does anyone know if a person doesn’t get there tonsils out in adolescence can it cause sleep apnea?
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 at
10:25 am
I have noticed that when he has an earache he has more problems with the sleep apnia..Thank you
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Usually getting the tonsils out helps the sleep apnea not be as bad.
yes it can ,when laying in bed at night especially on your back jaw and neck muscles relax , which in turn can make the tonsils fall into the epiglotis(windpipe) causing snoring and apnea…
this is also common in chronically obese people who have to sleep propped up
talk to your doctor for further advice,,,
Tonsils have nothing to do with earaches or apnea…
Most people I know who have their tonsils do not get apnea. The ones who DON’T have them also do not get apnea! Apnea is an independent sleep disorder that one must go to sleep clinic to pinpoint.
Well the ears are connected to the throat, so when he has an earache he probably does have some swelling or displacement of the tonsils that may cause greater instances of apnea.
Now, to answer the first question, ones anatomy, such as the tonsils, can cause apnea because they literally get in the way of, or obstruct, airflow. If this is the cause in his case, then removing the tonsils will cure the apnea. However, if the tonsils are not the actual cause of this apnea, then removing them will do nothing. If this person has been diagnosed with apnea, then the report will be able to tell you if there is a physical obstruction, such as the tonsils, causing thr apnea, so there would be no question, they would have to come out. Now, if this person just thinks they have apnea, and has never had a real sleep study done in a sleep lab, then no one can say for sure if and what kind of apnea he has.
Good luck!
Having the tonsils and adenoids removed as a child is the common treatment (cure) for sleep apnea in children. It does not however mean that sleep apnea will not return as an adult then requiring cpap or so on as treatment. Having large tonsils as an adult may make sleep apnea worsen but it will not be cured with their removal as with children. It may lessen but will not cure as with any surgery such as UPPP, does not cure sleep apnea unless they have a very mild case. Only cpap, bipap and ASV are proven effective treatments in adults.