Are Your Kids Going To Inherit Your Snoring Problem?
By Thomas Wilson on June 27, 2009
If you’ve got a snoring problem the question might have crossed your mind as to whether your kids could inherit it. Well, unfortunately the answer to that question is yes. Research has shown that children with at least one parent with a snoring condition are three time as likely to snore themselves.
Snoring can also be a symptom of another problem known as OSA, or Obstructive Sleep Apnea. OSA causes a person’s breathing to stop during sleep, due to their airway being obstructed.
Snoring is a sign of difficulty breathing, but it is breathing at least. OSA can cause the sufferer to stop breathing for periods of over 10 seconds while sleeping, which then causes them to wake up gasping and choking for air.
This isn’t only a nighttime problem either. OSA can leave its victims with headaches and sore throats in the morning. And the lack of sleep caused by OSA could lead to other issues, such as lack of concentration and irritability.
If left untreated, OSA can lead to increased blood pressure, lower oxygen levels in the blood and an increased chance of heart attack and stroke.
In one recent study, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital medical center studied 681 children. The research determined that African-American children were roughly three times more likely to develop a snoring problem than any other ethnicity.
And it was also found that kids who tested positively for Atopy (a sign of asthma and allergies) were twice as likely to develop a snoring problem.
This study helped doctors to identify children who were at higher risk of snoring problems and other sleep disorders. This gave them the opportunity to work with the childrens’ parents to help minimize any long-term effects.
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