Children's Snoring/ Snoring Treatment in Thane

Snoring Treatment in Thane: The commonest symptom of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is children’s snoring. Approximately 10 percent of children are reported to snore. Ten percent of these children (one percent of the total pediatric population) have obstructive sleep apnoea.

When an individual, young or old, obstructs breathing during sleep, the body perceives this as a choking phenomenon. The heart rate slows, the nervous system is stimulated, blood pressure rises, the brain is aroused, and sleep is disrupted. In most cases a child’s vascular system can tolerate the changes in blood pressure and heart rate. However, a child’s brain does not tolerate the repeated interruptions to sleep, leading to a child that is sleep deprived, cranky, and ill behaved.

The consequences of untreated sleep disordered breathing in children:

Snoring

A problem if a child shares a room with a sibling and during sleepovers.

Sleep Deprivation

The child may become moody, inattentive, and disruptive both at home and at school. The child will lack energy.

Abnormal Urine Production

SDB also causes increased nighttime urine production, and in children, this may lead to bedwetting.

Growth

Growth hormone is secreted at night. Low GH secretion may lead to slow growth or development.

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)

Research suggests SDB can be associated with ADD.

Poor Behaviour

The worse the child’s breathing symptoms, the greater their risk of such problems as hyperactivity, behavioral problems including aggressiveness and rule-breaking, anxiety and depression, and difficulty getting along with peers.

Affects on brain development

Newer research clearly demonstrates a lack of oxygen (and a brain blood flow) to the developing brain can affect memory, concentration and brain development. More recent research (published in late 2011) showed that the IQ difference between normal and sleep disrupted children can vary by 10 – 17 IQ points.’

- What are the common causes of a blocked nose in children ?

Adenoid tissue is located at the back of the nose, above the palate. The purpose of the tissue is to help the body develop immunity in the first few years of life. The adenoid tissue can grow to block the nose. If the child is symptomatic then surgery to remove the adenoids is offered. Adenoidectomy is day surgery procedure performed under a full general anaesthetic with a camera through the nose and powered instruments like microdebrider through the mouth. Usually the child is sore for 3 to 4 days and off school for 5 days.Visit our clinic for Snoring Treatment in Thane

- Allergy / Turbinate Swelling (and other causes of rhinosinusitis)

The nose lining can get inflamed for various reasons most commonly from either allergy or viral infection (colds and flus). When the allergy is longstanding the inferior turbinates swell and can block the nose. Initial treatment for a blocked nose includes saline and nasal steroid spray. Allergy management including allergy avoidance and immunotherapy may be useful. Surgery to reduce the size of the turbinates including either turbinate cautery or turbinoplasty (used in older children) is used if the medical measures do not work.

- Deviated septum

The bone and cartilage in the midline of the nose divides it into right and left. The division is called the nasal septum. In a small percentage of children as their nose grows the bone and/or cartilage can twist and block the nose. Another common cause of deviated septum in children is following a broken nose. Generally unless the child is struggling with sleep and diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnoea, the deviated septum is not fixed until the age of around 16 when the nose has stopped growing. This is because surgery on the septum when the child is growing can affect the external nose shape. Contact us forSnoring Treatment in Thane

Many other rarer causes are present for blocked noses in children including a lack of formation of the nasal airway on one side (unilateral choanal atresia), cysts, antrochoanal polyp, congenital birth defects (dermoids, encephaloceles) and other rare conditions.

We will assess the causes of your child’s blocked nose and offer the appropriate treatment option.

Dr. Budhlani ENTHospital

Children's Snoring