Do I need treatment for sleep snoring?

  If someone often snores in bed, don’t think that he is sleeping well, sleeping deeply, very often, this is the performance of “sleep apnea syndrome”.  Snoring is divided into two categories, one is simple snoring, may be related to occasional fatigue, drinking, cold, etc., the general snoring breathing is more even, this occasional snoring need not panic; and the other is sleep apnea respiratory syndrome, also known as “snoring”, patients usually show frequent snoring, open mouth breathing, snoring loud and small, rhythm The pause is usually more than 10 seconds, mostly 30-40 seconds, and in serious cases, up to 120 seconds. The disease is mostly seen in obese middle-aged men with thick and short neck, narrow jaw, enlarged tonsils, rhinitis, nasal polyps and other people. The airway of these people is narrower than normal, which has little effect during the day, but at night when the nerve excitement decreases and the muscles relax, the pharyngeal tissues are blocked, and when the airflow passes through the narrow part, it hits the pharyngeal tissues, and vibration will be produced, resulting in snoring. In severe cases, breathing can even be temporarily stopped. Due to the lack of oxygen to the brain caused by apnea, the intrathoracic pressure increases, and although the patient sleeps for a long time, he often still feels sleepy, gets up in the morning and feels headache, and is drowsy during the day. After a long time, it is easy to induce hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, etc. It also causes sexual dysfunction and has a detrimental effect on the relationship between husband and wife. Because of the lack of concentration, but also lead to learning, low work efficiency, driving is also prone to traffic accidents due to drowsiness.”  ”Snoring is not only for adults, but also for children, and as a result, the phenomenon of “not growing high, not learning well”. Due to the lack of oxygen at night to sleep, affecting the secretion of growth hormone, easily lead to short, affecting physical development; and distracted in class, easy to desert, will inevitably affect academic performance. However, the cause of snoring in children is generally due to tonsillar hypertrophy and adenoid hypertrophy, which is different from that of adults, and the effect of surgical treatment is very good, with a cure rate of over 90%.  Therefore, if there is abnormal snoring (what is the need to see a specialist clinic?) ), it is necessary to go to the hospital for polysomnography as early as possible and treat accordingly according to the severity. Generally, it can be solved by treatments such as wearing respirator, oral orthosis, nasal or pharyngeal surgery.