Dr Saleh Al-Damas, a consultant in chest diseases and sleep disorders, says there are a number of factors that make a person more susceptible to developing sleep apnea syndrome.
He said during an intervention with the “Saudi Arabia” channel that these factors also include weight gain, since about 80% of people with this syndrome are overweight, as well as people who suffer from nasal allergy problems, increased Suffer from nasal cornea and congenital problems. Upper respiratory tract.
Al-Dammas explained that factors include larger tongues and enlarged tonsils in children, as well as increasing age due to relaxation of tissues in the upper respiratory tract, particularly as men are about twice as susceptible to infection as women. In age.
He explained that the diagnosis is made based on taking a detailed medical history from the patient and observations of people around the person of several symptoms including snoring during sleep, mouth breathing, lethargy and lack of concentration.