Health Dictionary
Reliable, easy-to-read patient information on common medical conditions — written in plain language, free of jargon, and grounded in current evidence. Browse the most frequent diagnoses, understand what they mean for everyday life, and learn which steps and questions help you have a focused conversation with your doctor.
Snoring causes
Introduction
Causes
Causes
- Aging
- Alcohol abuse
- Allergies
- Bronchitis
- Decreased lung volume
- Deviated septum
- Enlarged adenoids
- Enlarged tongue
- Enlarged tonsils
- Eustachian tube infection
- Gigantism
- Hyperplasia of the tonsils
- Hypothyroidism
- Irritant inhalation
- Loose side walls
- Loss of general muscle tone
- Nerve weakness
- Obesity
- Sedatives
- Sensitivity to increased CO2 levels in the blood
- Sleep apnea
- Sinusitis
- Small jaw
- Small nasal valves
- Smoke
- Thick and long soft palate
- Thickening of muscles in front of spinal column
- Tonsillitis
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