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Article: All through the night; Sleep apnea interrupts rest for children, too
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 13, 2007
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Life's hard enough in middle school without having to worry about
snoring in history class. But such was the hardship of Kinta Cooley.
One minute she'd be awake, but a second later, she'd be slumped
over in her chair, transmitting zzz's throughout the Glen Hills
Middle School classroom - sending titters around the group of
assembled children.
She became an object of derision and pre-teen nastiness.
Cooley, who is now 13, was suffering from sleep apnea, a disorder
widely recognized in adults, but one that has caught little
attention in the realm of pediatrics.
"It's a basic question doctors should be asking parents and
pediatric patients: How is your child sleeping?" said Don Harden, a ...