Why does my 2-year-old baby snore?

We also know that baby's sleep is very important, but why does a two-year-old baby snore when sleeping? What is going on? Next, let the experts explain the reasons in detail. I hope you can solve this question after reading the following article. Let’s find out together!

If your baby snores while sleeping, it may be because he has enlarged adenoids. Adenoids, also known as adenoids, are a mass of lymphoid tissue located at the top of the child's nasopharynx, that is, behind the nasal cavity and above the pharynx.

Under normal circumstances, the adenoids of children aged 2 to 10 years old grow in size, reach their maximum size at the age of 6, and begin to shrink after the age of 10. If your baby catches colds frequently, it can lead to enlarged adenoids, which in turn affects your baby's normal growth and development. The main symptoms are discomfort in the child's throat, a foreign body sensation, and often cough, headache, lack of energy or memory loss. Adenoids hypertrophy can also affect the drainage of nasal air and secretions in children, causing nasal congestion and runny nose. In severe cases, the child's nose may be completely blocked. Long-term nasal congestion can also cause brain hypoxia in children, leading to mental depression, memory loss, slow reaction and other phenomena. In addition to snoring, children often show signs of restlessness, have difficulty breathing, often wake up or scream, have paroxysmal coughing at night, and have poor sleep quality.

If the baby's adenoids develop pathological proliferation and hypertrophy due to repeated attacks of inflammation, surgical removal of the adenoids may be considered. Currently, the best treatment for pathological adenoid hypertrophy is surgical resection, which can be performed on children over 4 years old.

If your baby snores occasionally, it may be because some children relax their breathing-related muscles during sleep, especially the tongue muscles relax, causing the root of the tongue to droop slightly backwards, affecting the exhaust during exhalation and causing snoring; when the body position is changed, the position of the tongue is also changed, and the child's snoring disappears. Therefore, children who snore occasionally do not necessarily have enlarged adenoids. Parents can take their children to a regular hospital for examination.

In order to prevent the baby from snoring, parents must let the baby develop a good sleeping posture. Incorrect posture can also cause the baby to snore. At the same time, if the baby has snoring in the throat, it is recommended that you take the child to a regular hospital to see a doctor to avoid delaying the treatment of the disease.