{"id":356,"date":"2017-04-14T17:14:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T21:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libertyvilledentist.com\/blog\/?p=356"},"modified":"2019-07-02T14:37:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T18:37:42","slug":"husband-sound-like-jackhammer-sleeps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\/blog\/husband-sound-like-jackhammer-sleeps\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Does My Husband Sound Like a Jackhammer When He Sleeps?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please, please, please help me. I haven&#8217;t slept in days. My husband recently put on a lot of weight. Ever since then he&#8217;s sounded like a jackhammer in his sleep. What is going on? I&#8217;m about to go out of my mind with exhaustion.<\/p>\n<p>Marissa &#8211; North Carolina<\/p>\n<p>Marissa,<\/p>\n<p>It sounds like your husband has developed <a href=\"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\/sleep-apnea.html\">sleep apnea<\/a>. Patients who are overweight are more likely to develop sleep apnea as well. The muscles in the back of his throat are drooping into his air passage while he sleeps. That is what is causing the lovely resonant jackhammer sound.<\/p>\n<p>There are <a href=\"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\/affordable-dentist-libertyville.html\">dentists<\/a> who treat this condition. Often, it just requires a little oral device, which looks much like a mouthguard. It&#8217;s comfortable and will give both of you a full night&#8217;s sleep.<\/p>\n<p>I suspect your poor husband has been waking up almost as tired as you&#8217;ve been. Sleep apnea even messes with the sufferers sleep pattern. Getting the proper oxygen he needs will renew his energy.<\/p>\n<p>This blog is brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\">Dr. David Potts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please, please, please help me. I haven&#8217;t slept in days. My husband recently put on a lot of weight. Ever since then he&#8217;s sounded like a jackhammer in his sleep. What is going on? I&#8217;m about to go out of my mind with exhaustion. Marissa &#8211; North Carolina Marissa, It sounds like your husband has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[240,242,135,243,197,198,241],"class_list":{"0":"post-356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-libertyville-dentist","7":"tag-affordable-dentist","8":"tag-cures-for-snoring","9":"tag-libertyville-dentist","10":"tag-oral-device-for-snoring","11":"tag-sleep-apnea","12":"tag-snoring","13":"tag-weight-gain-and-snoring","14":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Does My Husband Sound Like a Jackhammer When He Sleeps? | Lake County Family Dental Care<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Does it sound like you&#039;re sleeping with a jackhammer every night? 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