Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock A five year study is a wake-up call to a child snoring problem Obese boys are more prone to habitual snoring than other children and they sleep less hours. This would have been a better study if they all had sleep studies to see how many children had undiagnosed sleep apnea. Elizabeth Cheung elizabeth.cheung@scmp.comPUBLISHED : Tuesday, 11 November, 2014, 4:49am UPDATED : Tuesday, 11 November, 2014, 4:49am Obese boys are more prone to habitual snoring than other children, a five-year study reveals. Photo: Reuters Obese boys are more prone to habitual snoring than …
Sleeping nightmare: How snoring meant my child was naughty and only surgery could help
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock My advice to parents is if you have a child who snores and whose behaviour is out-of-control, have a sleep test. Katrina Creer with her son Mitchel, 4, battled sleep aponea for years. WE used to think it was a blessing our youngest child was a terrible snorer. Exhausted after a morning of meltdowns it was never a problem putting him down for his nap. And his snoring was so loud I didn’t even have to walk down the corridor to check on him. But when he was awake, things were different. While most two-year-olds …
Snoring likely to be in your genes
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock Children whose parents suffer from obstructive sleep apnea have a much higher chance of having the condition, reports The New Zealand Herald. There’s bad news for the children whose parents keep them awake at night snoring – they are more likely to follow in their parents’ footsteps and be noisy sleepers too. 5:00 AM Thursday Oct 9, 2014Study shows 5 to 10 per cent of adults have severe sleep apnoea and the majority of them are overweight. Children whose parents suffer from obstructive sleep apnoea – of which snoring is a major symptom – have a …
Crowdsourcing Campaign Launched for Urine Test to Determine Whether Child Has Sleep Apnea or ADHD
Published on September 17, 2014 For millions of kids, a urine test could mean better, healthier sleep and possibly avoiding a mistaken diagnosis of ADHD. The East Peezy Pee Test is a new diagnostic test in development at NuSomnea that has been found to be 96.5% accurate in determining if a child has pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to NuSomnea. This condition is associated with symptoms often mistaken for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This week, NuSomnea launched an Indiegogo fundraising campaign to help complete the development of the urinalysis test and to conduct another validation study in children, to …
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock Excessive snoring might seem like a relatively harmless issue, but more evidence shows that sleep apnea can cause serious health issues to your brain. Kathleen Lees k.lees@scienceworldreport.com First Posted: Sep 10, 2014 06:16 PM EDT More than 18 million Americans are estimated to have sleep apnea, a breathing disorder that disrupts air flow and can result in a poor night’s rest. (Photo : Reuters) Excessive snoring might seem like a relatively harmless issue, but more evidence shows that sleep apnea can cause serious health issues to your brain. Recent findings published in the journal PLOS ONE show that blood flow …
Untreated snoring in kids may lead to heart disease: expert
TNN | Aug 26, 2014, 10.51PM IST Kanpur: Does your kid snore while sleeping at night? If the answer is `yes’, you should immediately consult a doctor, as it can be a symptom of sleep breathing disorder, a more serious underlying problem that can affect your child’s physical and mental well-being, an expert revealed during the third day of IMA CGP. Dr JC Suri from New Delhi, said that sleep breathing disorder is most common among kids between 2-18 years of age. “This problem is seen in about 5% of children between this age group. The biggest reason being excessive growth of …
Doctors want schools to start later so kids can sleep
MICHELLE HEALY @BYMICHELLEHEALY USA TODAY America’s pediatricians have a message for school administrators: Let the kids sleep. The nation’s largest pediatrician group issued a policy statement this past week, just as millions of children are returning to school, calling for high school and middle school classes to begin at 8:30 a.m. or later. The move would be “an effective countermeasure to chronic sleep loss” and the “epidemic” of delayed, insufficient and erratic sleep patterns among the nation’s teens, the group noted. Many factors, “including biological changes in sleep associated with puberty, lifestyle choices and academic demands,” negatively impact teens’ ability to …
Untreated snoring in kids may lead to heart disease: expert
Notes from Dr. Norman BlumenstockIs your child’s snoring a sign of sleep disordered breathing TNN | Aug 26, 2014, 10.51PM IST Kanpur: Does your kid snore while sleeping at night? If the answer is `yes’, you should immediately consult a doctor, as it can be a symptom of sleep breathing disorder, a more serious underlying problem that can affect your child’s physical and mental well-being, an expert revealed during the third day of IMA CGP.Dr JC Suri from New Delhi, said that sleep breathing disorder is most common among kids between 2-18 years of age. “This problem is seen in about 5% …
Putting your kids back on a sleep schedule for school
Home News Tribune 08/26/2014 / By Susanne Cervenka Dina Margulies is planning to enjoy every last bit of summer with her three children before they head back to school. What’s getting less thought, however, is getting back on a sleep schedule for school. They’ll probably go to bed a little bit earlier, Margulies said. Key word: probably. “We have routines, but life just kind of pops up where you have to bend it,” she said. It’s a common predicament families find themselves in this time of year. Summer brings with it more flexible schedules to take on more leisurely activities as …
What to Know About Snoring in Children
POSTED 7:36 AM, JUNE 11, 2014, BY ESSE HEALTH PEDIATRICS, UPDATED AT 07:37AM, JUNE 11, 2014 Snoring in children is a common event, with estimates placing it at about 12 to 15 percent. Most of these children are healthy, show no symptoms and have primary snoring. Snoring happens during sleep due to a blockage of air when breathing as it passes through the back of the mouth. The loudness is affected by how much air passes through and how fast the throat tissue is vibrating. Snoring can be due to an upper respiratory infection, allergies, or it can be a sign of …
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