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Effect Of Tonsillectomy On Humoral Immunity In Children With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Below The Age Of 3 Years, Ayman A. Mohamdy, Mohammed F. , Shendy, Nahed F. Khater, Mostafa Gomaa Sobhy

Pan Arab Journal of Rhinology

Background

Tonsils are one of the most significant secondary lymphoid organs in immune system. They contain B and T lymphocytes. B cells produce all five classes of immunoglobulins. The tonsillectomy’s effect on the immune system is still up for debate.

Objective

The study was done to observe the effect of tonsillectomy on humoral immunity parameters (IgA, IgM, and IgG) in children with obstructive sleep apnea before and after tonsillectomy.

Patients and methods

A total of 60 patients who were scheduled for tonsillectomy because of obstructive sleep apnea, with ages below 3 years, and diagnosed by clinical findings of adenotonsillar hypertrophy …

Myofunctional Therapy For Treatment Of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Narrative Review, María Teresa García Iriarte, Laura Rodriguez Alcala, Peter Baptista, Guillermo Plaza, Carlos O’Connor-Garcia, Carlos O’Connor-Reina

Pan Arab Journal of Rhinology

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a serious and prevalent public health disorder that can have long-term detrimental effects on the cardiovascular, nervous, and metabolic systems, and increase the risk of accidents and mortality. Newly identified pathophysiological traits of OSA include decreased upper airway pharyngeal dilator muscle responsiveness. Myofunctional therapy (MT) has been proposed as a treatment to improve dilator tone by performing isotonic and isometric exercises of the tongue and other upper airway muscles. This article reviews the beginnings of this therapy and describes systematic reviews and meta-analysis published until February in 2023 focusing in our experience using MT as …