What is snoring?

Snoring is not simply a sound caused by a narrowed airway.

As the nasal cavity and sinuses narrow,

a friction sound is produced in the nose and throat.

Snoring can come from different places depending on how you breathe, so we look at your breathing habits and airway together in deciding on Korean Medicine care.

How snoring and sleep apnea are related

Ordinary snoring occurs with nasal breathing, while sleep apnea occurs when the nose is almost completely blocked and you have no choice but to breathe through your mouth.

With snoring, the airway is narrowed, but breathing does not stop.

However, when nasal congestion during sleep leads to mouth breathing and the base of the tongue falls back toward the airway,

the airway becomes blocked and breathing stops for short periods—this is sleep apnea.

When sleep apnea episodes repeat frequently, the time without breathing increases and the total amount of air you take in falls short,

reducing oxygen supply throughout the body. The resulting low oxygen levels can lead to cerebrovascular disease, cardiovascular disease, and cognitive decline, making it a serious condition that needs treatment.

Ebian Korean Medicine Clinic's care for snoring and sleep apnea focuses on relieving nasal congestion during sleep so that you do not breathe through your mouth.

The focus of snoring and sleep apnea care

Rather than simply stopping symptoms, snoring and sleep apnea care should look at the structure of the nose and aim to restore your ability to breathe through it. The nose is connected to the lungs.

The lungs are the organ responsible for breathing for the whole body and also help defend and protect it.

This is also why, when lung function weakens, white blood cells become less able to fight off harmful substances, and immune-related conditions can develop.

In this view, snoring and sleep apnea arise when lung function weakens. When lung function is weak, circulation and recovery in the lungs decline.

At the same time, the function of the nose, which is connected to the lungs, declines as well.

When lung function declines, damage to the nasal lining is not repaired, resulting in inflammation and rhinitis symptoms.

For this reason, rhinitis care aims to support lung function and build a breathing pattern that allows you to breathe through your nose.

We look at the degree of inflammation in the nasal lining when providing care, and follow how your breathing is maintained over time.

Even if environmental changes cause inflammation of the nasal lining, the lungs' ability to recover from that inflammation should be strengthened.

Ebian Korean Medicine Clinic's nasal and airway care

Care that aims to build nose breathing and support lung function

Real-time endoscope-guided care

Nasal bloodletting performed while checking the lining through an endoscope

We explain each step of care.

Ebian Korean Medicine Clinic provides care while checking the condition

of the nasal lining through an endoscope.

We check the inside of the nose through an endoscope, observing the nasal lining in real time and targeting inflamed areas.

We look carefully at the areas that need care,

and the method and response vary from person to person.

Five-area airway approach

An anatomical approach: care for five areas—the inferior, middle, and superior turbinates and the pharyngeal and laryngeal linings

We divide the lining of the nasal airway into five areas—the inferior, middle, and superior turbinates and the pharyngeal and laryngeal linings—and care for them as a whole.

Rather than stimulating only the inferior turbinate at the entrance of the nose, we check your condition through an endoscope

and work from the inferior turbinate deep into the airway.

This allows care to reach inflamed areas that are hard to access, and we treat the lining from the entrance of the nose deep inside with pharmacopuncture according to its condition.

Changing how you breathe through your nose