Treatment for Snoring

 

 

 

 

Acupuncture Can Cure Tonsilitis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more information please go to Dr. Lee's Sinus School Lectures on youtube

 

 

<The Society for Non-Invasive Snoring and Sleep Apnea Therapy>

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9VvbltqvyE

 

Buy a book that contains her 25years of experience in treatment of sinusitis and rhinitis.

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Sinus-School-Woo-Jeong-Lee-ebook/dp/B019B9NVOM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1477027572&sr=8-1&keywords=sinus+school

 

 

About Dr. Lee

 

 

Dr. Woojeong, Lee (OMD) /CEO of Cosoom Oriental Medicine Network Clinics

& Founding President of the Society for Non-Invasive Snoring and Sleep Apnea Therapy

Her acupuncture therapy in the nasal mucosa is an innovative treatment that not only reduces the swelling to clear the nose but it also revitalizes the membranes to stand against sinus colds.

Dr. Lee's Sinus School: Mouth-Breathing's Harmful Effects

 

 

Dr. Lee's Sinus School: Mouth-Breathing's Harmful Effects:

 

Recalling of my childhood memories, I used to wake up with a sore throat and had to swallow saliva to ease the pain. The pain was caused by mouth breathing during sleeping. I often started my days rubbing off drool marks around my mouth. I also sparsely did hums and ha’s during my speech. However no one was aware those were critical indications to calling for treating the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses.

 

 

 

 

I suffered frequent bouts of cold during my primary school years. I once observed my sore throat on a mirror, which caused by the common cold. Even swallowing saliva was painful. I saw a pair of walnut-sized tonsils on both sides of the throat. I touched the inflamed tonsils with my fingers. Those were tender in texture. I thought to myself, 'So these must generate all the pain.' From there on, I practiced to open the mouth as wide as I could by suppressing my tongue and saying “ahh,” to view the tonsils. My father, who operated an herbal medicine shop, treated my tonsillitis with pricking therapy (bloodletting therapy). Since then, tonsillitis never recurred and the tonsils are hardly visible now. I learned the pricking therapy to treat tonsillitis from my father.

 

I came to acknowledge that sleeping with the mouth open, drooling while sleeping and recurrent tonsillitis are all interrelated symptoms and should never be regarded insignificant. These must be treated appropriately in order to establish clear breathing.

 

Inner nose remained almost a terra incognita; it is inter-connected with various body structures and carries out functions relatively unknown. Reluctantly, most patients' complaints were limited to their nasal symptoms. Medical literatures pertain to sinusitis only list the symptoms confined to the nose. Through gaining clinical experience, I learn to perceive the symptoms caused by nasal conditions and how those can directly affect the suffering patients. I also became able to interpret the nasal conditions to diagnose other bodily symptoms. Subsequently, I could confirm treating the nose can more effectively deal with the other related symptoms. In other words, as some doctors can make diagnoses through observing the eyes, or treating the spine to cure other body conditions, I can diagnose and care for the whole body by observing and treating the nose.

 

As a clinical doctor of oriental medicine, I have counseled and treated numerous patients who complained of their nasal disorders.

 

The list of complaints include, but may not be limited to, the following: congested nose; one side of the nose is congested, then, it switches; stuffiness in the nose while breathing through the nose; obstructed feeling inside the nasal cavity, post nasal drip; unable give the nose a good blow; ear pain after blowing the nose; having a runny nose during eating; nasal congestion during the bedtime; scratching itchy throat with a weird noise; frequent swallowing of nasal discharge and etc.

Clinical experience provided accumulated know-hows in discerning precise regions to apply treatments, varying on patients’ symptoms.

      

One of my most critical clinical feats is the discovery of the cooling fan function of the nose; it provides more than an air passage. That is, it facilitates the ideal operation condition for the brain, one of the vital organs in the body, to perform at the optimal level. In a way, it acts as a computer cooling fan. Therefore, rhinitis, sinusitis, nasal and paranasal sinuses disorders, should be reconsidered as critical ailments that can undermine overall functions of the body.

 

Until now, conventional curative therapy approaches have been centered around relieving nasal congestion and surgical removal of inflamed nasal mucosa to prevent relapses. Those were prescribed based on a limited perspective on the functions of the nose as a mere part of air passage. But those are destructive procedures that can permanently disrupt the nose's delicate and critical heat dissipating function for the brain.

 

 

My first book, “Say No to Sinus Surgery,” devoted most of its contents on explaining the functions and the importance of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. It barely touched on the treatment aspect of the disorders. Hence, this is the first revised and enlarged edition with supplement on the subject of treatments in detail.

    

 

 

www.amazon.com (search for the sinus school) Here the book contains 25 years of

experience as an OMD specialized in nose related problems.

 

Waiting for merry christmas,

 

Woojeong Lee

 

Korea's No 1 Oriental Medicine Clinic for Nose: Dr. Lee's Sinuse School Column : Frequent Tonsillitis Breakout

 

 

 

Frequent Tonsillitis Breakout

How to Cure

 

Many people suffer from frequent tonsillitis breakout,  how do we cure it?  Do we need a tonsillectomy? Dr. Lee tells you things you need to know if you make up your mind to have a surgery. Your tonsil might be weak if you suffer from frequent tonsillitis, however you have to also watch your sleep pattern. You might be mouth-breathing while you sleep.

 

Here, Dr. Lee tells you about frequent tonsillitis and your sleep pattern. --> Click below

 

 

 

Q. Why tonsillitis occur so frequently?

 

 

Dr. Lee's Note:

 

The condition can be caused by either viral or bacterial infections. It accompanies high fever and severe pain is experienced when swallowing saliva. 

 

The tissue of the tonsils has the tendency to swell much when it is infected. It could even obstruct the airway of the throat, suffocation is possible.

 

While it may be possible to treat tonsillitis with medicines, however, would there be a radical treatment to deter its recurrences?

 

This certainly is worth pondering. Tonsillitis caused by infections may not be so serious when it is appropriately treated, but in some cases exposing to cold air can cause infection in the tonsils and making swallowing painful. There are also other cases where people constantly suffer from inflammation of tonsil without infections. Why the tonsils are so susceptible to inflammation and infections?

 

Chronic tonsillitis that comes with high fever or inflammation of the tonsils that may cause low degree fever has a common culprit: mouth breathing. Nasal breathing, in which inhaled air goes through the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses, ensures the air is filtered, air conditioned and humidified before it reaches to the bronchial tubes and lungs. In this case, catching tonsillitis is rare. However, in mouth breathing, the inhaled air, often cold air, comes in direct contact with the throat, irritating the tonsils, making them prone to inflammation and engorgement. For this reason, such case of tonsillitis can be effectively prevented by treating rhinitis and sinusitis to restore the ventilation in the nasal passages and sinuses, so that they can function optimally to bring relief to the tonsils, bronchial tubes and lungs.

 

But the subject of concern is limited to tonsillitis in this section.

 

The recurring episodes of tonsillitis can be explained by the following. At the early stage, anti-inflammatory medicines can easily treat the infection within 2 to 3 days. However, the infection may have been gone while the engorged tissue has not shrunk back to its original size completely. (It is similar to that of burnt wounds, swelling remains for prolonged period.) When this repeats, the tonsils can even become big as a walnut. Enlarged tonsils are not inherent, but caused by repeated swelling induced by infections. This is called, Tonsillar Hypertrophy. The tissues of the tonsils in such case are not treatable with anti-inflammatory drugs, as those are not inflamed in nature. Therefore, the size does not shrink back.

 

This does not cause pain, but it is swollen more than the normal tissues. Therefore, fatigue or compromised immune system results in making the tissues prone to infections.

 

The essential treatment is to bring back the tissues to its original size to free them from infections, not the drug therapy that targets inflammation.

 

----> For frequent tonsillitis, surgeries are often recommended. But the needle pricking therapy on the tonsils is a safe and effective alternative approach. I have employed pricking therapy that the time has proven effective in treating frequent tonsillitis.

 

As  the  weather  gets  colder  and  drier,  i see  patients with  dry  eye  syndrome  often  thesedays.

Dry  eye  syndrome  is  a  condition  caused  by  a lack  of  moisture  on  the  surface of  the  eyes.

The  cause  of  dryness is  the  heat  that  dissipates  moisture from  the  eye.

When  there  are  not  enough  tears, the  eye  becomes  dry  and  cause redness  and  feeling  gritty.  When  it  gets  worse, you  will  feel constant  eyestrain  whether  your  eyes  are  opened  or  not.

I say  dry  eye  syndrome  should be  distinguished  into two.

1.  Dry  eye  syndrome

2. Extraocular muscle  pain

See  which  you  belong  before  you  go  to  see  a doctor.

If  yoy  fall  into  no2, enough  sleep might  helpful.  Or  splash  cold  water  on the  eyes  to start  the  day.


If  this  does  not  help  your  symptom  and  you  suffer  continously, you  have  to  doubt  whether  your  sinuses  are  blocked  or  not.

You  will  need  a more  prolonged  treatment.  If  you  wish  to  know more  about  your  dry  eyes  and  sinuses, please  look  up  the book,  sinus  school  which  contains  correlation  between  dry eyes  and  your  sinuses.


Just  by  a needle-pricking  therapy, you  can  heal  your  blocked  sinuses  and  it  is also deeply  related  with  snoring.

Check out your snoring pattern and see where you belong!

 

 

Check out your pattern of snoring and see where you belong!

 

 

(Dr. Lee in her treatment with a needle-pricking therapy into sinuses of a patient)

 

 

The Level of Snoring

 

 

Stage 0: Clear inhaling with no sound during a deep sleep - Healthy

 

Stage 1: Slight snoring at the beginning of a deep sleep - Good

 

Stage 2: Periodical snoring - Slightly blocked sinuses

 

Stage 3: Repeat loud and soft snoring – Heavily congested sinuses

 

Stage 4: No snoring, but breathing through the mouth - Worse than Stage 3

 

Stage 5: Sleeping with an open mouth

 

Stage 6: Possible sleep apnea syndrome

 

 

Stage 0 indicates healthy state of the sinuses. Stage 1, which exhibits slight snoring in the begging of sleep is considered to be in a good state. Stage 2 indicates a partial blockage somewhere in the paranasal sinuses. In stage 3, it exhibits the alternating pattern of loud and soft snoring, caused by more blocked sinuses.

 

 

People who belong to stage 4 may not have loud snoring, but mouth breathing is being carried out in a subtle manner. No one hardly recognizes the seriousness of the condition, but this could be more devastating than snoring. The sinuses are more blocked than the previous stage. If the sinuses become more obstructed than stage 3, nasal breathing becomes more difficult, leading the mouth to open. Breathing through both mouth and the nose does not vibrate the uvula. Subtle mouth breathing does not create enough negative pressure to move the uvula to generate sound. In some cases, people inhale through the nose and exhale through their mouth, making it difficult to define it as snoring, however, the blockage is more serious than the 3rd stage. Feeling dryness in the throat, lips, or mouth after waking up, or soreness in the throat, or drooling marks mouth breathing. People who frequently suffer from the following symptoms should look into this matter carefully: sore throat, tonsillitis, slight cough, bronchitis, laryngitis.

 

 

At stage 5, people, whose sinuses are almost completely blocked, complain fatigue after waking up. Their mouth is opened during their sleep and the uvula vibrates over night. At this stage, people begin to think the snoring could be the underlying reason for the tiredness.

Dr. Lee's Sinus School: Stages of Snoring and The Key to Snoring Treatment

 

 

 

Treatment for Snoring

You can stop snoring through a non-surgical way.

<Dr. Lee's Sinus School Column # 102>

 

It is only natural to minimize the Bernoulli Effect by expanding the constricted area of the airway where it creates the frictional sound.  To treat this condition, ENT focuses on the uvula that hangs loose as the cause, performing staphyloplasty: a surgical removal of the uvula. 

 

First up though, please watch this video, which tells the stages of snoring and see where you are now.

 

 

 

 

The tongue also has been subjected for snoring reduction. In more serious snoring cases, following procedures are performed: genioglossurs advancement, hyoid myotomy suspension, thyrohyoidopexy, hyoid myotomy, submucosal minimal invasive lingual excision.

 

 

There is also a surgical operation called, maxillomandibular advancement, to widen the airway. Continuous positive airway pressure can also be implemented as a non-surgical treatment to breathe continuously during sleeping.

 

Inherently large uvula or sagging uvula caused by aging can be surgically treated; the name of the surgery has been changed from uvulectomy to staphylocplasty as the later excision retains the shape of the uvula, greatly reducing the risk of chocking. There are people who were born with broad soft palate and long uvula. In that case, it can be observed they began snoring at a very young age. A surgery may be recommended in such cases. However, there is a doubt whether repeating staphyloplasty is appropriate for recurred snoring.

 

Often patients who had a staphyolplasty for snoring visit to the clinic. Those are the ones who suffer a relapse. Majority of them become stunned at the result which was more effective than harsh staphyoplasty, after their ventilation was restored in the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. They became able to breathe clearly, indicating the sinuses and cavity free from any obstruction. This treatment eradicates snoring and ensures sound sleeping at night and clear breathing during the day.

 

I believe an appropriate snoring treatment should consist of restoring the ventilation in the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses; the same method of treatment applies as being done in treating the rhinitis and sinusitis.

 

The treatment consists of blood-pricking in the nasal mucosa to decongest the nasal cavity and use suction treatment to draw any trapped pus to clear the sinuses. Once the nasal cavity and sinuses are cleared, patients can instantly find their snoring has been reduced on the spot.

 

Try to mimic snoring sound while breathing through your mouth. You might find the uvula vibrates and makes snoring sound. In this case, removing the uvula would reduce the sound of snoring (however, this surgery may end the snoring, but not mouth breathing).

 

Now, try to do it with your mouth closed. The uvula does not vibrate, but the sound is generated from the palate. The sound can be regulated by narrowing the nasal cavity, through which controls the air intake to make the palate adhere to the uvula.

 

The origin of the snoring sound is not around the uvula that has been removed; it is around the soft palate, the roof of the mouth. The nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses which are located superior to the palate can be restored to their shapes, invigorating the sinus functions to clear the head and eyes, even brining relief to tensed neck and shoulders. --------> This is the key in treating snoring.

 

For more information please go to Dr. Lee's Sinus School Lectures on youtube

 

 

<The Society for Non-Invasive Snoring and Sleep Apnea Therapy>

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9VvbltqvyE

 

Buy a book that contains her 25years of experience in treatment of sinusitis and rhinitis.

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Sinus-School-Woo-Jeong-Lee-ebook/dp/B019B9NVOM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1477027572&sr=8-1&keywords=sinus+school

 

 

About Dr. Lee

 

 

Dr. Woojeong, Lee (OMD) /CEO of Cosoom Oriental Medicine Network Clinics

& Founding President of the Society for Non-Invasive Snoring and Sleep Apnea Therapy

Her acupuncture therapy in the nasal mucosa is an innovative treatment that not only reduces the swelling to clear the nose but it also revitalizes the membranes to stand against sinus colds.

Dr. Lee's Sinus School #5: Sleep Apnea Treatment

Please note that people with snoring or sleep apnea syndrome should neither neglect nor opt to have a surgery. This must be considered as a signal sent by the cerebrum to look after the sinuses.

 

What is Sleep Apnea

 

Snoring and sleep apneas can be distinguished by their degree of blockage in the respiratory tract. Snoring, while their airway is constricted, does not stop breathing, however, a completely blocked airway does not allow air to pass. If such condition lasts more than 10 seconds, it could be diagnosed as sleep apnea syndrome. It is required to check first, whether the patient subject to care breathe through the mouth during sleeping. Even though there is no signs of mouth breathing, restoring the ventilation in the nasal cavity and sinuses holds the primary importance. Concurrently, check the size of the pharynx, larynx and tonsils to determine whether obesity requires to be dealt with.

 

In conjunction with acupuncture therapy, it can decongest the affected area, bringing the cure without a surgical operation.     

 

 

The Level of Snoring

 

Stage 0: Clear inhaling with no sound during a deep sleep - Healthy

Stage 1: Slight snoring at the beginning of a deep sleep - Good

Stage 2: Periodical snoring - Slightly blocked sinuses

Stage 3: Repeat loud and soft snoring – Heavily congested sinuses

Stage 4: No snoring, but breathing through the mouth - Worse than Stage 3

Stage 5: Sleeping with an open mouth

Stage 6: Possible sleep apnea syndrome

 

Sleep apnea becomes apparent at stage 6, much of the ostiomeatal complex is constricted, inducing severe breathing difficulty. While this stage of sleep apnea is very critical, stage 4 requires the utmost attention to diagnose. Most patients do not snore at that stage, but they are unaware of mouth breathing without snoring is more critical than snoring with their mouth closed.

 

I can assure that restoring the ventilation in the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses can improve snoring as well as sleep apnea in every stage of snoring.

 

If you wish to know more about snoring and sleep apnea, please look up my recent book

on sinusitits and rhinitis which contains 25 years of experience as oriental medical doctor, specialized in sinusitis treatment without receiving a surgery. 

 

 

 

 

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