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daikini
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Topic: Snoring 2yo - problem? Posted: 30 October 2007 at 1:29pm |
Nat and I have noticed that Josiah is an incredibly loud sleeper. He snores something amazing, and also is a noisy breather (both nose and mouth, depending on whether he's got a cold or not). At night, we can hear him from our room all night. He doesn't appear to skip a breath or anything like that, he's just really noisy!
The next time we're at the doctor for something else, we're going to mention it and get him checked out. Nat and I are thinking its probably nothing major... maybe even just something like hayfever causing constant irritation and snotty/blocked noses (not to devalue the effect hayfever has on people - more meaning its something that can be easily treated). Of course, it could be more serious but at the moment it is not impacting on his quality of life so we haven't thought it worthwhile making a trip to the doctor just for his snoring!
Has anyone else been down this road with their child/ren? What caused it for them and how was it treated?
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Posted: 30 October 2007 at 1:46pm |
My friends daughter is only 8 months old, and she snores like her daddie when she's got a cold.
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Posted: 30 October 2007 at 1:51pm |
james sores and it to do with his allergey,s poor wee things its quite cute though
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Posted: 30 October 2007 at 1:52pm |
Funny you should post this today Becca, I've just this minute put down the phone from booking Ella's appointment at the ENT specialist ($200, yeouch!)
I mentioned Ella's snoring to our GP last week when we were there for an unrelated thing and she took a look at her adenoids and tonsils then gave us a referral to the specialist.
Apparently children shouldn't snore at all except when it is related to having a cold or similar. Generally snoring is caused by the tonsils and adenoids having swollen and blocking the passages as they sleep, and if this is the cause they need to come out.(about a 5 hour daytime hospital visit with general anesthetic and a weeks recovery time.)
Ella has always snored like a steam engine and is a noisy, blocked sounding mouth breather when she is tired and sleepy.
She doesn't snore every night but after sharing a room with her for 2 weeks on holiday we've realised just how badly she sleeps and how much the heavy breathing and snoring affects her sleep. (and ours!)
So we're going in on the 9th next month to find out what the story is, hopefully nothing serious!
Definitely worth a mention to your GP next time you go google OSA (obstructive sleep apnea) if you want more info
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Posted: 30 October 2007 at 1:55pm |
i was just going to say the same as caraMel...kids shouldnt snore and it could be tonsils/adenoids. My husbands son was a snore from an early age till he had both his tonsils and adenoids out.
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Posted: 30 October 2007 at 1:56pm |
That's interesting Mel - my FIL has sleep apnea, and has to sleep with a face mask & machine!
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Posted: 30 October 2007 at 2:03pm |
Yeah scary when you think about it as apnea, but apparently (according to what I've read since talking to the GP about it) actual apnea, where they stop breathing and their life is in danger, is very very rare in children.
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Posted: 30 October 2007 at 2:09pm |
James - my friends daughter has inherited her dads allergies too, that might explain the snoring. She's very loud and she's a tiny wee thing.
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Posted: 30 October 2007 at 2:19pm |
My brother had his tonsils out, finally - after years of snoring.. at about age 14. My mum took him back to the doctor many, many times.. they refused to take his tonsils out, saying they didn't do it much these days.. so in the end they had to go privately as they were causing him quite a bit of pain.
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Posted: 30 October 2007 at 8:24pm |
I would say it would be her adenoids as well. Gia is exactly the same. You can hear her breathing from across the room & she snores as well.
Has Josiah had many colds? When I've asked the Dr about Gia's loud breathing he explained that if the adenoids have been overworked from the child having colds etc they get enlarged (which is what makes their breathing noisy & causes them to snore) & don't always go back to normal size & they may need to be removed.
I've noticed recently she's not breathing so loudly nor snoring, so hoping it means the adenoids have shrunk back.
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Posted: 30 October 2007 at 9:07pm |
hi ya
my friends daughter had the same thing. The doctors ended up advising to have her adenoids removed and this fixed the problem. She was so used to her daughter snoring that when bubby came home from the hospital and started sleeping quietly she was up half the night checking on her!
best of luck
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Posted: 30 October 2007 at 10:33pm |
Ouch $200 for the specialist mine was only $67 last week for Andrew.
Back to the topic - Andrew is getting his tonsillis and adenoids taken out next week as his snoring is really bad (as in I can hear him now in the next room with closed doors) and he has had really bad throat infections. We haven't noticed the apena so don't know if it happens. But our specialist wants them all out.
Mel explained it all for you. But if you want I can tell you all about the op next week - he is going in next Wednesday to have it done and it will involve an overnight stay as he is also have grommets back in (YAY).
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Posted: 31 October 2007 at 10:52am |
Josiah hasn't had lots of colds, just one or two a winter. I talked about this with Nat last night, and we're going to mention it the next time we take him to the doctor for something. Thanks for your input, everyone!
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