article_snippet.sent: If your partner snores heavily in bed, you might be tempted to give your partner snores heavily in bed a poke in the ribs and go back to sleep.
article_snippet.sent: At least half a million Britons suffer from sleep apnoea, which is most often found in middle-aged, overweight men.
article_snippet.sent: The condition causes the muscles in the airway to contract during sleep, which cuts off the air supply, usually resulting in a heavy snore.
article_snippet.sent: It causes disrupted sleep and daytime exhaustion, pushing up blood pressure.
article_snippet.sent: ‘Abnormal breathing patterns during sleep such as heavy snoring and sleep apnoea are common in the elderly.
article_snippet.sent: Most of us don’t think of snoring as something to be concerned about but frequent, loud snoring could be a sign of sleep apnoea - a disorder that affects breathing during sleep.
highlights_snippet.sent: Sleep apnoea is where the throat narrows in sleep, interrupting breathing .
  