Does your partner's snoring keep you up? It could be impacting your health
Sleeping next to a snorer could be having a negative effect on your health, experts tell the BBC.
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"As humans we physically can't function without that necessity."
— Prof Ama Johal , Academic
"Without fail, after a snoring-induced wake up I would feel on incredibly high alert."
— Meg Warren , Other
"If you wake up and you've had a bad night's sleep, you eat more, you feel more irritable."
— Anna-Louise Dearden , Other
Key People
A journalist who sometimes sleeps in a separate room due to her partner's snoring.
A dentist with a special interest in dental sleep medicine.
A charity media officer who experienced sleep disruption due to her partner's snoring.
A consultant orthodontist and sleep expert at Aerox Health.
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Sleeping next to a snorer could be having a negative effect on your health, experts tell the BBC.
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