Question:
I have always ready that if you have Sleep Apnea, then you snore, and
probably very loudly.
Recently, I spoke with a doctor that told me that just becauase you have
Sleep Apnea, does not mean that you snore for sure. He has had patients
that had real bad Sleep Apnea, did not snore.
Has anyone out there found out that they have Sleep Apnea, yet they
don't snore?
Answer:
Yes, you can still have OSA without snoring. It depends on where your
obstruction is.
I have severe OSA and snore VERY badly without CPAP. Before I was medically
evaluated and treated I got one of the "boil and fit" mouth pieces you see
advertised around. It completely cured the snoring BUT, I was surprised
when the sleep study found that even without my snoring I still was having
upwards of 50 events/hr with an 02 sat of 82%.
Had I not sought further analysis and treatment I would still be suffering
from the effects of OSA, even without snoring.
My understanding is that snoring is an indicator only, and that snoring can
exist without OSA and OSA can exist without snoring.
I have very severe apnea but have never snored in my life.
You are correct; snoring is just an indicator, not an absolute.
Yup, that'd be me......i CAN snore loudly when i have a cold or something,
but generally i snore very little if at all....and only quietly
Not true. I have had sleep apnea since the day I was born. I was thin as a
reed till my 20s and didnt snore at all but I still had sleep apnea.
He's right. The motto goes "Not all snorers have sleep apnea. Not all sleep
apnea sufferers snore".
Snoring itself is a partial closure of the throat. However, if you can hear
a snoring sound, it means some air is still getting through. An apnea, of
course, means no air is getting through, thus there's no snoring in the
midst of an apnea. Therefore, its very possible for someone to only have
complete closures of the airway (no snoring), rather than a mixture of
partial and complete closures which is more typical of most apnea patients.
