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Snoring noise
My child is 12 m old. I have noticed that since 2 months onwards he has a tendency of snoring in sleep and even in senses. Like when undergoing heavy breathing then he snores occasionally.
Is there anything to be concerned about. Please help.
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As of your history your child most probably have adenoid hypertrophic, adenoid is like tonsils situated posterior part of nose and due to enlargement of this gland block airway
That’s why your baby have snores.
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Search ashirwad hospital in YouTube there is one video on adenoid hypertrophy, I explain in detail about it in this video
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Ask your Pediatrician or ent specialist for x- ray neck lateral side
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There may be other causes too that may be rule out
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Does the child have recurrent episodes of cough n cold? oral, nasal n throat examination by ENT specialist needs to be done. There might be a variety of causes which can lead to occasional snoring. But there is nothing to be worried of. Timely intervention leads to full cure.
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