Snoring

[Justinslow]

You could stop riding your bike and take up snooker or darts instead.

Or not worry about it as it doesn't bother me, right! However the constant punches through the night are a little irritating.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

@deptfordmarmoset - just checking if this is an Eddo Brandes reference? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/3068365.stm

It was, though I've seen so many attributions I no longer knew where it started.

 

[Justinslow]

I'm not overweight, eat and drink fairly healthy and don't smoke. But as I stand here, if I breath in through my nose, my left nostril feels blocked even though I don't have a cold, almost like the nose pipe is squashed, which is why the plaster thing seems to work ok. However they are quite sticky and I don't think I could handle one of those on my conk every night!

 

[Justinslow]

It's almost like my nose needs a stent......

 

[Drago]

My wife complains that I snore a lot especially after riding my bike.

Stop her riding your bike and with any luck the complaining will stop.

 

[xxDarkRiderxx]

Used to snore a hell of a lot. Then got cancer, then changed my diet, went into remission, had two bone marrow transplants and now don't snore at all.

I would not recommend this course of action... but diet (fruits and veg only i.e only eat what you can find growing in it's natural form + 3 litres of water a day) and loosing weight will probably help.

 

[Justinslow]

Like I said I'm 74 kg just a tad under 6 ft so not overweight. Maybe it's my bodies way of trying to replenish the oxygen levels which is why it's particularly bad after heavy exercise. And breathing through my nose just doesn't provide enough air, which is why I sleep with my mouth open a lot?

 

[albion]

OK I got in a 20K walk early evening knowing todays rain makes walking a washout.
Well I got home quite bunged up, and still am a bit now. Whilst 20K is at the very top end of my walk distances it was the wind being the main factor in carrying the irritants to my nose.
It is the same with cycling I bet, a calmer day being better. I see a lot of people wearing smog masks but am sure a fair few doing so know their own allergic reactions.

The snoring may well be compound, household allergies the cause, but cycling the starters. If it becomes a factor try en extreme clean the day of the ride, clean sheets, a room steam clean etc. They can all play an added factor, often a minor one. I now notice minor factors, after having solved my extreme major one.

In mentioning salt, Im tempted to try a saline flush before a walk. It could be very useful when I start cycling again.

 

[vickster]

See an ENT and get your septum and nasal passages checked. Could be a deviation or polyps for example

Go private if you can, long waits for elective ENT treatment

I had a deviated septum sorted about 20 years ago, can now breathe through both sides of my nose and hear in both ears

 

[albion]

I went private Vickster, and quicky got some nose cartilage removed. Looking back, I saw the diagnosis and resulting operation as being similar to what goes on at a car garage. Namely they diagnose in the shortest possible time in order to create industry income.

It did not let me breath through my nose, but interesting now that I solved it myself, on a good day breathing is better through my left nostril, the operation area. On a worse day, like today, it is the operated area that swells up, making my right nostril the perfect one.

Regarding sinuses, there is data on the web that suggests 93% of cases are fungi based, that being that, anyone with sinus problems has a 93% chance of having fungi buildup there. Chicken or egg?

 

[vickster]

My septum was clearly deviated and I had some nasty doses of acute sinusitis. Including needing it drained, the crunch when a needle is pushed through near your ear is a horrific noise!!

I had the op done on the NHS so no financial incentives

 

[albion]

Mine was clearly deviated too. Sadly the 'you are allowed one diagnosis' NHS never ever tackled it for my long term asthma/breathing problems.
I had mine done via BUPA

Its funny, being asthmatic, it is if the NHS denies you have sinuses, Sinusitis and Asthma being extremely close in cause.

 

[vickster]

Mine was clearly deviated too. Sadly the 'you are allowed one diagnosis' NHS never ever tackled it for my long term asthma/breathing problems.
I had mine done via BUPA

As I say I had it done 20 years ago, no problems since beyond normal colds. I have never snored though, nor do I have asthma or any allergies. I do t think the OP said he is asthmatic or allergic either just that he snores and feels bunged up

I'm suggesting to get assessed privately, don't have to do the surgery that way if any is indicated

 

[albion]

Indeed, but an 'only when cycling' snoring can really only be an allergic reaction.

Mine must be about 20 years too, my ultra snoring more recent.

 

[Jacqueslemac]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but most snoring isn't in the nose, but in the back of the throat isn't it?

My wife's snoring has got steadily worse over the last couple of years and has now got to the stage she's started to seek medical advice about how to stop it. She has a mouth guard (like the ones boxers use) and it's helped, but just brought the volume down to something I can sleep through (i.e. to where it was about three or four years ago). She's also trying to lose weight, but her GP didn't come up with anything useful (apart from suggesting she loses weight. She's overweight but not so that her neck is restricted or anything).