Snoring during pregnancy
Pregnancy brings different changes emotionally and physically. The estrogen which becomes the common hormone in the women during pregnancy causes relaxation of muscles in the neck and leads to snoring habits.
Few weeks of Gestation marks the occurrence of snoring. However this can be avoided by resting sideways during sleeping as it relieves them of any weight and also snoring.
Sometimes severe snoring leads to sleep apnea which involves breaks in breathing of nearly 10 seconds. This interval can cause the reduction of oxygen and leads to many complications. Complications during pregnancy include preeclampsia where the Blood pressure of the person shoots up, increase in proteins in urine and swelling.
Frequent vomiting, giddiness, aching head, unclear vision, deterioration of the performance of the liver, etc. are the symptoms and problems caused by preeclampsia. The weight of the person matters in this snoring problems.
Little more than half of the total pregnant women having the habit of snoring find swelling of legs,face,hands,etc than one-third of women who didn’t snore.14% snoring women had hypertension.
Reduction of oxygen in pregnant women causes improper growth or death of fetus. The Snoring women’s child are known to have lower weight of the child and other problems.Snoring in pregnant women is a bad state of physical health for both child and the mother.
Frequent medical check-ups and consulting a doctor will surely help in this problem of snoring.