thread: Sleep apnoea in preschooler

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  1. #1
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    Jul 2010
    sydney
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    Re: Sleep apnoea in preschooler

    Both my son and daughter had unusually enlarged adenoids and tonsils, both to the point that if you bent their necks back they would pertrude out of their necks. My son was 1 when he had a sleep apnoea and it didnt bother him much at all, but couldnt have an operation till the age of 5.
    My daughter is also now under observation as hers is alot more severe but according to the dr they are cracking down on the amount of removals in children( correct me if I'm wrong)
    You will def see an improvement once they do have them removed! Sleeping is more undisturbed and they seem to wake less irritated.
    Also my daughter has a husky deep voice which the dr said could be from the adenoids pushing on her vocal chords.
    Thing is when they do get sick they get it a lot worse as they are already enlarged so when they get ill they swell even bigger, which my son had to be on steroids for.
    Hope that helps

  2. #2
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    Apr 2009
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    Re: Sleep apnoea in preschooler

    My Daughter has sleep apnoea from extremely large tonsils (Grade 4 even when she doesn't have a throat infection) she is having them removed as soon as her platelet count is high enough. As she has a low platelet count they wont operate at the moment.

    She snores extremely loudly. She also sleeps more then normal for a 6 year old.