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According to a research study conducted in Sweden, kids who grow up with a canine at home are more likely to be heavy snorers as adults.
The study may upset the pet lovers as the study showed that growing up with a pet dog could increase a child`s chances of being a snorer later in life by almost a quarter.
The researchers said that snoring is not just a potential annoyance, it has been linked to early death, heart disease and stroke.
Karl Franklin of University Hospital Ume led the research team. He said, "Dogs may increase airborne particles that would encourage inflammation and thereby alter upper airway anatomy early in life, causing an increased susceptibility for adult snoring."
But an India-based doctor SK Dasgupta has refused the claims of the study. Dr Dasgupta said, "The man`s best friend cannot be blamed for snoring. It is vibration of respiratory structures, and the resulting sound is because of obstructed air movement during breathing while sleeping."
He added, "The irregular airflow is caused by a blockage and usually either due to throat weakness, or mispositioned jaw or often caused by tension in the muscles or fat gathering around the throat or obstruction in nasal passageway."
 However, the Sweden researchers have claimed that their study was based on an analysis of 16,000 people in Europe. All of them answered questionnaires about their early life, family, sleep, smoking habits, height and weight. And one in five were found to be habitual snorers, defined as loud and disturbing snoring at least three nights a week.
The researchers found that the habitual snorers were those who grew up with a pet dog at home. The study found habitual snorers were more often men, more obese, older, had a higher prevalence of asthma and chronic bronchitis and had smoked more than non-snorers.
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