Kiddie Wellness: Sleep Apnea


Updated 10/29/08 5:18 PM · Posted by LilSugar · 2 comments

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Some kids can't get a good night's sleep and it isn't because they aren't in bed. Children with large tonsils are having them removed due to sleep apnea, which one doctor describes as laying down and trying to breathe through a straw. As a result, tired children have mistakenly been diagnosed with learning disorders like ADHD.

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