Professional Support: Clove Clinic Li Lu
Doctor’s Brief Introduction: Li Lu, Clove Clinic, Deputy Chief Physician of Pediatrics, has more than 20 years of medical experience, is good at various common diseases of children, and has rich experience in the growth and development of children.
Some mothers find that their children snore while sleeping, and some children sleep with their mouths open, which is very cute. However, this kind of situation is not that the child sleeps soundly, but that the child suffers from lack of oxygen when sleeping.
If the child sleeps, the snoring sound is very light and uniform, and there is nothing wrong.
If the snoring sound is heavy, then be careful. The most common reason is tonsil and adenoid hypertrophy, this disease is more harmful to children, children sleep anoxia, sleep quality is not good, daytime spirit is poor, affect activities, study, social activities.
There is also this disease can cause children to breathe with the mouth for a long time, let the face develop deformed, upper lips become thick and warped, incisors protruding, chin protruding forward and drooping, appear dull expression, will let the child grow more ugly. This kind of appearance, called adenoid face, the earlier treatment, the more can correct. After the child’s facial development is perfect, it is difficult to correct.
Slight snoring can not require drug therapy, improve sleeping posture and choose side sleep. Obese children can generally be cured by losing weight.
If snoring is serious and there is tonsil and adenoid hypertrophy mentioned above, it needs to be treated with drugs or surgery.
Therefore, if the child snores, don’t think he is sleeping soundly, he must go to the hospital in time.