Sleep Apnea: Toddler
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Babies with Apnea
Asked by L.B. from Sioux Falls
on November 14, 2006
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My 2 month old baby has apnea really badly, in fact they discovered it after she was born and she spent 10 days in the NICU because of it. She was 38 weeks, but I had...
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- One of my good friends baby girl was full term and had baby apnea too. She too and to stay in the nicu and eventually came home, but was hooked up to a monitor at all...
- My preemies had apnea and they were sent home on a monitor. did they give you one?
- my baby was only two weeks early and he had apnea, however I'm the one that caught it.. He would choke in the night and I couldn't sleep. They put him on a monitor, di...
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...
Preemie Apnea
Asked by K.L. from Cleveland
on September 14, 2011
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My brand new little foster son just got admitted to our Children's Hospital last night. He was only home for five days from the NICU at our City Hospital, and now he ...
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- Hi K.- I am very familiar with apnea...preemie twins (29 weeks 3 days) who will be 15 years old in october! Anyway, they will no doubt release him home on an apn...
- Like the other posts said this is very common, and they do grow out of it. My son was born 2 months early in June and was on caffeine for his apnea for 6 weeks in the...
- I had a preemie born at 32 weeks. He had apnea too and I was told it's very common in preemies. In fact I was told it's kinda not normal for preemies to not have apnea...
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 ...
My 18 Month Old Was Diagnosed with Sleep Apnea
Asked by E.V. from Houston
on April 19, 2010
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My 18 month old baby has had numerous ear infections and tonsillitis infections. About 3 months ago her Pediatrician suggested we see a ENT doctor. When we went the fi...
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- E., I promise you, you are NOT being a drama queen to be worried about this. Anything that affects our children, especially surgery, is frightening, don't let anyone t...
- We were in a similar position with our son. He was even a bit younger when he was diagnosed with sleep apnea. He had ear tubes at 10 months and at around 14 months a...
- my father and hubby both have SA and i never heard of a surgery to fix it!!! but that isnt saying too much as i havent looked that into it. i would get a second opnion...
Sleep Apnea in Toddler?
Asked by T.J. from Seattle
on April 11, 2010
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I wrote a few weeks ago about my 2 year old daughter's snoring. Since then it has become almost a wheezing/snoring and seems worse. I've read online that it could be...
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- Hi TJ. I know what you mean about not wanting to put your child through surgery. But let me tell you our experience. My oldest was always "snotty" with a runny no...
- My daughter was diagnosed with sleep apnea at age 3. We had a sleep study done before doing surgery. The sleep study is when they have you and your child stay overnigh...
- My daughter is scheduled for surger in a couple of weeks. She, too, has been snoring since about 18 months and it is progressively getting worse. Each cold she has, he...
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...
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 and Removal of Tonsils/adenoids
Asked by S.B. from New York
on February 9, 2011
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my 4 yr. son has recently developed symptoms of sleep apnea...scary, to say the least! we've gotten two opinions from different dr's...one says he should have adenoi...
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- My dtr had the same issue, we got her tonsils and adnoid removed. It was wnoderful for her. The sleep apnea had started giving her sinus infections and chronic headach...
- My daughter had her adenoids removed at age three and we spent the next 6 months wondering why on earth we had resisted so long. She was like a different child. Go for...
- First of all, there are 2 types of sleep apnea - one causes disturbed sleep (not dangerous) and the other involves the cessation of breathing (often due to neurologica...
