What causes a 5 year old to snore in his sleep

The common causes of snoring in 5-year-old children are improper sleeping position, adenoid hypertrophy, nasal inflammation and so on. 1. Improper sleeping position: If the child takes the sleeping position of lying down, it can cause the muscles of the tongue to relax, so that the root of the tongue to the back of the mild sagging, resulting in the exhalation is affected, thus appearing in the performance of snoring. 2. Adenoid hypertrophy: the enlarged adenoids will compress the eustachian tube and block the posterior nostril, thus affecting the normal ventilation of the baby’s respiratory tract and producing snoring. 3. Nasal inflammation: if the baby suffers from sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, etc., can lead to an increase in nasal secretions, nasal congestion, runny nose and other uncomfortable symptoms, which in turn affects the respiratory tract ventilation, resulting in snoring performance. 5-year-old child sleep snoring may also have other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment or treatment.

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