I remember way back when I had a girlfriend (13F). I was 14. She didn’t snore that loud when I slept over, but she would definitely snore. It just came to mind and made me wonder if it’s normal to do so at 13.
I remember way back when I had a girlfriend (13F). I was 14. She didn’t snore that loud when I slept over, but she would definitely snore. It just came to mind and made me wonder if it’s normal to do so at 13.
There can be physical problems that cause snoring, your right there are many variables, but its not normal.
The problem with “strict diet” is it doesn’t account for metabolic health. There are many unhealthy diets out there, one feature of which can be misplaced fat. For instance there are many professional athletes with T2D.
It’s less common for young people to snore, so its a indicator there is a underlying metabolic issue they can address (if they care to). Think of snoring as subclinical sleep apnea (for illustrative purposes only), there is a spectrum of airway obstruction - you can go quite far down that spectrum without suffering major effects, but its a indicator of less then ideal metabolic health.
I don’t know if you’re correct or not but regardless, this argument definitely sounds like that doctor who told John Green it’s not normal to sneeze
How many times have you sneezed today? Do you often sneeze with no stimulating cause? I watched the video, and while the doctor’s statement is reported without nuance (Mr Green didn’t speak with the doctor, he interviewed someone who spoke to a doctor many years ago and that was their recollection), I think it is a valid diagnostic question especially for a allergist or immunologist to use. FWIW I have only sneezed with some stimulating cause, and not “out of the blue”, to the best of my recollection. I think it’s reasonable for a doctor in the context of a diagnostic conversation to say “I never sneeze” leaving out the implicit (without stimulation) to try to coax out patient experiences by illustrating their importance. How about you?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoring
It’s a fair interpretation of the question, but I believe the original question was one more of practice than theory. In theory, it’s abnormal to snore. In practice, a good chunk of the population does snore.
I totally agree with this statement, its very common in the current population.
However, it’s not healthy, so it isn’t normal in so far as normal implies healthy.
Thanks doc.