All you need to know about obstructive sleep apnea symptoms in toddlers, kids, and adults

1. All you need to know about obstructive sleep apnea symptoms in toddlers, kids, and adults

2. Sleep apnea is a very common and very severe sleep disorder in which your breathing patterns are constantly disturbed while a person is asleep. If sleep apnea is left untreated, it can contribute to some serious diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease also increasing your chances of having a stroke and cardiac arrest. Obstructive sleep apnea can also affect children, and adults, however, many of the recognized symptoms vary which depends upon your age. • Here are a few things you should be aware of and some obstructive sleep apnea symptoms.

3. Signals and symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea in adults • If you come across these symptoms and signals then there are a good amount of chances that you must have had obstructive sleep apnea symptoms. • ● You are snoring heavily. • ● Your spouse complains that you snore loudly and pause while breathing periodically in sleep. • ● You sometimes arouse unexpectedly with the sound of gasp, snort, and shortness of breath. • ● You sometimes arouse suffocating or coughing badly. • ● You arise to the urge of using the bathroom. • ● You arise with a dry mouth and sore throat. • ● You frequently arise with a bad headache.

4. ● You experience sleeplessness (difficulty in falling or staying asleep). • ● You sleep uncontrollably during the daytime, also known as hypersomnia. • ● You face problems in keeping attention, focus on things. Lack of memory while you wake up. • ● You feel irritated and often experience mood swings during the day. • ● You are prone to other sleeping disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea. • ● Being overweight or heavy on weight, consuming alcohol, and smoking tobacco is also problematic. • ● You are more interested in physical intimacy or suffering from sexual dysfunction becomes common.

5. Symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea in Children • According to research, almost ten to twenty percent of children who snore are more prone to have obstructive sleep apnea. All-around, an estimation says that there are almost three percent of children have severe obstructive sleep apnea. Many children have untreated obstructive sleep apnea symptoms which come across as behavior issues, adapting issues, and focusing issues that are similar to the indications of a disease known as ADHD: • ● The problem is learning fast. • ● Bad attention duration. • ● Bad performance at school, home, etc. • You need to glance for all these symptoms and signs of obstructive sleep apnea in your kid: • ● Heavy snoring • ● Breathing from the mouth while sleeping • ● Pauses in breathing while sleeping. • ● Pee in the bed • ● Excessive daytime drowsiness or tiredness

6. When you should visit a doctor • If you are facing toe notifying signals of obstructive sleep apnea, you need to communicate your symptoms with a sleep expert or a doctor. They might come up with some form of advice routing towards your situation particularly. Also, they might advise you to visit a sleep specialist. This help performs a full-fledged sleep study also termed a polysomnogram, which diagnoses constructive sleep apnea. This test is used for monitoring many things such as brain activity, eye movement, breathing patterns, and oxygen levels in the blood. Heavy snoring accompanied by rough gasping sounds, also pauses in breathing while you're asleep, are also calculated. • If you come across some symptoms and signs that reflect obstructive sleep apnea, you need to discuss your problems with your good pediatrician. Go for the process of diagnosis, your pediatrician might suggest different treatment methods. In most cases, they ask you to go to an otolaryngologist (ear, nose, and throat specialist) to get sure about removing the tonsils and adenoids and if it could solve the issue.