Snoring

Snoring symptoms

In cases of simple palatal snoring the symptoms are most obvious to the partner of the sufferer. Whereas with OSA the snoring is itself a symptom of an apnoeic patient, for a non-apnoeic sufferer the symptoms are the audible snoring caused by vibration of the soft palate, velopharyngeal sphincter and upper oropharynx.

However non-apnoeic sufferers may also present with headaches during the night or in the morning, and may wake themselves and their partner causing problems associated to broken sleep. In addition sufferers may experience tenderness of the soft tissue of the upper airway.

A patient may present with what to them is a simple snoring problem that on further examination is a symptom of OSA.