A new study found out that those children who persistently snore during their early childhood may be more possibly to have behavioral problems like aggression and hyperactivity.
In a recent study, the researchers include 249 pairs of mother and child and found that those children who snored at age of 2 to 3 were mostly 3.5 times more possibly to have signs of behavioral problems when compared with those who did not snore at the said age or those who only snored during any of those years. Among the kids who snored at both ages, 35 percent of which showed signs of behavioral problem while only 10 percent of those who do not snore and 12 percent in kids who only snored for a year, showed such signs of behavioral issues.
The said findings revealed the importance of getting a good night sleep according to the researchers.
The study’s lead author, Dean Beebe said that he and his team are aware that if naps are taken away from preschoolers and then give them challenging tasks, they become grumpier. Beebe is the director of the neuropsychology program at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
The researchers tracked down the history of children beginning during the pregnancy of their mother until they were 3 years old. The researchers conducted interviews with mothers every several months to get knowledge of their children’s sleeping patterns and other activities. Also, the researchers met with the children every to evaluate levels of behavioral issues in a face-to-face setting.
The findings come after the previous work showing a link between snoring and behavioral issues especially when the snoring is constant.
Snoring imposes health problems. A person who snores could probably mean that the person is having difficulty in breathing during sleep. Such difficulties could be the result of anything from a cold or allergies or enlarged adenoid glands. In each of the said cases, snoring causes problems through distracting sleep, restricting oxygen and requiring more effort to breathe.
Beebe further implies in his statement that what we see in cartoons wherein snoring signifies sleep is opposite from the reality.
In cases of cold, snoring is not problematic if it only occurs in a short span of time. It only becomes problematic if it becomes consistent over months or years since it can affect a child’s mod and brain as well.
Incidentally, children who do not get a good sleep will not be as easygoing as the other children, and will be more possibly to have behavioral issues because of this grumpiness. Consequently, adults will come to expect aggressiveness from the child and may treat him or her in a different manner.
Coming from a neurologists’ point of view, lack of proper sleep inhibits the growth of pathways between brain neurons.
Beeber explained that the brain constantly remodels through early childhood, with link being strengthened being and weakened.
Addressing the problem regarding the underlying cause of snoring can help to reverse said effects. Unfortunately, parents don’t realize the problems with snoring. Therefore, the condition often goes untreated.
In children with conditions and other related sleeping problems, doctors encouraged parents to buy natural sleeping supplement for safety concerns.
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