New research from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, USA found that those who sleep next to a snorer could be damaging their health, specifically their blood pressure.
The study found that one in seven snorers create such a loud noise that they can raise the blood pressure of the person sleeping next to them.
During the study, which included 162 snorers, 14 per cent hit a decibel level that exceeded 53 decibels, akin to their partner sleeping with the constant noise of a hairdryer.
So how does this impact their partner’s health? Well, apart from being tired the next day, listening to someone snore constantly through the night impacts the ability to regulate stress hormones, making blood pressure spike.
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