gestation period is an extremely important period in the life of every woman, and even more important stage in the beginning of the life of the child.During this period, any change in the health of women is crucial.
Snoring during pregnancy is both a medical and social problem.At the same time, with snoring during pregnancy is suffering as a woman herself and the fetus.Snoring is a sound phenomenon caused by the beating of the various structures of the pharynx movable against each other during passage through the upper airway stream of air.The more narrowing of the throat woman a variety of reasons, the greater the likelihood of snoring during pregnancy.
With a significant narrowing of the air guide paths may be the development of pharyngeal collapse, and the emergence of a full episode of respiratory arrest (apnea).When significant pathology and critical narrowing of the airway snoring during pregnancy is one of the symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea.
In this state the pregnant woman, in total, per night, could not breathe for 2-3 hours.Each episode of apnea is accompanied by hypoxemia (decreased oxygen levels).And tens and hundreds of episodes of apnea per night in a pregnant significantly increase the risk of hypoxia and fetal malnutrition, pre-eclampsia and hypertension.
Generally, women with snoring during pregnancy and the presence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome complain of restless and superficial sleep, fatigue and headache in the morning, asthma attacks at night, irritability, pronounced daytime sleepiness, decreased emotional background.
cause of snoring during pregnancy.Situations may vary dramatically:
In the first case the woman snoring was present prior to the period of pregnancy and during pregnancy increased snoring.Most likely, this patient had predisposing factors before pregnancy: increased body weight, hypertrophy of the tonsils, moved back a small lower jaw, nasal obstruction, chronic ENT.
In the second case, when a woman is before pregnancy did not snore, but under the influence of the processes of pregnancy snoring appeared and developed obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
This state contributes to a number of processes:
Weight gain.Pregnancy is always accompanied by weight gain, and the increase in body weight of pregnant often far exceed the physiological need.Develops obesity, including fat deposited in soft tissues of the neck, which leads to compression of the airway outside.Moreover, these structures can also pharynx accumulate fat and thus narrow the lumen of the pharynx, which leads to snoring during pregnancy.
significant contribution to the appearance of snoring during pregnancy make pregnant swelling, particularly pathological.Abnormal swelling occur in a number of diseases: cardiovascular disease, preeclampsia, eclampsia, kidney diseases.Such swelling is much more severe and worsen the condition of the woman, causing a pronounced narrowing of the airway due to swelling of the mucous membrane structures of the throat, which increases snoring in pregnant women.
some of the factors enhancing or inducing snoring in pregnancy is "pregnant rhinitis", the frequency of occurrence of which is from 5 to 40% and it appears more likely in the second / third trimester of pregnancy.Symptomatology of the disease involves varying degrees of nasal congestion, sneezing, itching, rhinorrhea and nose, resulting in difficulty of nasal breathing.In women who have nasal obstruction, usually there is a significant deterioration of breathing through the nose and, therefore, increases the severity of snoring during pregnancy and the development of obstructive sleep apnea.
treatment of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in pregnant
choice of a particular method or set of methods for the treatment of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea depends on a combination of causes and severity of the disorder of breathing during sleep.In uncomplicated snoring or mild form of sleep apnea, which does not bear the potential risks for the woman and the fetus, may be delaying tactics.After the successful resolution of pregnancy snoring often disappears completely.
When overweight a pregnant woman is a specific diet, reduce the growth of body weight.
Under physiological edema shown limiting the amount of fluid consumed, mainly in the afternoon.Effective and limiting salt consumption.
When pathological edema were under treatment depending on the diagnosis.
rhinitis of pregnancy is possible to observe the following recommendations:
• Provide the exalted position of the head during sleep.
• Warm steam may temporarily relieve the condition.Take a warm shower, and stay a while in the atmosphere of a warm bath, saturated wet steam.You can also soak a towel with hot water, put it on your face and breathe for a while.
• drip nose isotonic sterile sodium chloride solution, e.g., akvamaris (0.9% solution - about 1 g of salt to 1 liter of water).It is also possible to use the preparation as a spray.After 5-10 minutes, blowing your nose.
• Use a heated humidifier in your bedroom, especially during the heating season, in cold weather, when the relative humidity in an apartment drops sharply to 20-30% (at a rate of 60-70%).
• Avoid exposure to various irritants (cigarette smoke, strong odors, sudden changes in temperature, the pollen of flowering plants).
• Use strips to expand the nasal passages "BrizRayt."These springy strips are glued to the sides of the nose, spread them apart and make it much easier nasal breathing.These strips can be used for a long time both during the day and during the night.They do not contain medicinal components may be used in pregnant women with no restrictions.Application strips "BrizRayt" also allows you to eliminate or substantially alleviate snoring in pregnant women.
If a pregnant woman is diagnosed moderate and severe form of sleep apnea, especially accompanied by hypertension, preeclampsia symptoms, as well as indications of hypoxia and fetal malnutrition, it shows intensive treatment from a specialist.
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