Ep074: Sleep-Disordered Breathing: When a Child Is at Risk While Sleeping - With Dr. Dassani

OVERVIEW

Most parents are having a hard time figuring out how to deal with their children’s health problems. Especially if the symptoms are equally the same as other illnesses like ADHD and sleep disorders of some sort. Parents often asked help from health professionals but the problem is identifying the correct providers that they needed. Sleep apnea is a common problem that parents don’t know much about. Children mostly show symptoms that parents take as normal behavior like snoring at night or making movements while sleeping. But how will parents know if they should take these signs seriously? Is there a proper breathing pattern for children especially when they are asleep?

For this week’s episode, I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Meghna Dassani she is a general dentist in Houston Texas and has twenty years of experience in the field of dentistry. She is also a writer and has recently published a book about sleep-disordered breathing entitled Airway is Life: Waking up to your family's sleep crisis. Learn more about this sleep-breathing disorder and be aware of the signs.



WHAT WILL WE LEARN

  • 02:10 How children’s sleep disorder differ from adults

  • 03:15 Snoring is not normal!

  • 04:16 Bed-wetting, ADHD, and sleep disorders: Learn to find the missing piece

  • 05:34 Is sleep-related breathing problems common to children?

  • 07:14 Work with your doctors: They can help in connecting the dots

  • 09:09 Signs that parents commonly miss: How to know if your  child has a sleep problem

  • 12:08 Other signs you should consider to identify if your child is starting to develop sleep disorders 

  • 14:23 What are the consequences parents and children may face if they overlook these symptoms and won’t be diagnosed

  • 17:01 Dr. Dassani and her encounters with patients that have sleep breathing disorders

  • 18:24 Get your kids evaluated

  • 20:49 How dentist evaluate patients and help parents know what their children need when it comes to seeing a provider

  • 22:30 What are the other resources parents can read to know more about sleep and breathing disorders

  • 25:16 It is important to be diagnosed

  • 26:44 Ask questions: You will never know who can help you

Yishan Xu, PhD, DBSMsleep disorders, sleep apnea, breathing disorder, snoring, sleep, OSAComment