(HealthDay News) — Children’s behavior and sleep improved after they had a tonsillectomy, whether or not they had sleep apnea before the surgery, according to a University of Michigan Health System study.
And among children in the study who had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) before the surgery, about half did not have it a year after their tonsils were removed.
The 78 children in the study group who had their tonsils removed were much more likely than a comparison group of 27 children to have sleep and behavior problems at the start of the study. However, after the children in the study group had their tonsils out, tests showed little difference between them and the children in the comparison group.
The results appear to support previous research suggesting a link between children’s sleep-related breathing problems (snoring, apnea) and daytime behavior problems, the researcher said. However, they added that their findings do not prove cause and effect and that tonsillectomy is not usually a “cure” for ADHD.
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