Breathing problems can indicate that the child will be prone to depression or developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
– No, do you hear? Just like a grown man snores, – my friend was touched when her one-year-old child really snored in his crib.
Usually children sleep like angels – not even breathing is heard. This is normal and correct. And if on the contrary, this is a reason to be wary, and not touched.
According to Dr. David McIntosh, a world-renowned otolaryngologist, if you hear that your baby snores at least four times a week, this is a reason to see a doctor. Unless, of course, the child has a cold and is not too tired. Then it is forgivable. If not, it is likely that in this way the child’s body signals health problems.
“Breathing is a mechanical process that controls the brain. Our gray matter analyzes the level of chemicals in the blood and makes conclusions if we are breathing correctly, ”says Dr. McIntosh.
If the findings are disappointing, the brain issues a command to change the rhythm or rate of breathing in an attempt to fix the problem.
“The problem of airway obstruction (as the science calls snoring) is that even though the brain sees the problem, the efforts it makes to regulate breathing will do nothing,” the doctor explains. – Well, blocking breathing even for a short time leads to a decrease in oxygen in the blood. This is what the brain really doesn’t like. “
If the brain does not have enough oxygen, it has nothing to breathe, then panic begins. And from here many health problems “grow” already.
Dr. Macintosh has observed many snoring children. And he noted that they have attention deficit disorder, high levels of anxiety and low socialization, depressive symptoms, cognitive impairment (that is, the child has difficulty absorbing new information), problems with memory and logical thinking.
Recently, a large study was carried out, during which specialists followed a thousand children aged six months and over for six years. The conclusions made us wary. As it turned out, children who snored, breathed through their mouth, or who had apnea (stopping breathing during sleep) were 50 or even 90 percent more likely to develop attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. In addition, they reported behavioral problems – in particular, uncontrollability.