Children With The Problem Of OSA Can Have Abnormal Respiratory-Related Evoked Potentials!

According to the latest research, it has been found that children who are suffering with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) are more likely to face several respiratory problems when compared to the normal children of the same age without OSA.

Experts say that this situation arises in children who are suffering with Obstructive Sleep Apnea because they do not contain the same airway closing as the normal children without OSA.

The study performed by jingtao huang, PhD of children’s hospital of Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania has proved some facts.

In their study, they considered 9 children who are suffering with Obstructive Sleep Apnea syndrome and 12 normal children. They conducted upper airway perception tests for both groups of children i.e. with OSAs and without OSAs.

In their tests, they found that the children who are suffering with OSA have developed several respiratory problems because they are not getting support from the protective neurologic responses where as the normal children are getting them.

Due to this problem, children who are suffering with obstructive sleep apnea had increase in their airway muscle tone as a response for the negative pressure. It also increased the breathing load or high carbon dioxide levels are taken in due to this change. Breathing high carbon dioxide levels certainly had negative effects and several lung or respiratory problems results due to this problem.

OSA can be named as the common problem which occurs in most of the children. Out of 100%, 2% of the young children are suffering with this problem. Several health problems can result in children who are suffering with OSA such as heart problems, high blood pressure, learning and behavioral abnormalities, poor growth, etc [Treating Sleep Apnea].

Other than the above problems, some of the children will also suffer with severe health conditions, which are not fully understood by the doctors.