Humans infants, who are born able to breathe and suckle Mela Luna Sleep Aid Review at the same time, have to relearn this process during this timeframe. Interestingly, this is also the period of time when SIDS sudden infant death syndrome peaks. During ages 3 to 6, childrens' tonsils grow significantly larger, and not too surprisingly, this is also the time period in which tonsils are most frequently removed, especially for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. Once tonsils and adenoids are removed, most children do well, but recently, we're realizing that this is not necessarily the case.
The problem is that removing tonsils and adenoids only addresses part of the problem-it doesn't address the smaller jaws that these children have. Having smaller jaws means that the tongue can fall back easier and cause more of a vacuum effect in the throat that suctions up normal stomach juices into the throat, causing the tonsils to become even larger.
This creates more obstructions, preventing the jaws from widening and developing more fully. This is why rapid palatal expansion alone was found to be equivalent to tonsillectomy, and doing both gave additive results. Let's say that your child's large tonsils were removed, but the jaws never fully developed properly. Most young teens will eventually need braces to correct for crowded teeth. Unfortunately, most orthodontics is focused on straightening teeth, rather than enlarging the airway.
As your child goes through puberty, an obvious thing also happens. his or her voice becomes lower. One major consequence of a deepening voice is that the voice box has to drop in the neck. This opens up the oropharynx even further, creating even more space for the tongue to fall back. This process continues into early adulthood, where the voice box settles in its' final location it's been shown that the voice box continues to drop an additional 1/2 vertebral body length slowly even up to age 70.
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