Is it normal for an 8 year old to snore?

People often snore in our daily life. Some people only snore occasionally, such as snoring when they are particularly tired when they sleep, but some people have the habit of snoring for a long time. In comparison, men are more likely to snore than women. In addition, adults and the elderly are more likely to snore than children. If an eight-year-old child snores, it depends on whether the snoring is serious. If it is serious, it needs to be taken seriously because it may be an abnormal phenomenon.

Is it normal for an 8 year old to snore?

First, you need to rule out diseases of the five sense organs, such as rhinitis.

Guidance:

Develop a good sleeping posture. Snoring generally indicates airway obstruction. It is recommended to have an ENT check-up.

If a child starts snoring at the age of three, it is likely that the child's body is enlarged, the adenoids are enlarged, and the child swallows tears. Snoring all the time will cause the child's brain to be deprived of oxygen. Over time, it is not good for the child's brain development. You should go to the ENT department for an examination. If it is serious, surgery is required.

Children snoring at night is a common phenomenon in daily life. Many parents do not take it seriously. Some parents even jokingly call snoring children "little thunder god". However, little do they know that children's snoring may indicate some potential diseases.

The most common cause of snoring in children is the hypertrophy of tonsils and adenoids. Adenoids are a normal lymphatic tissue located at the junction of the back of the nasal cavity and the pharynx. Generally, during the period of vigorous growth in childhood, tonsils and adenoids grow rapidly, reaching a peak at the age of 5-7. Tonsils and adenoids are repeatedly inflamed and infected for various reasons, leading to abnormal hypertrophy, hyperplasia, or congenital hypertrophy. In addition to snoring and affecting sleep quality, they often cause diseases of adjacent organs, such as recurrent secretory otitis media, rhinosinusitis, allergic rhinitis, asthma, etc.

Guidance:

When children snore during sleep, they should go to the hospital for treatment in time. The ENT doctor can make a clear diagnosis by examining the pharynx and nasal cavity, as well as nasopharyngeal X-ray, fiber nasopharyngoscope or nasal endoscopy.

Go to the hospital to check whether your tonsils are swollen or whether you have polyps in your nose. If you have swollen tonsils, don't listen to the doctor's advice to remove them. My daughter had the same problem when she was 8 or 9 years old, so I found a Chinese medicine doctor who would use acupuncture needles to bleed her tonsils once a week. Almost 3 months. Be sure to see a doctor from a regular Chinese medicine hospital and use disposable acupuncture needles (to avoid infection or infectious diseases). No need to take medicine. Enlarged tonsils are sometimes hereditary. Western medicine would require removal. But it will lose the best barrier against upper respiratory tract infections. Therefore, removal is not recommended. An old expert (friend) from Peking University Hospital told me that when children reach a certain age, their tonsils will start to shrink on their own and will not grow indefinitely with the development of the body. Bleeding is relatively painful, and the doctor only needs to prick it 3 or 4 times. The key is to teach the child to suck the blood and spit it out. Suction several times until no more blood comes out. Afterwards, have your child gargle his or her mouth and throat with salt water. Don't eat spicy food.