Snoring during sleep is also called "obstructive emphysema sleep apnea syndrome", which is a kind of inspiratory obstruction in the whole process of sleep. Compared with sexual adults, if children often have this kind of inspiratory obstruction during the whole sleep process, the adverse effects on the human body are usually higher, especially on their growth. Generally speaking, healthy children don't snore. Snoring in children is a kind of crisis data signal produced by human body, which may be the main manifestation of sleep apnea syndrome.
When children sleep because of snoring, once the respiratory tract becomes smaller for some reasons, the frictional resistance caused by inhalation cyclone will increase, which will lead to the vibration of bronchitis mucosa, mucus, nasal cavity, soft palate and tongue, thus leading to snoring. The key factors of children's respiratory tract narrowing are adenoid hypertrophy and tonsillitis, and nasal inflammation, such as chronic sinusitis and allergic rhinitis, is also the cause. Other causes include micrognathia, macroglossia and obesity.
The main manifestations and hazards of snoring in children What is sleep apnea syndrome? It means that the duration of sleep apnea exceeds 10 second, and the frequency of apnea is as high as 30 times a night. In addition to snoring at night, children's sleep apnea syndrome also has mouth-opening breathing, easy to wake up, upset, bed wetting at night, fatigue in broad daylight and so on.
Its key hazard is to endanger the growth and development of children. Children's growth hormone in human body is produced during deep sleep, because shallow sleep or persistent short-term awakening caused by sleep apnea syndrome will definitely inhibit the metabolism of children's growth hormone. In addition, the expansion of long-term inspiratory friction resistance will cause chest width deformation, ladder-shaped and appearance change (adenoid appearance). In addition, because of poor sleep and long-term hypoxia, it will endanger study and training, and it will also endanger temperament and become more and more irritable.
In addition, some researchers believe that sudden death of children is related to sleep apnea syndrome, especially subacute tonsillitis, which causes tonsillitis and adenoids, leading to respiratory system blockage and suffocation.
Children can't tell the difference between snoring and sleep apnea. Therefore, parents should pay close attention to their children's sleep. In addition, it is necessary to comprehensively observe all aspects of children's daily life. If snoring occurs during sleep, you should go to the otolaryngology clinic of the hospital for medical treatment in time. Routine physical examination in otolaryngology department, children's electronic endoscope and chemical fiber electronic device mirror can find the diseased part, and polysomnography can find and comment on the degree of apnea and hypoxia.
More than 90% of children's sleep apnea syndrome can be cured by surgery, especially for patients with adenoids and tonsillar enlargement. Generally speaking, the best age for surgical treatment is 4-8 years old. Generally, adenoids will shrink after 1 1 year, but if they are very old, they will miss a better opportunity for growth and development. A phenomenon that parents are worried about is whether adenoids and tonsillitis, as lymphoid tissues, will affect immune function after resection. Generally speaking, the harm is not great, and compared with the damage of the disease, it is still greater than the loss.
Patients who are too ill to operate or unwilling to operate can be treated with anesthesia machines. Some patients with chronic sinusitis and allergic rhinitis must also be treated with drugs. Obese children must also lose weight and slimming treatment.