A new study shows that snoring loudly can make your skull weak. It has been found that people contending with this sleep disorder have significantly less bone surrounding their brain.

One of the problems this can cause is spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak (sCSF-L). When the results from the study were matched by weight, age, and blood samples, it was found that people with OSA or obstructive sleep apnea had had a characteristic thinness to their skulls. Experts have said that even an erosion of as little as 1mm would be enough to trigger the potentially fatal condition of sCSF-L.

Sleep apnea is where the airways of the affected person become obstructed while they are asleep, causing them to stop breathing for as long as a few minutes, and then settle back into loud snoring. It is found to be one of the most common sleep-related breathing disorders in adults, and has links to stroke, heart attack, and premature death caused by any number of reasons. Around 22 million people in the country suffer from sleep apnea, and more than three quarters of the cases go undiagnosed.

sCSF-L happens when the dura and bone of the base of the skull are defective. This issue has no roots in trauma, tumors, or surgery. Experts who conducted the study said more research is needed to see how sleep apnea can be a cause of the skull thinning, and how the risks of sCSF-L are raised by this. They also opined that patients who exhibit skull thinning in CT scans might be more prone to contracting sleep apnea, making it important that these people go in for screening.

People who are obese are markedly more vulnerable, which is another good reason for them to try and shed a few pounds if they have the chance. The rates of sCSF-L incidence in the US have gone up by more than double in the past decade alone, and this is highly consistent with the increase in obesity cases. People with sCSF-L get a colorless, odorless discharge from the nose, which results from a hole in the tissue around the spinal cord and brain.

While the use of snoring remedies can be very helpful in alleviating a basic snoring issue, severe sleep apnea condition requires care from a sleep specialist and customized treatment to be completely cured of. Get in touch with a sleep doctor to find out your snore stop options.