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Suggest Treatment For Difficulty In Breathing While Sleeping
mate i need my tonsils removed urgently i dnt sleep properly as im stop breathing in my sleep i have seen an ent i have been the doctor i am on the wait list at royal perth but its a year long but the problem is im falling asleep why driving i wake up with brown shit in the morning and feeling like crap as in tired im going to end up loosing my job its affecting my whole life i want to know wat i can do
Mon, 21 Jul 2014
HI.
This is called Sleep Apnoea and can occur from various causes including enlarged tonsils.
IT is not always a single factor that causes this .
You have to undergo the sleep apnoea studies with endoscopy in sleeping mode and / or MRI to determine the cause.
Simply removing the tonsils may not serve your problem.
You can have a test and treatment with CPAP machine and go for surgery only if the indication is there .
This is called Sleep Apnoea and can occur from various causes including enlarged tonsils.
IT is not always a single factor that causes this .
You have to undergo the sleep apnoea studies with endoscopy in sleeping mode and / or MRI to determine the cause.
Simply removing the tonsils may not serve your problem.
You can have a test and treatment with CPAP machine and go for surgery only if the indication is there .
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