“Snoreplasty” - A simple cure for your snoring partner, finally… and it’s cost? £3!

October 30, 2009 by Baby Chums
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A throat specialist based in Southport near Liverpool, Hadi Al-Jassim, claims to have treated 400 patients with a cure for snoring, that is simple, cheap and effective called, “Snoreplasty.”

His team of consultants are offering an injection which they say is a genuine alternative to painful surgery.

Mr Al-Jassim said: ”As everyone knows, snoring can cause major problems for patients and in particular their partners,

”In most cases it’s the men who snore and their partners suffer sleep deprivation and at the end of the day you have to keep your partner happy - though women do snore as well.

”It causes all sorts of problems between partners and leads to marital, social and health problems.

”I am delighted with the treatment because, until this, there has been no effective treatment other than surgery.”

The procedure is done under local anaesthetic in which sodium tetradecyl is injected into the roof of the mouth and takes only two-minutes.

A sclerosing agent, the chemical is usually used in the treatment of varicose veins.

The injection combats snoring by stopping the soft tissue at the back of the mouth from vibrating, destroying the injected tissue. If too much chemical is used it will destroy surrounding tissue unnecessarily. If too little chemical is used the treatment will be unsuccessful.

Mr Al-Jassim, who is now giving lectures to other specialists across the country about Snoreplasty: ”Surgical treatment is very painful and takes weeks of recovery time so many patients decide not to do it because they can’t get the time off work or their health’s not strong enough for surgery.

”And in other cases surgery doesn’t work.

”After the jab, patients can go home straight away and eat about an hour later.

”It will help around 70 per cent of sufferers and has made life easier for many patients and their partners.

”Even with those people it hasn’t cured, they reported sleeping better and waking up feeling fresher.

”The jab can be given three times a year but some people find one injection lasts them a year.”

NHS advice says there are some simple things to try before turning to an injection or surgery:

maintaining a healthy diet and weight,

getting regular exercise to strengthen muscles all over your body,

trying to sleep on your side rather than your back,

avoiding alcohol before going to bed, and

quitting or cutting down on smoking.

Army researchers from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in America introduced Snoreplasty at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Foundation.