tells You About Your Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

Snoring may not just be an annoyance to your partner and something that wakes you up multiple times a night. <\/span><\/p>\n

You may think it’s the snoring that is keeping you awake, but in reality, snoring may be a sign of something more troubling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Snoring is a significant symptom of heart problems and the combination of snoring and heart arrhythmia may be what is causing you sleepless nights.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

You have obstructive sleep apnea.<\/span><\/p>\n

How Dangerous Is It?<\/b><\/h3>\n

Obstructive sleep apnea<\/span><\/a> poses many health problems for those who suffer from it. It can increase the risks of obesity, diabetes, stroke, hypertension, and heart attack.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Those with this disorder stop breathing for up to 20 seconds during sleep and this can occur up to hundreds of times each night. <\/span><\/p>\n

Not all those who have this disorder snore and not all snorers have sleep apnea. <\/span><\/p>\n

Those who snore should see it as a symptom and have it checked out by a doctor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How Snoring is Connected to the Heart<\/b><\/h3>\n

When people snore, oxygen levels drop in the body triggering various hormone centers to produce an overwhelming amount of adrenaline, cortisone, and other hormones. <\/span><\/p>\n

These hormones affect the heart because they cause irregularities, cause high blood pressure and exacerbate heart failure. <\/span><\/p>\n

They can also trigger heart attacks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Being able to resolve your sleep apnea will likely also reduce your snoring as well as help the overall health of your heart. <\/span><\/p>\n

The secret is to get to the root of the apnea. It can stem from any number of causes and a doctor will need to determine that.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who is at Risk?<\/b><\/h3>\n

Those who are at risk for this sleep disorder include those with diabetes, those in their 50s and 60s, and those who use alcohol or sleeping pills. <\/span><\/p>\n

Men are more at risk than women for this type of sleeping disorder.<\/span><\/p>\n

You should talk to your doctor if you snore or are constantly waking up during the night. <\/span><\/p>\n

You may be waking up because you aren’t breathing properly, which indicates the disorder.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Snoring may not just be an annoyance to your partner and something that wakes you up multiple times a night. You may think it’s the snoring that is keeping you awake, but in reality, snoring may be a sign of something more troubling.\u00a0 Snoring is a significant symptom of heart problems and the combination of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[692],"tags":[748,1328],"class_list":["post-16448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sleep","tag-heart","tag-snoring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}