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Snoring, Sleeping Disorders, and Sleep Apnea

Snoring is bothersome to others, but it can also be a sign of a more serious condition known as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

Pediatric Sleep-disordered Breathing

Pediatric sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is a general term for breathing difficulties occurring during sleep.
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    • Tickle or irritation in throat
    • Persistent/Ongoing
    • Recurrent
    • After meals
    • Alcohol
    • Caffeine
    • First thing in the morning
    • Late night meals
    • Lying down
    • Stress
    • Chest pain
    • Cough
    • Difficulty swallowing
    • Dry throat
    • Heartburn or indigestion
    • Hoarse voice
    • Regurgitation of food or sour liquid
    • Pain with swallowing
    • New or sudden
    • Prior episodes of tonsillitis
    • Recent exposure to someone with strep throat
    • Bad breath
    • Body aches
    • Ear pain
    • Fever
    • Headache
    • Rash
    • Red and swollen tonsils
    • Red spots at back of roof of mouth
    • Swollen glands in the neck
    • White or yellow patches on tonsils
    • Severe
    • Sudden onset
    • Lying on ear
    • Touching ear/tragus (triangle in front of ear canal)
    • Wearing ear buds or hearing aid(s)
    • Cleaning ears
    • Foreign body in the ear
    • Use of ear buds, ear plugs, hearing aid
    • Sweating
    • Warm, humid weather
    • Water exposure (shower, pool, ocean)
    • Ear canal drainage (clear, white or yellow pus)
    • Ear canal swelling
    • Ear plugging or blocked sensation
    • Ear redness
    • Ear tenderness
    • Itching inside the ear
    • Swelling around ear (face/neck)
    • Sinus pressure/congestion
    • At least 7-10 days
    • History of recurrent sinus infections
    • Decreased sense of smell
    • Dental pain
    • Fatigue
    • Nasal congestion
    • Nasal obstruction
    • Pain/Pressure around eyes/face
    • Nasal drainage down the back of the throat
    • Mucus draining in the throat
    • Chronic
    • Periodic
    • Allergen exposure
    • Cold air
    • Chemical scents
    • Environmental pollutants
    • Fragrance
    • Change in season
    • Upper respiratory infection (URI)/Cold
    • Feeling of lump in the throat
    • Frequent throat clearing
    • Raspy or gurgling speech
    • Headache or Facial Pain
    • Pain/Pressure in sinuses/face
    • Diet
    • History of migraine headache
    • Light sensitivity
    • Change in sense of smell
    • Runny nose
    • Neck mass
    • Last longer than 3 weeks
    • Dental infection
    • Difficulty breathing
    • Insect bite
    • Mononucleosis
    • Tonsillitis
    • Unexplained weight loss
    • Bleeding from nose or mouth
    • Change in voice
    • Coughing up blood
    • Increasing size of neck mass
    • Tenderness
    • Breathy
    • Gravely
    • Low pitched
    • Tremulous (with tremor or shaking)
    • Weak
    • Acute (less than 2 weeks)
    • Fluctuating hoarse voice (sometimes hoarse, sometimes normal voice)
    • Persistent (more than 4 weeks)
    • Worsening
    • Prolonged or extended voice use
    • Current smoker
    • Episode of extreme voice use (shouting/yelling)
    • Former smoker
    • Smoking history
    • Parkinson's
    • Recent surgery of neck, cervical spine, thyroid, lung or heart
    • Recent surgery requiring intubation
    • Significant voice use
    • Stroke
    • Fatigued voice from prolonged use
    • General malaise
    • Mild throat pain with prolonged voice use
    • Other tremors (hand, head)
    • Vocal fatigue
    • Nausea
    • Non-productive cough
    • Throat clearing
    • Eating or after meals
    • Poor appetite
    • Sour taste in the mouth
    • Stomache ache
    • Wheezing
    • Purulent (Pus) Drainage from Nose
    • Crankiness
    • Postnasal drip
    • Swelling around the eyes
    • Visual changes
    • purulent (yellow-green) nasal drainage
    • Scratchy
    • Hurts to talk
    • Fluctuating hoarse voice (sometimes hoarse
    • Recent surgery of neck
    • cervical spine
    • thyroid
    • lung or heart
    • Thick
    • yellow/green nasal discharge
    • Other tremors (hand
    • head)
    • Severe or constant throat pain
    • sometimes normal voice)
    • Use of ear buds
    • ear plugs
    • hearing aid
    • Warm
    • humid weather
    • pool
    • ocean)
    • Ear canal drainage (clear
    • white or yellow pus)
    • Aura symptoms
    • Dry, non-productive
    • Preceded by a tickle or irritation in the throat
    • Clear or white
    • Difficult to “clear”
    • Thick, sticky
    • Nauseous or sick to stomach
    • Pain or ache in stomach
    • Mucus in Throat
    • Dry
    • non-productive
    • sticky
    • Current or past alcohol use
    • Current or past tobacco use
    • Family history of head and neck cancer
    • Personal history of head and neck cancer or lung cancer
    • History of HPV exposure or disease
    • Growth in the mouth
    • Bleeding from growth in mouth or throat
    • Choke with eating/drinking
    • Cough with eating/drinking
    • Food went down the wrong pipe
    • Aging
    • Neurological disorder
    • Prior neck surgery
    • Reflux
    • Pneumonia
    • Stress while eating
    • Weight loss
    • Choking
    • Congenital disease
    • Facial weakness
    • One side of the face is not moving or is weak
    • Dry eye (difficulty closing the eye)
    • Facial pain
    • Vertigo (sensation of spinning)
    • Like you are spinning or the room is spinning around you
    • Dizzy
    • Associated with movement or change in head position
    • Brief (last seconds, to minutes)
    • May be recurrent
    • Change in head position (rolling in bed, lying down/getting up, turning quickly, looking up or down)
    • Major head trauma (car accident)
    • Minor head trauma (bumping head on a cabinet)
    • Ear drainage
    • Foul smelling ear drainage
    • Hearing loss
    • Prior ear surgery
    • Recurrent ear infections
    • Earache
    • Ear fullness
    • Plugged or full ear
    • Muffled hearing
    • Unilateral
    • Bilateral
    • Use of cotton swabs
    • History of impacted earwax
    • Family history of hearing loss
    • Recent head or ear trauma
    • History of recurrent ear infections
    • Hearing loss in affected ear
    • Ear pressure
    • Tinnitus in affected ear
    • Itchy ear
    • Ear discharge
    • Coughing
    • Difficulty breathing through the nose
    • Can't breathe in through nose
    • Nasal blockage/obstruction
    • Nose clogged
    • Persistent (occurs every day)
    • After nasal injury (hit in the nose)
    • Recent nasal fracture (broken nose)
    • Seasonal allergies (additional nasal congestion)
    • Nasal fracture
    • Nasal injury
    • Can feel separation in central nose with fingers
    • Crooked nose
    • Mouth breathing
    • Noisy breathing
    • Noisy breathing during sleep
    • Nosebleed
    • Improved with steroid nasal sprays
    • Previous diagnosis of septal deviation
    • Sinus infections
    • Snoring
    • Food sticking in throat
    • Takes longer to eat
    • Foreign body
    • Surgery
    • Ear pain while flying
    • Altitude (mountains)
    • Elevators
    • Hyperbaric oxygen treatment
    • Recent air travel
    • Recent scuba diving
    • Ear congestion
    • Tinnitus
    • Family history of thyroid goiter
    • Choking sensation
    • Change in energy level
    • Pressure sensation in neck
    • Weight change (gain or loss)
    • Progressive
    • Palpitations (heart racing)
    • Anxiety
    • History of autoimmune disease
    • Family history of thyroid disease
    • Poor sleep
    • Tremors
    • Bulging eyes
    • Eye redness
    • Double vision
    • Thickening of skin of shins
    • Nervousness
    • Irritability
    • Shortness of breath
    • Dizziness with or without hearing loss
    • Ringing in one ear
    • Chronic imbalance
    • Intermittent
    • Last minutes to hours
    • Mild unsteadiness
    • Movement
    • Salt
    • Family history of Meniere's Disease
    • History of similar attacks
    • Intermittent hearing loss
    • Loud noises distorted (sounds seem distorted)
    • Loud noises may be painful
    • Sensation of ear fullness or plugging
    • Comes from both sides
    • Comes from one side
    • Runs down the back of the throat
    • Runs out the front of the nose
    • Cold weather
    • Drug (cocaine) use
    • Dry weather
    • Nose blowing
    • Nose picking
    • Nose rubbing
    • Nose steroid
    • Trauma to the nose
    • Tumor
    • Genetic/Family history
    • Nasal allergy symptoms
    • Nasal dryness/crusting
    • Use of aspirin
    • Use of blood thinning medication (coumadin, plavix)
    • Post-Op Adenoidectomy
    • Speech/Language delay
    • Missing speech milestones (by 12 months doesn't understand simple phrases)
    • Stopped babbling
    • By two years of age, has 50 word vocabulary and using two word phrases
    • Doesn't turn head in direction of sound stimuli
    • Difficulty in school
    • Poor attention span
    • Moody/Irritable
    • Tired
    • Apnea (stopping breathing) during sleep
    • Bedwetting
    • Daytime sleepiness
    • Difficulty concentrating during the day
    • Difficulty maintaining sleep
    • Gasping during sleep
    • Hyperactivity
    • Morning headache
    • Restless sleep
    • Obesity
    • Weight gain
    • Nasal dripping
    • Post-nasal drainage
    • Allergens
    • Change in weather
    • Eating/Drinking
    • Asthma
    • Clear drainage
    • Itchy nose
    • Sneezing
    • Thin nasal drainage
    • Allergic shiner (dark circles under the eyes)
    • Irregular Mole or Skin Lesion
    • Skin lesion or mole that bleeds easily
    • History of sun exposure
    • History of sun burn
    • Fair skin
    • Fair hair
    • Family history of skin cancer
    • Asymmetric mole
    • Painful, itchy patches of skin
    • Pearly, nodular skin lesion that does not heal
    • Skin sores that do not heal
    • Scar-like bump without any prior trauma
    • Changing size, shape, or color
    • Cardiac arrhythmia
    • Heart disease
    • High blood pressure
    • Beating
    • Buzzing
    • Pulsating
    • Ringing
    • Roaring
    • Squealing
    • Whine
    • Whooshing
    • Acute (less than 6 months)
    • Erratic (irregular)
    • In both ears (bilateral)
    • In one ear (unilateral)
    • Persistent (longer than 6 months)
    • Regulary (rhythmic)
    • The same interval as my pulse or heart rat
    • Change in position (bending over)
    • Loud noises
    • Quiet environment
    • Straining
    • Anti-inflamatory drugs (aspirin, Ibuprophen, Tylenol)
    • Ear infection
    • Exposure to very loud noise(s)
    • New or change in medication
    • Occupational noise exposure (train conductor, machinist)
    • Drainage from the ear(s)
    • Earwax
    • Fluid behind the eardrum
    • Ringing in the ears
    • Recurrent throat pain
    • Tonsil stones
    • Water exposure (shower
    • Neck mass (lump in the neck)
    • Sore throat / throat pain
    • Change in head position (rolling in bed
    • lying down/getting up
    • turning quickly
    • looking up or down)
    • Brief (last seconds
    • to minutes)
    • Occupational noise exposure (train conductor
    • machinist)
    • Anti-inflamatory drugs (aspirin
    • Ibuprophen
    • Tylenol)
    • Thick yellow-green drainage from the nose
    • yellow-green drainage from the nose
    • By two years of age
    • has 50 word vocabulary and using two word phrases
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