What is sleep apnea syndrome in children?

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Sleep apnea or sleep disordered breathing refers to sleep apnea and dyspnea, including obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, hypopnea syndrome, upper airway resistance syndrome, and sleep disordered breathing caused by chronic lung and neuromuscular diseases. What is sleep apnea syndrome in children? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

What is sleep apnea syndrome in children?

The symptoms of OSAHS children during morning awakening include mouth opening breathing, morning headache, dry mouth, disorientation, confusion and irritability. The school-age children are not concentrated in class, daydreaming, lack of energy, academic performance decline. 8% - 62% of the children had excessive daytime sleepiness.

Many children with OSAHS have developmental retardation. It has been confirmed that adult OSAHS can damage attention, memory, alertness and motor skills. However, there are few studies on the influence of daytime cognitive ability in children. Most children have hypertrophic tonsils and proliferators, most of them are breathing by mouth, and some are accompanied by eating, dysphagia and halitosis, And it shows a certain degree of language barrier.

Snoring is the most significant symptom at night. Almost all children with OSAHS snore, and most of them snore loud. However, in severe OSAHS, there may be no snoring or only high pitched grunting during sleep, and snoring aggravates during upper respiratory tract infection.

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It is suggested to lose weight, make weight loss plan, ask dietitian to make diet, increase physical activity and reduce intake. Losing some weight will help you breathe. Reducing to an ideal weight may cure snoring and sleep apnea syndrome.