Can you please describe sleep apnea, and how is it diagnosed in children?

Sleep Study: Sleep apnea is not breathing enough during the phases of sleep . It is diagnosised with a sleep study.

Sleep Apnea: Children may or may not show signs of snoring or daytime sleepiness, they may have enlarged tonsils troubled breathing, difficulty with attention, concentration, adhd like s/sx its best to do a sleep study at a good lab.

Yes: Sleep apnea can result from anatomic obstruction in the nose (deviated septum, swollen turbinates, sinusitis, etc) or over relaxation of the smooth muscles that line the trachea (wind pipe). It's true that sleep apnea was classically though to be found only in elderly overweight men, but that's been found to not be true. Children can have osa from enlarged tonsils or adenoids. Consult a sleep doc.