Snoring is a very common phenomenon in daily life, and many people do not care about it, and see it as a performance of sleeping well and sleeping sweetly, but in fact, serious snoring and breath-holding phenomenon is a disease, which is medically called “sleep apnea hypoventilation syndrome”. At this time, one or more planes of the upper respiratory tract are partially or completely narrowed and obstructed, so that air cannot enter and exit the lungs smoothly, resulting in lack of oxygen and carbon dioxide retention in the human body, which, in the long run, causes damage to the human organs and results in harmful health consequences. Adults who snore and hold their breath during long-term sleep can have dry mouth, dizziness and headache in the morning; drowsiness, lack of concentration and memory loss during the day, some people doze off while sitting and reading a book and newspaper; some people are listless at work, doze off at meetings and even make snoring sounds, causing embarrassment and leaving a bad impression on leaders; drivers who are troubled by snoring disease may doze off while waiting for red lights and are prone to traffic accidents, and research Research shows that traffic accidents related to snoring with reduced attention span account for 25% of total traffic accidents. Therefore, if you have the above symptoms, you should go to the hospital for polysomnography to determine the presence of sleep apnea hypoventilation syndrome and the severity of the condition. Long-term snoring and breath-holding during sleep can also cause hypertension, myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident, diabetes, sexual dysfunction, etc. At least 30% of patients with primary hypertension have sleep apnea syndrome in combination, and snoring and breath-holding can reduce the blood flow of heart beats per minute and affect heart function. Snoring is not only harmful to one’s own health, but also seriously hinders the sleep of the roommates, who are often unable to sleep because of the snorer’s thunderous, high and low snoring; some roommates are afraid of the snorer’s long-time breath-holding accident and need to push the snorer awake at any time; colleagues on business trips are also affected by the snorer’s sleep quality, which affects the work and colleague relationship; what’s more, there are couples who have to separate because of the snoring Even more, there are couples who have to sleep in separate rooms because of snoring, which leads to neurological weakness and even divorce. In addition to adults snoring, children snoring is also harmful to health. Most of the causes of snoring in children are adenoid hypertrophy in the nasopharynx and tonsillar hypertrophy in the pharynx. When children sleep at night, they hold their breath and lack oxygen, often move their hands and feet, and do not sleep deeply, which affects the secretion of growth hormone. As the child breathes through the mouth during sleep, it causes abnormal development of the jaw and face, which is characterized by small jaw deformity, high arched palate, upturned lips and protruding incisors, etc. Such a characteristic face is medically called adenoid face. To sum up, snoring and breath-holding can be the source disease of many diseases and endanger the health, so you should make up your mind to go to the hospital to get a clear diagnosis, judge the severity and receive reasonable treatment to protect your health. The treatment of snoring includes non-surgical treatment and surgical treatment, which needs to be selected accordingly according to the specific situation of the patient. In the 1980s, Professor Sun Jiji of our department was the first to carry out palatopharyngoplasty for sleep apnea syndrome in China, and over the past 20 years, our department has accumulated rich clinical experience in diagnosis, selection of indications and surgical techniques, and has formulated appropriate individualized treatment plans for different patients, achieving good treatment results and contributing to the health of patients, the harmony of families and the harmony of society. He has made a beneficial contribution to the health of patients, the harmony of families and the harmony of society.