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Payses in breathe while sleeping -baby
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My 16m old baby girl pauses in breathing while sleeping..she is term baby and no issues during birth and everything is normal
Breath count is not more than 40 now during sleep
What might be the reason
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What do you mean by pausing? Does she snore? Or she has abnormal sound on sleeping what we call strider or stertor?
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Kindly visit a paediatrician
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Can be laryngomalacia
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consult ent and pediatrician
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turn the baby over abdomen to ease breathing
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Dr. Saiyad Saif Naziruddin
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
9 yrs exp
Raichur
May b laryngomalacia
Prone position preferred
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Dr. Jaimini Thakkar
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
6 yrs exp
Anand
It could be Laryngomalacia.
prefer prone position.
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Dr. Gladson Guddappa Uchil
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
28 yrs exp
Bangalore
Consult a Paediatric Pulmonologist first.
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