Is snoring in children also a disease?

  Many parents feel that their children snore probably because they are tired of playing, or because of the sleeping position and do not pay attention to it. In fact, snoring is a sign of poor sleep. If your child snores a lot and is very loud, you should pay attention because most children snore because of “tonsils and adenoids hypertrophy”. “If left untreated, tonsils and adenoids can have many adverse effects on children by blocking the upper respiratory tract, mainly including: 1) causing chronic and continuous lack of oxygen to the brain, resulting in memory loss, personality and behavior changes, mental retardation, etc., making children ” become stupid”.  2, affect the quality of sleep, making children sleepy during the day, inattentive, grinding teeth at night, dreamy, urine loss, etc., while causing a reduction in the secretion of growth hormone, so that children “can not grow taller”.  3, causing long-term open-mouth breathing, affecting the development of the jaw bone, forming the so-called “adenoid face”: the maxilla becomes longer, the jaw bone is high arched, the teeth are not aligned, the upper incisors protrude, the lips are thick, the face lacks expression, etc., making the child “ugly”.  4.Obstructing swallowing, causing nasal congestion, affecting pronunciation, forming an occlusive nasal voice, and speaking with a “mumbling” sound.  5.Adenoid hypertrophy compresses the nasopharyngeal opening of the eustachian tube, leading to otitis media and making the child “deaf”.  6.Adenoids block the posterior nostril, resulting in the accumulation of nasal snot and backflow, leading to “coughing” and indigestion.  7, the increase in respiratory resistance during sleep can increase the negative pressure in the chest, over time, it will cause “chicken chest”, while affecting the heart and lung function, serious cases can cause pulmonary heart disease, heart muscle damage, and even heart failure.  Therefore, parents are warmly reminded that if they find their children often snoring, they must be promptly treated in order to give timely tonsils and adenoids removal, improve the upper respiratory tract obstruction, and protect the normal development of the child’s intelligence and physique.