Snoring can be pretty disturbing to people who sleep in the company of snorers, as well as to the snorer himself or herself, though she may not realize it. For instance, some snorers have a condition called obstructive sleep apnea. Their airways become obstructed various times while they’re sleeping, and each time this happens the snorer briefly stops breathing.

睡在打呼嚕的人附近，聽(tīng)著隆隆的呼嚕是件很痛苦的事情。而對(duì)于打呼者本身，雖然他們自己意識(shí)不到，打呼嚕對(duì)他們也是有害的。比如，一些打呼者患有叫做阻塞性睡眠呼吸暫停綜合征的疾病。在睡覺(jué)時(shí)，他們的氣管時(shí)不時(shí)地阻塞，而每次氣管阻塞，打呼者都會(huì)暫時(shí)性窒息。

What’s more, obstructive sleep apnea has been shown to affect the cognitive abilities and behavior of children with the condition. They demonstrate difficulties with language and attentiveness, and they score lower on overall tests of intelligence.

不僅如此，有證據(jù)表明，阻塞性睡眠呼吸暫停綜合征會(huì)影響兒童的認(rèn)知能力和行為方式?；加写瞬〉膬和憩F(xiàn)出語(yǔ)言障礙，難于集中注意力，他們?cè)谥橇y(cè)驗(yàn)中得分也相對(duì)較低。

Until now it has not been known whether children who snore, but do not have obstructive sleep apnea, are at risk, too, for these cognitive and behavioral problems. However, recent research shows that many children without this particular condition, but whononetheless snore, do test significantly lower than do non-snorers in these same areas of cognition and behavior. Which children who snore are at risk and which are not is not clear yet and will require further research.

目前，還不得而知的是，打呼但是未患有阻塞性睡眠呼吸暫停綜合中的兒童是否也有風(fēng)險(xiǎn)遇到認(rèn)知和行為方面的問(wèn)題。然而，最近的調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)，很多未患有上述疾病但打呼的兒童在關(guān)于認(rèn)知能力和行為的智力測(cè)驗(yàn)中，得分明顯低于那些不打呼的兒童。在打呼的兒童中，哪些是有風(fēng)險(xiǎn)遇到認(rèn)知和行為方面的問(wèn)題，哪些是沒(méi)有的，還需要進(jìn)一步的調(diào)查研究。

In the meantime, if your child snores frequently and here she seems to experience learning and/or behavioral problems, you might consult a sleep specialist to find out whether or not your child has obstructive sleep apnea. There are various causes of frequent snoring and obstructive sleep apnea, but the most common causes are enlarged tonsils and an enlarged adenoids. In these cases the removal of the tonsils or adenoids can be an effective treatment.

如果你的孩子經(jīng)常打呼，并且有學(xué)習(xí)和/或行為方面的問(wèn)題，你可以去咨詢睡眠專家，看看你的孩子是否患有阻塞性睡眠呼吸暫停綜合征。有很多原因可以造成打呼和阻塞性睡眠呼吸暫停，但是最常見(jiàn)的是扁桃體肥大， 淋巴腺腫大。在這種情況下，有效的治療手段就是進(jìn)行扁桃體和淋巴腺的切除。

new words:

apnea:呼吸暫停

cognitive:認(rèn)知的

tonsil:扁桃體

adenoids:腺狀腫大


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