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Question: Sleep Apnea WeightPossible Obstructive Sleep Apnea ?????I think my son may possibly have this condition. He is 8 months old and I haven't slept hardly at all in nearly a week! These are the symptoms I pulled off a website that are also associated with snoring;Sleep Apnea Weight!-- start question -->Possible Obstructive Sleep Apnea ?????I think my son may possibly have this condition. He is 8 months old and I haven't slept hardly at all in nearly a week! These are the symptoms I pulled off a website that are also associated with snoring;~failure to thrive (weight loss or poor weight gain)~mouth breathing~enlarged tonsils and adenoids~problems sleeping and restless sleep~excessive daytime sleepiness~daytime cognitive and behavior problems, including problems paying attention, aggressive behavior and hyperactivity, which can lead to problems at schoolI've noticed these sypmptoms:~snoring~mouth breathing~problems sleeping and restless sleep~problems paying attention and hyperactivity.he may have enlarged tonsils because I have them if they are hereditarily linked.An advice on how I could get some rest would be great too! Tried everything so far including diaper change, feeding till hes full, rocking him...etc... Do you think this condition may be whats wrong with my son?
Answer: My son Billy had identical symptoms as an infant and todler and I went to the pediatrician and ENT when he was three years old. I was told that there was not a problem. It took me two yers before we reached the point where he could not start kindergarden. When your 5 year old can not start school you worry imensely and I took him to the sleep center at Rush medical school in Chicago. It turned out he quit breathing 60 times an hour! He was a restle sleeper, did not sleep much, was a snorer and a heavy sweater at night. After diagnosis he had tonsilectomy to open his airway and he grew a couple of inches, slept through the night and after being held back became a straight A student. He graduated college double majored magna *** laude. If he had not slept for 25 years who knows what would have happened. Because of the experience with my son I became an asst professor at the sleep center at Rush. I am a dentist and a major part of my practice became treating sleep disorders. I was a founding member of the slep disorder dental society now the academy of dental sleep medicine. When I went back and read hs record the initial impression was overconcerned parent., My son quit breathing 60 times an hour, there is never enough concrn when it comes to kids. The new guidelines of the academy of pediatric medicine says there is no snoring that should not be invstigated. ADD, ADHD, Dysleia are among the conditions ssociated with sleep apnea. Research has shown changes in growth and sexual hormones in individuals suffering apnea as well as permenant changs in the brain and brain function.Do not panic but do insist on a sleep test for your child.For more info on slep apnea go to my website. www.ihatecpap.comIra L Shapira DDS DAADSM
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