Also snoring, what is the difference between children and adults? Experts tell us: because the physical development of children is not perfect, so he has a big difference with adult snoring, the following four aspects to explain the similarities and differences between adult snoring and children’s snoring. 1, the etiology of different children snoring is due to the enlargement of tonsils, adenoid hypertrophy caused. Very few are due to congenital diseases, such as Down’s syndrome, or abnormalities of the jaw structure in oral and maxillofacial surgery. In children, the age of onset is between 1 and 12 years, mainly because the adenoids begin to shrink after 12 years of age. In adults, there are more factors that contribute to the onset of the disease, with obesity being the most common clinical condition. The adult onset is less related to the adenoids because they have all atrophied by this time. However, in adults, there are anatomical abnormalities, mostly caused by narrowing and blockage of the upper airway. The causes of narrowing and blockage are also diverse, such as nasal septal deviation, nasal polyps, hypertrophic rhinitis, allergic rhinitis, various benign or malignant tumors of the nasal cavity; nasopharyngeal atresia or stenosis, tonsillar hypertrophy, excessive length or hypertrophy of the uvula, pharyngeal tumors, laryngeal paralysis, jaw deformity, etc. 2, the symptoms are different. The symptoms of children are more common at night, mainly snoring is louder when sleeping, and most children will open their mouths to breathe, and a small number of children will have apnea to hold their breath and lack of oxygen, and a very small number of children will be drowsy during the day, and their spirit is poor. In addition, some children tend to be inattentive and hyperactive. When adults sleep at night, they mainly show apnea, and people sleeping next to them will find that they suddenly cannot catch a breath and then take a big breath and snore loudly. During the daytime, they will show drowsiness, lack of energy and snoring easily. 3, the harm is different Children snoring mainly has an impact on the growth and development of children. Because of the poor quality of sleep, so the daytime spirit is poor, poor appetite; long-term absorption will lead to lagging growth of children, height, weight, intelligence is lower than the normal children of the same year. Adults will become more and more serious as they age, especially after the age of 40, there will be an impact on their body organs, especially on the cardiovascular impact is particularly strong. It is easy to induce hypertension, cerebral heart disease, arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, and angina pectoris. Nocturnal apnea of more than 120 seconds is very likely to cause sudden death in the early morning. 4, treatment is different Children snoring is mainly caused by tonsils or adenoids hypertrophy, so in the treatment of children snoring to surgical removal of tonsils, adenoids, also known as pharyngeal tonsils, is a group of lymphatic tissue, similar to the (palate of) tonsils, attached to the back wall of the nasopharynx. If infected during childhood, the adenoids can become enlarged and inflamed, which may also cause permanent hypertrophy. Adenoid hypertrophy can prevent the nose from breathing and interfere with sinus drainage, making it susceptible to sinusitis, as well as obstructing the otitis (the passage from the head of the nasopharynx to the middle ear), which can lead to middle ear infections. Children with adenoid hypertrophy or adenoid infection can usually be removed surgically along with the tonsils). The main treatment is snoring. In adults, the main treatment for snoring is surgery, and respiratory therapy is also available.