Getting new (snoring) partner to lose weight?

Mojisola

There's a device you can get to wear at night that pushes the lower jaw forward and stops you snoring.

Perhaps your OH could ask the GP about that.

LisaLou1982

I used to snore terribly - i dont snore anymore except when ive got a bad cold or am sleeping on my back after a few beers!!

As it turned out, i was never able to breathe through my nose and after various nasal sprays etc, i had septoplasty and turbinate reduction at the local hospital. I think they found a few polyps up there too!

Result was fantastic - maybe it is your OHs weight, but maybe its down to something else. Does he sound nasal when he talks?

jjblondie

LisaLou, that surgery sounds horrible! I'm glad it worked out well for you though. He doesn't sound nasal normally, so hopefully he won't have to undergo that sort of treatment!

Horasio

My husband snored when he was skinny

He now wears a CPAP mask at night as sleep apnea/snoring is a dangerous condition

LisaLou1982

jjblondie wrote: »

LisaLou, that surgery sounds horrible! I'm glad it worked out well for you though. He doesn't sound nasal normally, so hopefully he won't have to undergo that sort of treatment!

Y'know, actually it was fine!! You go in, general anaesthetic, come round an hour later. Stuffy nose and some painkillers for 2 weeks. Feels like a bad cold. Considering i hadnt been able to breathe through my nose for 26years by the time i had the operation, it made no difference to me!!

2 weeks later, and voila! Breathing is soooo much easier and i sound so much better!

So from me, if anyone ever feels that they need this doing - go to your doctor and insist for it. Dont be put off. Its a very routine operation - takes 45 mins - and is not unpleasent.

andygb

shegirl wrote: »

you do realise it's not only overweight people who snore,right?Even if he did lose weight it may not cure it...

I have replied to this post because it is the most sensible by far, and I cannot be bothered to traul through the rest at the moment.
I was a very trim, fit 11st when my OH noticed that my snoring resembled two rather large jungle cats fighting to the death. I was also feeling very tired, and in reference to another post, I was not at all fat and my collar size was 15.5".
After seven years of suffering with this (despite regular visits to the GP) , and my weight increasing to 15st, I was finally diagnosed with sleep apnoena (OSA), where they said that during sleep, I stopped breathing 68 times per hour.
So, back to the OP, get your new partner to the doctor ASAP, because it could help him and possibly save his life.

floss2

OP, has your new partner actually tried any of the over-the-counter remedies? Or have you just read on websites that they "don't seem to have very good success rates"?

I alternate between using a nasal spray and a throat spray - both available from Boots. They reduce my snoring to an acceptable level for me & my DH. I've had investigations at my local hospital, and these are what was advised.

BTW, I'm a woman, nearly 49, weigh 145-150lbs and can snore for England. And I have a female colleague who is 44, weighs 125lbs and also snores, to the point of having a prescription nasal spray.

Please suggest your new partner goes to visit his GP, to rule out any other conditions.

Mojisola

This might be a starting point for getting him to the GP -

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/01/25/henry-ford-hospital-warns-dont-ignore-the-snore/