Sleep clinician discussing alternatives to CPAP with a patient

Snoring Causes and Complications: Keeping the Terms Clear

Articles about snoring often mix three different subjects: what produces the noise, what disturbed sleep feels like and what can happen with untreated sleep apnea. Keeping those subjects separate makes treatment advice easier to understand. Illustration: discussing sleep symptoms and treatment options. The cause of the noise Snoring comes from vibration of upper-airway tissues. The…