people who snore

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Hello,

I snore very often and it is always worse after drinking alcohol as it relaxes the muscles at the back of my throat.
In the last year my gf has expressed some worry because my snoring seems erratic and sometimes it feels like I stop breathing.

After hearing that, I booked myself into the Oxford Sleep Clinic in the UK and spent a night there all wired up with cameras and monitors on. When my results came back it showed that I had stopped breathing 9 times in 5 hours for very short periods and this confirmed I had mild sleep apnoea. In my follow up appointment, the specialist examined my throat against a series of examples and explained that my snoring is hereditary... it would make sense as both my parents are prolific snorers and my old man wears a CPAP machine.

For the record I am not overweight and do not smoke but I have a tall, muscular frame and play a lot of rugby.

Weight, apparently, only affects your snoring if it is at the stage where it interferes with the inside of your throat. It seems snoring has a lot to do with your genetics.

Presumably this was done privately.

[Vaught]

The cost of the sleep study?

No actually my local doctor recommended I book an appointment after a consultation. Didn't pay a penny. Three cheers for the NHS.