Snoring causes headaches

April 22, 2003 10:47 AM

Snoring causes headaches..... according to recent research. I post this as I recall from a previous thread that some interest was generated from a post on migraine. I drove my GP mental then, trying to tell her how to do her job based on some contributions to mefi. Now I will be starting all over again.
posted by Fat Buddha (8 comments total)

the study doesn't say snoring causes headaches. There's some correlation, that doesn't mean causation.

Further, overweight and overdrinking may be the cause of both the snoring and the headaches.
posted by luser at 11:06 AM on April 22, 2003

Snoring causes headaches... in your partner. This we know for sure.
posted by Space Coyote at 11:22 AM on April 22, 2003

Yes, luser is correct, I should have stated .."suggests recent research" rather than according to.
Nevertheless as a chronic sufferer anything that might add to our sum of knowledge is interesting in and of itself.
posted by Fat Buddha at 11:25 AM on April 22, 2003

Sleep apnea sure as heck causes them. Hubby quit having morning headaches as soon as we plugged him into a CPAP machine, affectionately known as the "nose hose".
posted by konolia at 11:59 AM on April 22, 2003

So, aside from CPAP, does anything really work to prevent snorring? I think my wife might want to know.
posted by daver at 12:25 PM on April 22, 2003

Well, palate/tonsil/adenoid surgery, or part-time tracheotomies (capped during the day). I'm a tech at a sleep lab and an obstructive sleep apnea sufferer.
posted by Samizdata at 1:32 PM on April 22, 2003

I'm fairly proficient snorer. However, I have NEVER, once, in my entire life, had a headache. None, nada, zilch.

Call it the luck of the neurological draw, but I do have occasional seizures. Have always wondered if there was a connection - or perhaps a few missing ones.
posted by groundhog at 5:58 PM on April 22, 2003

Hubby quit having morning headaches as soon as we plugged him into a CPAP machine, affectionately known as the "nose hose"

We call mine "the alien".
posted by Wet Spot at 7:07 PM on April 22, 2003