For years, women have pointed the bleary-eyed blame at men for keeping them awake with their thunderous snoring. Now, it seems, it’s the men who might have cause to complain.
Because a new survey of sleep disorders conducted by the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital and published in the journal Sleep Medicine has found that while 31 per cent of men snore ‘hard’ three times a week, the figure for women in the younger age group is 34 per cent.
Experts say the rise could be down to a number of factors — from rising obesity levels and increased alcohol consumption among women to vaping.
Professor Bhik Kotecha, a snoring specialist and consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon, says: ‘It was always thought that thanks to oestrogen, most women’s fat deposits were around the hips, bottom and thighs.
'But now we’re seeing a trend towards women with fat deposits around the neck which can cause compression of the airways and snoring.
‘There’s also a trend for women to drink more than they did 30 or 40 years ago. Alcohol is a muscle relaxant, so the tissues in the throat become looser, again leading to snoring. Smoking and vaping are also more popular now in women and can cause inflammation of the upper airway and have the same effect.’
But not only can snoring have a big impact on your sleep, it can affect your partner’s, too, potentially putting a strain on relationships.
‘Snoring is one of the top complaints when it comes to partner disturbance,’ says a spokeswoman from The Sleep Council. ‘Lack of sleep can make you feel irritable and moody, which can have a negative effect on your relationship.’
Here, four women confess their snoring problems and reveal how their long-suffering husbands cope . . .
Helen McIntyre, 43, says she has to sleep with a cPap oxygen mask on so as not to disturb her husband James
I have to wear an oxygen mask
Helen McIntyre, 43, a commercial insight manager, lives with James, 48, a bar owner, and son George, five, in Daventry, Northants. She says:
My loud snoring started about three years ago after a bout of tonsillitis. My GP thinks the infection may have affected my air passages.
We went away once with extended family and they said they could hear me through the bedroom walls.
I tried some anti-snoring sprays, but they didn’t help.
It was only when James recorded my snoring on my phone that I realised just how bad I sounded. It didn’t even sound human!
I could hear myself go quiet, then I’d be gasping for breath and snoring really loudly. I knew something wasn’t right.
I wondered if the snoring was affecting me in other ways, too. I always seemed to have a sore throat and felt exhausted. I’d put on weight as well.
I ended up Googling the symptoms and found I might suffer from sleep apnoea — when you stop breathing in your sleep — and so I went to the GP. By this point I was beyond exhausted. I was falling asleep in the day and I was drowsy when driving.
The sleep analyst did some tests involving me measuring my sleeping patterns with equipment at home.
The measurements showed I was stopping breathing every 40 seconds because my airways were not closing properly and the snoring was a symptom. It was frightening, particularly as sleep apnoea can put you at an increased risk of strokes and heart attacks.
Helen and James live with their son George, five, in Daventry, Northants. She says the loud snoring started about three years ago after a bout of tonsillitis, which may have affected her air passages
For the past year I’ve worn a cPap mask that pumps oxygen into my lungs throughout the night. It’s like a gas mask that I have to wear all night.
It might not be sexy but James is relieved. It means he can get a good night’s sleep.
I feel so much better now. I’ve got more energy. I even take the mask on holiday. It might confuse customs officials, but it’s so important to me I take it everywhere!
James says: When her snoring was bad, I couldn’t cope with being constantly disturbed. She’d be gasping for air and making such a noise that I’d often end up on the sofa downstairs for half the night.
It was the only way to get any uninterrupted sleep. Now she’s using the mask, it’s so much better. I can finally get a good night’s sleep in our own bed again!’
Sally Woods, 47, says her snoring wakes her up every night, leaving her exhausted throughout the day
I’m exhausted every day
Sally Woods, 47, is a secretarial team leader for a law firm. She lives in Luton with husband Mark, 48, a team leader for a security company, and children Matthew, 17, and Jenna, 14. She says:
My snoring means I avoid going on trips away with other people because I’m so embarrassed. I can’t go away with my sister, for example, because she hates noise and wouldn’t be able to sleep.
I snore terribly every single night. As a child I used to wake myself up with my snoring, but it’s got worse as I’ve got older. I was diagnosed with nasal polyps [harmless growths] three years ago, which don’t help.
A combination of snoring and going through the menopause — I wake either with the snoring or a hot flush and then can’t get back to sleep — means I’m exhausted every day. By the end of the week I’m really irritable. A good night’s sleep fixes everything, but before long, I’m back to square one.
Mark used to be a terrible snorer, too, but had an operation on the back of his throat to fix it and has been fine ever since. He has learned to sleep through my noise, but when I’m tossing and turning, it can disturb him. Thankfully, he’s very understanding and has never had to leave the bed to sleep in another room.
I’ve tried nasal strips, but nothing seems to help. I’ve been to the GP for my nasal polyps, too, but you can be operated on and then they can grow back, so I’m not sure it’s worth the pain.
Sally, who avoids going on trips away because of her snoring, lives in Luton with husband Mark, 48, a team leader for a security company, and children Matthew, 17, and Jenna, 14
The op Mark had is major surgery that involves cutting through the roof of the mouth and I don’t want to put myself through it.
At least my children aren’t bothered about it. Matthew is out for the count as soon as his head hits the pillow and my daughter Jenna puts her earphones in so she can’t hear me. But I wish I could do something.
Mark says: When I met Sally nearly nine years ago, if anything, I was more worried about my snoring. Thanks to my operation I don’t have a problem any more. But I knew how it had affected me and did not want Sally to feel bad. I am so used to it now it really does not bother me at all.
Rachel Healy, 35, says her snoring can create tension between her and husband Dean - who can hear her through walls if she goes to bed first
I can be heard through walls
Rachel Healy, 35, is a part-time church administrator. She lives with husband Dean, 42, a chef, and son Harry, eight, in Bristol. She says:
My loud snoring can create tension between me and my husband. He works 14-hour shifts and is often on his feet all day. When he comes in late, he is so tired and I try to stay awake until he’s gone to bed, so he can at least get to sleep before I do.
But often he needs an hour or so to wind down and if I’ve gone to bed before him, he says he can hear me through the walls.
Dean will often end up sleeping on the sofa thanks to my snoring. If we’re in the same bed, he’ll nudge me in the night to say: ‘Let me sleep.’ If I wake up and turn over, that’s fine. But often, I’ll sleep through it and carry on snoring so he gets up to get some peace.
It confuses our young son who will ask why Daddy isn’t in bed with Mummy and we have to reassure him that everything’s fine.
It makes me a bit sad because there’s nothing I love more than a cuddle from my husband in bed in the morning and no one likes to wake up alone.
But if we’ve both had bad nights, we can be snappy and irritable with each other. It’s always worse when I’m sleeping on my back. Dean says he’ll often try to roll me onto my side when I’m asleep as I’m not as loud then.
And if I’m ill or if I’ve had a couple of drinks, apparently I’m louder. I’ve tried hay fever nasal sprays to clear my airways, but nothing seems to help.
Rachels husband will often end up sleeping on the sofa thanks to her snoring - leaving their son Harry, eight, confused and asking why they aren't sharing a bed
I wish I knew what I could do to change it, but I’ve snored all my life. Even when I was young my mum said that she could hear me from downstairs. When we went on my sister’s hen weekend to Barcelona, they put me in my own bedroom! It’s become a bit of a running joke in the family.
Dean says: When Rachel and I first got together, it was a couple of months before she would stay over for the night. She told me she couldn’t sleep anywhere but her own bed and only later admitted that she snored and was embarrassed and thought it would put me off. Maybe if I’d known then how loud and relentless her snoring could be, I would have been!
We can laugh about it now, but it has caused arguments. It can get so loud that I’m amazed the neighbours don’t complain.
Amanda Clarke, 48, says her husband Michael likens the sound of her snoring to a train
He says I sound like a train
Amanda Clarke, 48, is a teaching assistant. She lives with husband Michael, 50, an alarm engineer, in Luton and the couple have three children between them. Amanda says:
I’ve snored since I was a child. When I was younger, we thought it might be an adenoid problem, so I had an operation at 12 years old to have them removed, but it didn’t make a difference.
If anything, it’s got worse as I’ve got older. If I’m particularly tired, my husband says I sound like a train. Even my youngest son used to come in the bedroom and wake me up to tell me to be quiet.
I try not to disturb my husband, but I can’t help it. When he’s half-asleep he’ll often give me a little nudge to encourage me to move positions and stop snoring. But as I bruise easily, I wake up with little marks on my hips and arms. He doesn’t mean to do it, but it must be awful for him to have me growling next to him.
I sometimes wake myself up with snoring, but in general it doesn’t bother me much. However, that might be something to do with the fact I am partially deaf. I wear a hearing aid in one of my ears during the day. At night I take it out so I can’t hear myself snore.
Other people are not quite as lucky. My husband will often end up sleeping on the sofa or in the spare room and the lack of sleep can make him irritable. I reckon four out of every seven nights his sleep is affected.
Amanda says four out of every seven nights her husband Michael's sleep is affected by her snoring, which he says sounds like a water disposal unit
It’s not going to cause a divorce, thankfully. In fact, we have quite a laugh about it. He once recorded me snoring and even replayed it back to our friends to prove how loud I was. When I heard it I was pretty shocked. I sounded like a cartoon character.
But I don’t think there’s any solution, so he’ll just have to put up with it.
Michael says: I can get more than a little frustrated that my wife can sound like a waste disposal unit. I run my own business and the lack of sleep can really impact on my work. Occasionally, I’ve slept in and missed site meetings or quotation deadlines.
Once I had to catch up on my sleep in an old lift shaft. I was exhausted, but I know there’s not much she can do about it!
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