Why Snoring Should Not Be Ignored — A Silent Warning From the Airway
The night feels peaceful. Someone is asleep, the room is dark, and the world is quiet — except for one sound. Snoring. At first, it seems harmless. Just a noise. Just a habit. Just “tired breathing.” Family members laugh about it, make jokes, and say, “He snores every night, it’s normal.” But inside the body, something serious is happening. Snoring is not just sound. It is air struggling to pass through a narrow airway . With every breath, the throat vibrates because the passage is too tight. The tongue falls backward. The soft tissues shake. The body is trying to breathe — but the airway is not fully open. Sometimes, the vibration turns into a pause in breathing . Oxygen drops. The brain wakes the person for a second, then sleep continues again. This is no longer “just snoring.” This is a sign of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) developing silently in the background. Snoring may look harmless from the outside, but inside the body it can: snoring these syptoms strain t...