Many parents think that their child snores when he sleeps, indicating that he sleeps well and thinks that he is very cute. But this idea is not right. The child's sleep "snoring" is not a sound sleep, but a health problem!
This is not, some time ago Xiaobian saw such a news: 10-year-old boys are not only sleepy, but also snoring loudly in sleep, snoring for up to a minute!
Through the doctor's diagnosis, it was found that the child had adenoidal hypertrophy, but fortunately after surgery, he had been able to recover.
In fact, if the adenoid hypertrophy is not treated in time, it will seriously affect the child's learning, life, and intellectual development.
So, why do children snore when they sleep? Always habitually open your mouth to breathe, what is the cause? Xiaobian specially consulted today - Shenzhen Renshu Medical ENT famous medical experts, to give friends a detailed talk.
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Little snoring, it's not easy!
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Snoring at a young age, most likely for this reason
In fact, children love to snore when they sleep, and there are many reasons behind it, such as adenoidal hypertrophy, tonsil hypertrophy, allergic rhinitis, cold nasal congestion, obesity and other factors, which will cause children to sleep and snore, open their mouths and breathe.
However, one of the most common causes is adenoid hypertrophy.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has concluded that adenoids and enlarged tonsils are the most common cause of obstructive sleep apnea in children.
In fact, adenoids and tonsils are considered to be "brothers" with good relations, but the low-key ones are not as "famous" as the tonsils.
So many parents may feel very unfamiliar when they hear the term "adenoid hypertrophy".
In fact, the adenoid itself is an immune organ located at the junction of the apical and posterior walls of the nasopharynx, a piece of lymphoid tissue between the pharyngeal crypts on both sides, playing the role of "health guardian".
However, if it is always inflamed, pathological hyperplasia and hypertrophy, it will become a place for harboring bacteria, become the "culprit", easy to cause complications of surrounding organs and even systemic complications, harmful to the human body and not beneficial.
Therefore, the adenoids are still "two-faced" that change, and we have to be careful.
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Why is the child's adenoids prone to problems?
In simple terms, the main causes of adenoidal hypertrophy in children are as follows
The first is the cause of the child's low autoimmunity. Especially when changing seasons, if the child is malnourished and immune is reduced, it is easy to produce adenoidal inflammation, and repeated stimulation of inflammation will lead to adenoid hypertrophy.
Secondly, the child has had acute rhinitis, chronic rhinitis, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis and other primary diseases. Because of the inflammatory secretions in the nasal cavity, it is easy to repeatedly stimulate the adenoids, resulting in adenoid hypertrophy.
While the adenoidal hypertrophy is large, it also hinders the ventilation and drainage of the nasal cavity and the sinuses, resulting in rhinitis and sinusitis that are not easy to cure, and the two are mutually causal and vicious.
Of course, the factors of the external environment also have a certain impact! Recurrent episodes such as air pollution, frequent exposure to allergens, upper respiratory tract infections caused by cold irritation, various acute infectious diseases, acute adenoiditis, and chronic pharyngitis can also lead to adenoid hypertrophy.
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How big is the harm of sleeping and snoring?
There is no problem with the temporary snoring of children, if it is a long-term snoring, the impact is not small, you have to pay attention!
Affect the child's long stature: the impact of the child's sleep snoring, open mouth breathing, like the child's nasal cavity if the ventilation is not smooth, it will also lead to insufficient oxygen supply, reduced growth hormone secretion, affecting the child's long stature.
The decline in appearance, the longer the uglier: long-term mouth breathing, will lead to the child's facial development will be deformed.
As a result, there will be lower lip valgus, uneven teeth, maxillofacial deformity, shortened chin, and even tooth decay, and adenoidal face, and unconsciously, your child's appearance will be lower and lower.
Affects intelligence, poor learning: long-term sleep snoring and open mouth breathing, poor sleep quality of children, so that the daytime spirit is poor, attention is difficult to concentrate, memory decline, resulting in poor children's academic performance, learning ability is not strong.
In addition, a small number of children will compress the nasopharyngeal opening of the "Eustachian tube" due to adenoidal hypertrophy, and in severe cases, apnea may occur, and it is also easy to get otitis media and hearing loss.
In short, remind everyone that snoring is not a trivial matter, and the kings should pay attention to it!
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Don't want to sleep and snore, try this method
Make lifestyle changes and see how it works
Strengthen exercise and enhance resistance: Appropriate and appropriate amounts of exercise for children can not only enhance physical fitness, but also reduce the occurrence of obesity.
Balanced diet, supplement nutrition: usually give children less cold, overheated and spicy and stimulating food, big fish and meat should be appropriate, to avoid children's accumulation of food.
Observe climate change and take protective measures: when the weather becomes cold, keep your child warm, avoid catching a cold, and prevent your child from repeated colds and other upper respiratory tract infections.
Of course, if your child has allergic rhinitis and asthma from an early age, it is recommended to test for allergens that cause symptoms and avoid contact with allergens.
Pay attention to the sleeping position when sleeping, you can lie on your side: when you lie flat, your tongue and soft palate will fall, and it will also block the airway and cause snoring. Choosing side sleepers may be able to avoid this problem, although the efficacy is not as good as other methods, but the cost is low and it is easy to adhere.
It is important to receive treatment from a professional doctor!
If you want your child to say goodbye to snoring completely, you need to cure it from the root.
If your child has the following conditions, you may need to ask a doctor to assess whether there is an adenoidal hypertrophy problem, such as:
● In addition to eating and talking, it is always customary to open your mouth when breathing, and speak with a heavy nasal voice;
●Breathing with the mouth open at night, frequent snoring, frequent night awakening, restless sleep;
● Feeling tired during the day, always drowsy, inattentive, or irritable;
● The parents' faces are normal, and the children have tooth decay and become more and more ugly, commonly known as "adenoidal faces";
● Frequent appearance of enlarged tonsils, inflamed ears .....
At this time, Xiaobian conscience recommends taking the child to the hospital for the doctor to check, it is best to do sleep breath monitoring by the way, to clarify whether the child has adenoidal hypertrophy symptoms, understand its severity, early detection and early treatment.