Don’t be careless about pediatric snoring In our daily life, many parents see their children snoring (aka snoring) at night and think that their children are sleeping well, but in fact this view is wrong. Parents should fully realize that pediatric snoring is a pathology and take their children to the regular hospital in time to get rid of the causative factors so as not to affect the growth and intellectual development of their children. The harm of pediatric snoring Snoring, commonly known as snoring, can also be a disease in children, and the number is not a few. The danger of pediatric snoring is very great and the harm is multifaceted, so once children are found to have snoring in their sleep, they must go to the hospital for early examination and treatment. It is worth reminding that nowadays, compared with the past, living conditions have improved significantly, and many parents sleep in separate rooms with their children and cannot detect pediatric snoring at an early stage. Therefore, parents must be more attentive when their children are sleeping and take a little time at night to observe their children’s sleep and whether they snore or not. Clinical manifestations of pediatric snoring The main manifestations of pediatric snoring are nasal congestion, breathlessness and open-mouth breathing. Long-term nasal congestion can cause sleep disturbance, the affected children turn over from time to time to sleep unsteadily, snoring, especially when lying on their backs, especially obvious, in serious cases can appear apnea, thus reducing the quality of sleep, the brain is in a state of chronic hypoxia; we know that human growth hormone is secreted most vigorously during deep sleep, the lack of oxygen during sleep will affect the secretion of growth hormone, which in turn affects the growth and development of children. Nowadays, it is also found that nocturnal awakening, sleepwalking, excessive sweating and urine loss in children are also related to snoring. During the daytime, some of these children show obesity, poor mental health, sleepiness, inactivity, memory loss, inattention and reduced academic performance; others show hyperactivity, irritability and aggressiveness. Long-term nasal congestion and poor breathing can also make the heart and lung function is affected, serious cases can cause pulmonary heart disease, damage to the heart muscle, and even heart failure. As a result of long-term open-mouth breathing can also affect the development of the jaw and facial bones, forming a special face, the so-called “adenoid face”, which is characterized by a thick upper lip, uneven upper teeth, high palatal arch, and a dull expression. In some children, the nasal blockage may also affect the pronunciation, forming an occlusive nasal voice. In some children, adenoid hypertrophy may compress the nasopharyngeal opening of the eustachian tube, leading to exudative otitis media and hearing loss. Some children have chronic cough due to combined rhinitis and sinusitis. Diagnosis of pediatric snoring 1. The common causes of pediatric snoring can be understood by taking medical history. 2. The enlarged adenoids and narrow pharyngeal cavity can be observed in the cephalic localization film or CT of nasopharynx, and the enlarged tonsils can often be seen in clinical examination. 3. Children younger than 5 years old have the most obvious symptoms at night: severe snoring during sleep, inward movement of rib cartilage during inspiration, and may be accompanied by apnea, sleep disturbance, excessive sweating, and urination. 4. Children older than 5 years old may also show daytime hyperactivity, abnormal personality and behavior, learning difficulties, morning headache, etc. 5. There are also some complications that can be easily ignored, such as growth arrest, abnormal heart and lung function, and generalized hypertonia. Treatment At present, the treatment of snoring in children is firstly to treat rhinitis and sinusitis through medication to reduce the size of adenoids, and then to remove the tonsils and adenoids of children through surgery if the symptoms are not relieved after 2-3 weeks of regular treatment, so as to release the narrowing caused by the blockage of upper airway. Because adenoids can be divided into three types: spherical, diffuse and posterior nostril type, especially posterior nostril type, it is sometimes difficult for doctors to remove them completely, and the residual adenoids have a strong regenerative capacity, so the child will have snoring symptoms again in about half a year, and some parents are worried about anesthesia and the child’s difficulty in tolerating pain and bleeding, so they dare not let the child have surgery. Nowadays, the low-temperature plasma ablation system introduced by us has solved this worry of parents. By using the minimally invasive technology of low-temperature plasma, the tissue is ablated through the enlarged adenoids, and the breathing will be smooth immediately after the operation, and there is no pain and bleeding during the operation, and there is no effect on the surrounding normal tissues.