Children snoring are at risk of depression

Research by scientists at the University of Helsinki (Finland) says snoring children (3 - 6 years old) are at high risk of depressive symptoms, anxiety and anxiety. problems in language skills and lack of focus.

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Snoring is a factor that causes psychological problems and cognitive disabilities for preschool-aged children.

Dr. Eeva T.Aronen, a member of the research team, said snoring is a factor that causes psychological problems and cognitive disabilities for preschool-aged children.

Scientists studied 43 children who slept at least 1-2 times a week and 46 other children who did not have this phenomenon when they slept.

They found that snoring babies with psychological problems, especially anxiety and depression symptoms, were more than twice as high as other children.

Brain function tests also show that there are some significant differences between the two groups of children, in which the ability to concentrate and language skills of snoring children is worse than other children.

According to a previous study, snoring babies also had some other sleep problems, such as having nightmares, talking about sleepiness.

Snoring is a common symptom of irregular breathing due to sleep apnea.

Scientists believe that understanding the impact of health and psychological development on snoring babies will help pediatricians and health professionals determine how to treat related problems. sleep and can intervene when children reach school age or before they have psychological symptoms or develop more unusual behaviors.