'Like a hangover': Why your partner's snoring could be impacting your health
Sleeping next to a snorer could be having a negative effect on your health, experts tell the BBC.
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Have you ever slept next to a snoring partner and woken up feeling stressed, unfocused or forgetful the next day?
As snoring is relatively common, it is often left untreated and dismissed as a harmless irritation. But according to experts, sleeping next to a snorer could be impacting your health.
Snoring is caused by the vibration of the soft tissues in our upper airways during sleep, explains Dr Clare Simon, a dentist with a special interest in dental sleep medicine.
About 40% of the UK adult population snores, with the issue affecting more men than women, says the British Snoring and Sleep Apnoea Association (BSSAA).
And 75% of people with a snoring partner say they have had their sleep impacted, according to a US survey by the Sleep Foundation.
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