Sleep Disorders Can Affect Your Child's...
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Conditions Associated With Sleep Disorders in Kids
-Gastroesophageal reflux -Daytime sleepiness
-Obesity -Snoring
-Musculoskeletal pains -Restlessness during sleep
-Bedwetting -Hyperactivity & attention deficits
-Learning difficulty -Cognitive deficits
-Aggression -Reduced achievement at school
-Depression -Anxiety
-Alcohol -Alcohol or drug use, cigarette smoking
In addition, "research in sleep laboratories has shown that some (and perhaps a great many) kids are mislabeled with ADHD when the real problem is chronic, partial sleep deprivation".
-Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, Sept. 1997
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Treatment for Kids With OSA
If your child is diagnosed with Obstructive Sleep Apnea or sleep disordered breathing, treatment is very important for his or her overall well being. Enlarged tonsils and adnoids are the most common causes for OSA or sleep disorded breathing in children, and thus, tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy is typically the preferred treatment option.
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