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Overview
Causes
In alphabetical order[1] [2]
- Aging
- Alcohol abuse
- Allergies
- Bronchitis
- Decreased lung volume
- Deviated septum
- Enlarged adenoids
- Enlarged tongue
- Enlarged tonsils
- Eustachian tube infection
- Gigantism
- Hyperplasia of the tonsills
- Hypothyroidism
- Irritant inhalation
- Loose side walls
- Loss of general muscle tone
- Nerve weakness
- Obesity
- Sedatives
- Sensitivity to increased Co2 levels in the blood
- Sleep apnea
- Sinusitis
- Small jaw
- Small nasal valves
- Smoke
- Thick and long soft palate
- Thickening of muscles in front of spinal column
- Tonsillitis [3] [4]
References
- ↑ Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016
- ↑ Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:68 ISBN 140510368X
- ↑ Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016
- ↑ Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:68 ISBN 140510368X