Sleep Apnea: Child
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6 Year Old Who Snores
Asked by H.K. from Dallas
on September 19, 2008
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My 6 year old daughter has snored for as long as I can remember. I took her to her Ear, Nose and Throat doctor and he recommended surgery to have her tonsils and aden...
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- We went to an ENT who had us have my daughter's head x-rayed. He felt that, after looking at the x-ray, that it would be best to try some allergy meds (she not only s...
- Here was my situation: My son snored and had trouble breathing at night from the moment I remember. He was always getting sick and getting ear infections too. He al...
- Hi H., some people just snore but it's because they breath through their mouths. A lot of childrens nasil passages are small & they breath easier with their mouth open...
5 Year Old Snoring
Asked by M.V. from New York
on April 25, 2009
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My 5 year old son snores horribly at night. I have spoken with the peditrician numerous times and he always gives me the same answer. My son has very large adnoids (wh...
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- If he doesn't seem sleepy during the day then he must be getting a good REM sleep. Two friends with 3 yo kids did sleep studies on their kids whose adenoids + tonsils ...
- My niece had her adnoids removed. It was a simple procedure. She had to be knocked out. This procedure eliminated her snoring. She was about 4 or 5 years old at the t...
- I recommend getting an appointment with an ENT. Sleep Apena is very common amongst kids who have large adenoids. Adenoids are pieces of tissue that rest at the back ...
Tonsillectomy/sleep Apnea
Asked by A.Y. from Minneapolis
on June 22, 2008
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My oldest son is 12 and will be having his tonsils and adenoids (if they can find them) out in July after we have all lost count of how many times he has had strep. H...
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- Which hospital will he be recovering in? I ask because most of them will allow you to spend the night with him. It might make both of you feel better being close to ea...
- I'm a night shift nurse at Children's Hospital in St Paul. I frequently take care of the children staying overnight after haveing a tonsilectomy. Some things you might...
- HI, I to have a 12 yr. old daughter, she also has had strep many times, and her doctor also thought about removing her tonsils at one point. But Over the years as s...
Sleep Apnea
Asked by B.W. from Kansas City
on October 10, 2007
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I was wondering if anyone has a young child with sleep apnea? I was told appx 25-30 percent of kids are misdiagnosed with ADD/ADHD and have sleep apnea instead. From w...
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- No one likes the idea of surgery, but it made a WORLD of difference in my daughter's behavior! My daughter was 3 when she had her tonsils & adnoids out (I recommend do...
- Hi, B. - First, a disclaimer. I'm a psychologist specializing in the assessment of ADHD and learning disabilities (and also a mom of 3!). You didn't say how o...
- This is what happened with us with daughter # 3. She was 4 years old when my mother brought an article to me about children developing ADHD because of sleep apnea. T...
Reflux / Apnea
Asked by A.G. from Philadelphia
on May 19, 2007
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Okay so on Thursday night we ended up taking our 2.5week old son to the ER because he kept waking up gasping for air, and turned blue at one point. The did a chest xr...
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- My youngest son had severe reflux. He had to be in an upright position at all times or he would choke on what was coming up. Is he spitting up? (more than normal) My...
- i am sorry...i cant speak at all from personal experience..but my girlfriend just adopted a baby ... several days after she was born in florida,they had to call parame...
- Sounds like you need someone to look at him again...i see you are in Folcroft, if you took him to Fitz or Taylor they don't really have peds areas so I would take him ...
6 Year Old Snoring
Asked by S.B. from Tampa
on March 12, 2007
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My 6 year old snores like you wouldnt believe, It gets to the point where she will snort which wakes her up and then she goes back to sleep again, I was wondering if i...
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- Hi S. - snoring is not healthy for anyone, especially for a child that is not breathing well in her sleep due to the snoring - it is called sleep apnea. you should ta...
- My son was almost 7 y/o when they decided to have his tonsils and adnoids removed. Besides the history of strep, he snored bad and had night terrors. Along with that h...
- That would be the first thing I'd look at. My son had his adenoids out at 16 months and the snoring stopped. Also, acid reflux/GERD is a known culprit for snoring. ...
Snoring and Sleep Apnea
Asked by E.H. from Lewiston
on February 24, 2010
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My daughter had her tonsils and adenoids removed when she was three years old. She is now 7 and still snores and suffers from sleep apnea. We still see a ENT, but he...
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- It kind of depends on what's causing the apnea. If it is obstructive, it could be alleviated through a nutritional supplement that reduces the swelling in the tissues...
- The short answer is probably yes. It depends on what the cause of the sleep apnea is. If the apnea is caused by the tongue dipping while she sleeps, then probably. ...
- I second Kate C.'s suggestion to consult at Children's Hospital in Boston (if you live in the area). They have a Wellesly office too. My son visited with Dr. Menali Am...
5 Year Old Not Waking Up
Asked by M.G. from Kansas City
on March 13, 2008
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I have a 5 almost 6 year old boy who is hard to wake up in the mornings. We get up at 7:00 am to get ready for school and I have to fight to get him out of bed! When h...
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- Nope!! I totally agree with you. I have to do it sometimes. I have a 6 year old boy who just refuses to get out of bed. Then his father and I sit down with him and exp...
- Hello no 7 is not to early to go to bed my nephew is 9 he still goes to bed at 7 school wears these kids out he asks if he can go when my kids were little at 6:00 pm t...
- My kids get 12 hours of sleep most nights. We put them to bed at 7:00, which gets later in the summer. Its really hard in the summer, but in the winter it works well...
Help with Heart / Apnea Monitor
Asked by C.C. from Philadelphia
on February 28, 2009
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My daughter was born last Sunday (2/22) and while in the nursery she stopped breathing and turned "blueish" twice. She was in the NICU until Wednesday. She had a 12 ho...
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- I remember exactly what you are going thru. My daughter is three now but she was born at 28 weeks and when she came home she was on a heart and apnea monitor. I rememb...
- My son was born 16 weeks prematurely, and when he finally came out of the NICU he had an apnea monitor. It definitely went off at times, but all the episodes were fa...
- My son was born at 28 wks and we got that stupid monitor too. His alarms went off *66* times one week, 6 alarms were real. I started calling the company at 4am, if I w...
Sleep Apnea in Kids?
Asked by B.J. from Pocatello
on February 22, 2008
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My five year old has huge tonsils and snores really bad at night. He is not overweight. He sounds a lot like my brother in law who is very large and uses a machine to...
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- Yup. My niece had sleep apnea for years. They finally had her tonsils and adnoids out at 8 yrs old. They all wish they had done it sooner. She started sleepwalking bec...
- It sounds like adenoids could be the culprit as well. You might try Nasonex and letting him sleep elevated. I would see if you could get in with an ENT that is slow ...
- My son had the same problem at two years of age. We had his tonsils and adenoids removed - now no more problems. I used to worry that he would stop breathing - you n...
