They continue to increase sleep disorders in children. Thus, among the most common are the snoring, the mouth breathing and the pauses in breathing or apnea. A study carried out by specialists has revealed that Children who show this type of disorder are more prone to behavioral problems.
The investigation it has been carried out by researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine belonging to the Yeshiva University of New York. The study has been conducted for more than six years between more than eleven thousand children.
He study published by Pediatrics magazine, publishes that sleep disorders in children can have consequences on their behavior among those who are older aggressiveness and hyperactivity and also relationship problems with other children and emotional type.
These disorders, most of them respiratory, reach their maximum between the two to six years old, but can occur in younger children. This study shows that approximately 10% of children snores regularly and between 2% -4% suffer apneas During the dream. Apneas are repeated episodes of obstruction or collapse of the upper airway that occurs while the affected person sleeps which causes a decrease in oxygen levels, an increase in the level of carbon dioxide in the blood and a small often subconscious awakening . The main consequences They are: excessive sleepiness during the day due to poor sleep quality, which affects intellectual capacity and performance, respiratory disorders, cardiovascular disorders Y psychological and intellectual disorders such as the difficulty of attention and concentration that can lead to nervous depression.
Researchers have discovered that children with sleeping breathing disorders were more likely to develop neurological behavioral problems by age seven, compared with children who did not have the disorder.
Also, and according to the study, the sleeping breathing disorders can cause behavioral problems for several reasons, because they reduce the supply of oxygen to the brain, interrupt sleep restoration processes or change the balance of brain chemical agents. These results show that breathing problems when sleeping should be addressed as soon as possible, even in the first year of the child's life and for this they recommend going to the specialist who can, if so valued, treat with tonsil or adenoid removal surgery that according to The experts would end these sleep disorders.
Maybe some diagnoses of ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) can be related to lack of sleep and thus perform a different treatment.
And to give hope, concludes explaining that yes It is diagnosed and treated sleep problem behavior upgrade to Almost immediately.
