Childhood Sleep Apnea
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Although generally known in adults as a condition covers most is sleep apnea and children were in. Most cases of sleep apnea in infancy and six were aged between two signals and only very rarely, children and young people diagnosed with the disease. The most common cause of childhood sleep apnea is the size of adenoids and tonsils that prevent the proper location of air flow in the directionLungs.
Others, though rare, causes of sleep apnea in childhood include allergies, cleft palate, obesity or a receding chin, the researchers also an alarm bell, in which children with Down syndrome are affected as apnea have an increased risk of developing obstructive sleep apnea. are some symptoms of sleep apnea of infancy, parents can identify, and are not too different from adult cases. So, snoring, heavySweating, getting up frequently, wetting, night terrors, bed-and anxiety are usually the main symptoms of this disease in a sleep apnea are like children.
If untreated or ignored, sleep apnea can affect brain development disorders in children, the incidence of behavior disorders and attention deficit disorders. The tests of mental development were quite alarming when it is conducted to test for children. Each parentDiagnosis suspected that his sleep of a child suffering from failure should turn to the health care provider immediately for the correct order.
The most common treatment for childhood sleep Apne is the surgical removal of tonsils and adenoids that block the main factors affecting the respiratory system. Complications of these procedures often make it difficult to choose, especially for children: there is poor oral intake, postoperative pain,respiratory problems and even pulmonary edema after surgery. If tonsils and adenoids are not the causes of sleep apnea in childhood, so the use of CPAP therapy is usually recommended.
CPAP treatment Apne sleeping in the use of an oxygen mask that sends a stream of regular air child continues in the airways des is a long-term treatment of sleep apnea in childhood and usually requires aconstant medical monitoring of the condition of the patient. Older children usually tolerate the mask air better than younger ones. These often require the use of techniques of desensitization, but is entirely the physician to determine the measures necessary to support these therapies.
