To determine the severity of the condition and to exclude a central brain cause, a children sleep study will be performed by our Paediatric Respiratory Medicine Service.
Treatment may involve weight and diet control at the Obesity Clinic, night-time masks delivering pressurised air, obturators or surgery. Surgery may involve removal of enlarged tonsils and adenoids, radiofrequency reduction of nose turbinate swellings, laser or conventional soft palate surgery, and tongue base advancements. Craniofacial disproportions may require facial advancements by our Plastic & Neurosurgeon colleagues.