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hypotonia and sleep apnea

kcisthebombdotcomkcisthebombdotcom member
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at my last pedi visit we discussed the fact my daughter is a really restless sleeper. she had a few theories on why this was happening. one--she had oversized adenoids that caused apnea episodes. she has other signs of adenoid issues--mouth hangs open, drooling, runny nose a lot, etc. another thought was since she was hypotonic the muscles around her airway relaxed too much and caused apnea episodes.

i monitored her sleep last night and the pedi was spot on--i noticed she definitely is experiencing sleep apnea. oddly enough i never noticed it during nap times but when she was in a deep sleep at 1am i noticed it a handful of times over the course of an hour. my question is if it's not her adenoids what would the doctors do? is it common for kids with hypotonia to have sleep apnea as well?

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Re: hypotonia and sleep apnea

  • S-TunaS-Tuna member

    My son is low tone, and we just went through sleep study/adenoidectomy. The sleep study results determined that it wasn't true apnea; they suggested adenoids/tonsils as the cause. The study also showed "sporadic limb movements" which they believe is ca

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  • kar5162kar5162 member

    Yes - hypotonia and sleep apnea can be related, enlarged tonsils/adenoids can also contribute significantly. The restless sleep (if you see a lot of leg movements) could also be anemia. You need a sleep study, ASAP - the referral process may diffe

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  • kcisthebombdotcomkcisthebombdotcom member
    That's our plan-ent then sleep study. Thanks for the insight.
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