Hello, my family - husband and adolescent children complain that I snore a lot sometimes - they make fun of me and I'm not laughing. I most often snore when I am very tired or when I have had more than two glasses of wine. I went to the ENT specialist, he looked into the nose, looked down the throat and said that he did not see the cause of the problem. What should I do? Look for another doctor?
Snoring after alcohol - it happens, then there is an even greater reduction in muscle tone and hence the intensification of the snoring symptom. It is also important whether you snore in the supine position or in other positions. If only on the back, when very tired, or after drinking and sporadically, it is enough to change the position. However, if you often snore in different positions, it may be worthwhile to perform a more detailed diagnosis than the ENT examination itself.
Remember that our expert's answer is informative and will not replace a visit to the doctor.
Monika Paulina Kuźmińska, MD, PhDDr. Monika Paulina Kuźmińska, MD, internist, specialist in lung diseases, member of the European Respiratory Society and the Polish Sleep Research Society.
For several years he has been dealing with the issues of breathing disorders during sleep, with particular emphasis on obstructive apnea. He assesses polysomnographic tests in several centers diagnosing breathing disorders during sleep in Warsaw.
In 2013, she defended her doctoral dissertation on: Breathing disorders during sleep in adults, taking into account the impact of weight reduction on the indicators of polysomnography.
Diagnoses, consults and conservatively treats patients diagnosed with obstructive apnea syndrome at the Prof. In Orłowski, he cooperates with the Otorhinolaryngology Clinic of the Medical University of Warsaw at the Czerniakowski Hospital in Warsaw.
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