Medical Disclaimer

Snoring Help is an educational publication. Nothing on this site is medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

The people who write for this site are not physicians, dentists, respiratory therapists, or licensed healthcare professionals of any kind. The content here is general information published for educational purposes, and it cannot account for your medical history, your anatomy, your medications, or anything else that a clinician would need to know before advising you.

Snoring can be a symptom of a medical condition

Habitual snoring is one of the cardinal symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea, a condition in which the upper airway repeatedly collapses during sleep. Untreated obstructive sleep apnea is associated with hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke, metabolic dysfunction and daytime impairment including a substantially increased risk of motor vehicle accidents.

No product described on this website treats obstructive sleep apnea. Positional aids, nasal dilators, mouth tape, over-the-counter mouthpieces, pillows, sprays and exercises are not treatments for it. Using them to quiet the sound of untreated apnea may remove the warning signal while the underlying condition continues.

Seek medical assessment promptly if any of the following apply to you: someone has witnessed you stop breathing during sleep; you wake gasping or choking; you experience excessive daytime sleepiness; you fall asleep unintentionally during the day; you have morning headaches most days; you have hypertension that is difficult to control; or your snoring has changed suddenly.

Do not delay care

Never disregard professional medical advice, or delay seeking it, because of something you read on this site. If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or your local emergency number immediately.

Individual results vary

Where we describe an intervention, we are describing what has been reported in research or in our own testing. Airway anatomy differs enormously between individuals, and a remedy that resolves one person's snoring entirely may do nothing at all for another. Nothing here should be read as a promise of a result.

Children

The content on this site is written about adults. Snoring in children has a different differential diagnosis — enlarged tonsils and adenoids are common causes — and habitual snoring in a child should always be raised with a paediatrician rather than managed with consumer products.

Your responsibility

By using this website you acknowledge that you are responsible for your own health decisions, and that Snoring Help, its authors and its owners accept no liability for any loss or damage arising from reliance on the information published here.