The truth about anti-snoring devices (Marketplace)

sound familiar well it should we all know someone who does it snoring it's a nuisance a health hazard and get this snoring has even been cited as a cause for divorce [Music] luckily there are endless products with endless promises well could this strip right here stop the snoring simply rub that on your neck and upper chest area cipa has been clinically proven to be effective for treating snoring there's a lot of buzz around these products but is silencing the snore really that simple let's kill the buzz so what's responsible for all that noise snoring happens when the muscles around your airway relax making it smaller causing your palate to vibrate which is what makes that snoring sound plenty of products have claimed to help and they date way back to 1550 bc this ancient egyptian medical school recommends using time to stop the snore hypnosis electroshock therapy and whatever this is with so many devices on the market we get sleep dr rodenberg to break them down well the amount of them shows that snoring is a real problem it also means to me that there's no one perfect solution somebody help me somebody make it i'm captain jeep so the zipper works like most mouth devices that are available on the market devices like these claim to reposition your jaw open up your airway and then stop the snore so the ones you can get from the pharmacy in general like the positional therapy they're not that expensive but they don't really work all that well because they're not really customized to fit your jaw an expert's warn not getting a device from a specialized dentist could lead to shifted or damaged teeth deepa tells us their product only moves the jaw slightly so users shouldn't experience pain they also add they've got a 90-day money-back guarantee and who can forget about these little guys the breathe right nasal strep the company claims 90 of snorers who used their product got better sleep that's according to this 1994 study that was only done on 20 people who self-reported when you can breathe through your nose better you're going to sleep better at night we have to distinguish that from stopping snoring in an email breathe right directed us to its website where they say it's clear their product can help if your snoring is caused by congestion they didn't say anything about their science or that study but the new kid on the block [Music] essential oils there's no anatomical reason that would make any sense to do the problem with snoring according to experts is that it's often a symptom and you've got to treat the cause that underlying cause could be anything from obesity to alcohol to your anatomy and possibly something more dangerous sleep apnea not all snorers have sleep apnea but everyone with sleep apnea snores the main difference is that when you're snoring you're still breathing you're making a loud noise but there's still air exchange happening when you have sleep apnea though then you stop breathing all together and the accumulative effect is to cause significant problems with blood pressure stroke a heart attack risk so if you're a snorer experts say the best thing you can do is talk to your doctor and come up with a treatment plan that's right for you all that to say there's no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to snoring

Channel: CBC News

Views: 147,689

Keywords: CBC Marketplace, Canada, snoring, sleep, sleep quality, anti-snoring device, nose strips, essential oils, Buzzkill, Charlsie Agro, Health, sleeping, consumer, consumer affairs, CBC, CBC News

Id: UAhgAm4PPis

Length: 4min 3sec (243 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 12 2020