Can Mold Cause You To Snore?
Can Mold Cause You To Snore?
Technically, a mold is a fungus. It grows in the form of what they call ‘multicellular filaments’, which are known by name as ‘hyphae’. To be more literal and specific, they’re micro-organisms that help to decompose dead organic material. Mold has spores that are too small to see without a microscope – but that doesn’t mean that they don’t affect us.
Mold spores are present everywhere. From the moment we are born, we’re exposed to mold spores on a near daily basis. The air carries mold spores so small that they cannot be seen. They are so small, in fact, that the air has more of an impact on them than gravity – which means that we also breathe them in with every breath we take.
This isn’t usually a big problem – unless we run into an unusually high concentration of mold spores in the air. This is most likely to happen in a house where mold is growing in an unusually abundant supply – which may happen if more moisture than normal is getting stuck in a small space. Plus, in a house, the mold spores are not allowed to float freely away. They get trapped inside, and are breathed by the inhabitants – which can sometimes cause adverse health reactions.
It’s not uncommon to experience allergy-like symptoms when exposed to a lot of mold. Itchy eyes, a runny nose, a stuffy head, coughing, wheezing, headaches, and shortness of breath can all be caused by mold – but can mold possibly make snoring problems worse?
Can mold impact your quality of sleep?
There’s no doubt that mold can hurt your quality of sleep. If you’re exposed to an unusually high number of mold spores while you’re trying to sleep during the night, the symptoms will undoubtedly get in the way of a peaceful night’s rest. But believe it or not, mold can also make your snoring problem worse. It can cause inflammation and congestion, and can tighten your breathing pathways just enough to push you over the edge into a raucous night of wheezing and sputtering.
Information! And yes, that means snoring – which means that even someone who doesn’t usually snore can acquire a snoring problem when exposed to mold.
What can you do about it?
Sometimes mold is easy to fix, but sometimes it’s not. If mold is growing somewhere out in the open, then cleaning it up can sometimes really help the situation. You can also help by removing added moisture from the environment. Putting a de-humidifier into a room that usually experiences a high level of moisture can sometimes do a lot to help keep things dry. An air purifier can also help to filter spores out of the air.
Sometimes mold is just a symptom of a bigger problem – such as a leak in the roofing or some sort of plumbing issue that’s causing moisture somewhere unseen. In such cases, just cleaning up the mold won’t help. You’ll need to solve the larger problem before you can be rid of the mold for good.
There are a lot of mold specialists who know a lot about this topic, and if you feel that you may be suffering from a mold problem in your home, it would be best to give one a call. A mold specialist can test for mold spores in your home and determine how serious the problem is.
At any rate, remember that your quality of sleep is very important, and remember that you should never put up with snoring in the long-run when there are so many options out there for putting a stop to it. Mold can sometimes be the culprit, but snoring happens a lot without any external or environmental factors contributing to it. Sometimes, snoring just happens – but it’s important to deal with it when it does so that you don’t end up sleep-deprived.
Snoring can also cause problems for the person sleeping with you. Your partner might also experience sleep loss if you continue to allow your snoring problem to go unresolved – so try to take action as soon as possible to get it taken care of.
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