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The aim of the examination is to find an obstructive zone at the origin of the snoring. In fact, there is no one solution for all snorers. The treatment envisaged will vary widely from patient to patient, and will depend on the results of both the clinical examination and the sleep recording.
The clinical examination will look for
- nasal obstruction, which may be due either to a deviated septum or an increase in the volume of the inferior turbinates
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| Endoscopic appearance | Radiological appearance of a deviated with large inferior turbinates |
- An obstruction in the soft palate, possibly accompanied by an enlarged uvula or enlarged palatine tonsils,
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| Voluminous uvula resting on tongue | Large obstructive tonsils |
- obstruction at the base of the tongue, which may be due to either a large tongue (macroglossia) or a small jaw (retrognossia), either a large tongue in a normal container or a small container with a tongue of normal volume; in all cases, the tongue tends to fall backwards during sleep
- More rarely, there may be an anomaly in the larynx, which blocks the airway when it is too flaccid.
