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Hello, my 8-month-old son snores a lot in any position. There is no runny nose, our doctor did not find the cause. Is it normal for a baby like this to snore like a lumberjack? Should we look for the cause of snoring? Is it dangerous for the baby?
If nothing was initially found, a child's ENT specialist should see the child and order a more detailed diagnosis, snoring is a symptom - you need to find the cause and determine whether it is just snoring or breathing disorders related to it. Certainly, it cannot be left without diagnostics.
Remember that our expert's answer is informative and will not replace a visit to the doctor.
Monika Paulina Kuźmińska, MD, PhDDr. Monika Paulina Kuźmińska, MD, internist, specialist in lung diseases, member of the European Respiratory Society and the Polish Sleep Research Society.
For several years he has been dealing with the issues of breathing disorders during sleep, with particular emphasis on obstructive apnea. He assesses polysomnographic tests in several centers diagnosing breathing disorders during sleep in Warsaw.
In 2013, she defended her doctoral dissertation on: Breathing disorders during sleep in adults, taking into account the impact of weight reduction on the indicators of polysomnography.
Diagnoses, consults and conservatively treats patients diagnosed with obstructive apnea syndrome at the Prof. In Orłowski, he cooperates with the Otorhinolaryngology Clinic of the Medical University of Warsaw at the Czerniakowski Hospital in Warsaw.
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