/jkzn/jjx/k1014-02.htm The research on the influence of snoring on children's intelligence shows that children with snoring problems in childhood will still have learning difficulties even if they have been cured of snoring in adolescence. A foreign study shows that among the students with the last grade14 in the class, the proportion of students who often snore loudly in childhood is three times that of the students with the first grade14; Moreover, the number of students in the lower rank who have tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in order to try to treat snoring is more than three times that of the former. The researchers investigated nearly 1600 students in public schools. Their grades in the class are 1/4 or 1/4 respectively. About 13% of the last14 students often snore loudly, while only 5% of the top14 students have this symptom. Researchers believe that snoring indicates an increase in upper respiratory resistance during sleep. Childhood is a stage of rapid development of children's brain, cognition and intelligence. Dyspnea during sleep will disturb the sleep cycle, leading to children's inattention, aggression and hyperactivity. This kind of behavior disorder will hinder children's learning. Moreover, snoring will also destroy children's intellectual potential, which may cause irreversible damage to children's learning potential to some extent. The study also found that snoring can also lead to bed wetting or developmental retardation. More than half of children who snore loudly have adults smoking at home. Young snorers usually suffer from asthma, inattention or hyperactivity disorder and allergies in their teens. Although it is unknown whether the injury caused by snoring is permanent, at least the current research shows that children still have learning disabilities after several years of snoring cure. Therefore, if children often snore loudly, they should see a doctor and consider seeing a pediatric sleep expert if necessary. Excerpt from Modern Family News/Zhao Ruixiang [Health] Children snore. Parents should not despise 3-year-old Mao Mao, who always opens his mouth and makes a loud noise when watching TV. He snores like a pig when he sleeps at night. At first, Mao Mao's mother didn't care. She thought the child was naughty and it was cute to listen to the child snoring. Later, the child's snoring became louder and louder, which often kept her awake. So, my mother took Mao Mao to the hospital for examination. Doctors found that Mao Mao had these symptoms caused by adenoidal hypertrophy. According to Professor Zhihong Luo from the Department of Otolaryngology, People's Hospital of Wuhan University, at present, the incidence of adenoidal hypertrophy is very high among children aged 3-8, and he sees several such children every day. Adenoids are also called pharyngeal tonsils or adenoids. Adenoids exist after birth, and are the largest at about 6 years old, and generally begin to shrink after 10 years old. When children's physical resistance is reduced, such as catching a cold or catching a cold, viruses and bacteria in the body multiply in large numbers, and external pathogens take advantage of it. At this time, children are prone to acute adenoiditis, which is characterized by sudden fever, severe nasal congestion and difficulty breathing. If inflammation spreads to the pharynx of the eustachian tube, it can cause suppurative otitis media, which is characterized by swelling in the ear, earache and hearing loss. Acute adenoiditis is not very harmful to children's health. If the adenoids proliferate pathologically due to repeated stimulation of inflammation, it will affect the development of children. Because the child's nasopharynx is relatively small, when the adenoids are enlarged, they will open their mouths to breathe because of nasal congestion and breathe through their mouths for a long time. When the airflow hits the hard palate, the hard palate will deform and arch. Over time, facial development will be deformed, the upper lip will be short and thick, the mandible will droop, the nasolabial groove will disappear, the teeth will be irregularly arranged, the upper incisors will protrude, the occlusion will be bad, and the nasal septum will be deviated. Facial muscles will not be able to move easily and lack expression. Because of nasal congestion, the child's nasal mucus flows back to the pharynx, which stimulates the lower respiratory mucosa and often causes bouts of cough. In addition, children with long-term mouth breathing and nasal congestion are prone to head ischemia and hypoxia, and symptoms such as listlessness, headache, dizziness, memory loss and unresponsiveness appear. At the same time, adenoid hyperplasia makes the airway narrow and unobstructed, and snores with breathing during sleep. Because children's development needs a lot of oxygen, snoring will make children suffer from severe hypoxia during sleep, which will directly lead to insufficient oxygen supply for brain development and reduced secretion of growth-promoting hormone, which will not only affect their height, but also affect their intelligence. Therefore, children's snoring is more harmful than adults, which should not be underestimated. If the child snores only slightly, occasionally or after a cold, it has no obvious effect on the body. If the child has the following conditions, parents should pay attention: when sleeping at night, it is difficult to breathe, obviously holding your breath, breathing with your mouth open, or even opening your mouth one by one; Children are not very active during the day, have poor memory, wet the bed at night and have many nightmares. ■ What effect does snoring have on the body? Dr. Lin pointed out that snoring in sleep will have an impact on all aspects of the body. The first is that sleep is affected. Children need a deep sleep. If they don't sleep well, their hormone levels will change. For example, the secretion of growth hormone will be reduced, and many children with obviously enlarged tonsil glands will grow thin and short, and even have chicken breasts. Large tonsil glands can also affect eating, because eating without ventilation is easy to be disgusting. These physical reactions for a long time will have an impact on children's intelligence. The second is to affect the development of nasal cavity. If you open your mouth for a long time without passing through your nose, the nasal cavity will be stunted and the hard palate will be narrow. In adolescence, muscles will grow rapidly, and the symptoms will be further aggravated because of the small bone cavity. It is easy to cause adult diseases in adulthood. If it is serious, it will cause sleep apnea syndrome, that is, repeated respiratory arrest. Because of long-term sleep hypoxia, the workload of the heart is aggravated by hypoxia. If the situation is not good, it may lead to abnormal blood pressure and heart failure. Therefore, children who snore are more likely to get high blood pressure and heart disease than ordinary people in the future. ■ How to treat snoring Dr. Lin said that because of snoring, some children will have chicken breasts if they are not well developed. If calcium supplementation is not effective for a period of time, chest expansion has obvious deformity; Some children always think it is rhinitis, but it can't be cured and needs to be treated as soon as possible. Children who snore can go to the otolaryngology department of the hospital for treatment. Take a look at the microscope laryngoscope. If the adenoids behind the nose are blocked, the nose is blocked, or the adenoids are obviously enlarged, surgery is needed. Adenoidectomy is not a major operation, but it also requires general anesthesia, and the operation process takes one and a half hours. Generally, the onset age of children is three to six years old, which is the most obvious time for adenoid lymphoid tissue hyperplasia. Once the adenoids are found to be obviously enlarged or blocked, they should be removed as soon as possible to avoid affecting health. I wish the baby a healthy growth!