RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
SNORING
1. Reduce body wt. if obese.
2. Avoid excessive fatigue.
3. In children enlarged tonsils and adenoids can trigger off snoring and must be removed.
4. Relieve nasal obstruction e.g. DNS, polyps.
5. Sleep on your side with as many pillows as possible.
6. Refrain from taking alcohol for atleast 3 hrs. before sleep.
7. Avoid tranquillizers , sleeping tablets or eliminates before going to bed.
Uvuopalato-pharyngoplasty usually reduces or eliminates
Snoring but is less successful in obstructive sleepapnoea.
Mandibular advancement devices are intraoral devices
That displace the jaw anteriorly,and increase the anteroposterior diameter of the upper airway and thus significantly reduce snoring.
Posted by Dr. Ramesh Maheshwari, Wnho Clinic, 2014 sadashiv peth, Tilak road, Pune. Free to call for further information.
SNORING
1. Reduce body wt. if obese.
2. Avoid excessive fatigue.
3. In children enlarged tonsils and adenoids can trigger off snoring and must be removed.
4. Relieve nasal obstruction e.g. DNS, polyps.
5. Sleep on your side with as many pillows as possible.
6. Refrain from taking alcohol for atleast 3 hrs. before sleep.
7. Avoid tranquillizers , sleeping tablets or eliminates before going to bed.
Uvuopalato-pharyngoplasty usually reduces or eliminates
Snoring but is less successful in obstructive sleepapnoea.
Mandibular advancement devices are intraoral devices
That displace the jaw anteriorly,and increase the anteroposterior diameter of the upper airway and thus significantly reduce snoring.
Posted by Dr. Ramesh Maheshwari, Wnho Clinic, 2014 sadashiv peth, Tilak road, Pune. Free to call for further information.
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