Macroglossia
How big of a tongue do you have?
I feel like the size of the tongue is an underdiscussed topic in sleep disordered breathing, because we always talk about the jaw, expansion, advancement, but never really talk about the role of a huge tongue, even though a bigger tongue can majorly reduce the size of the airway. I do not say it has the same importance as the jaw, but I believe it deserves at least some discussion. What do you think about this?
I for one, am a 22 year-old male, who has sleep disordered breathing with mostly hypopneas and apneas. I have an underdeveloped jaw. I had expansion, and now waiting for jaw surgery. My tongue is huge, it is not only too big for my mouth, but generally it is bigger than average. Even after expansion it doesn't feel comfortable in my mouth, and even if I could get some more expansion with a segmental Le Fort I don't believe it would have much more room. I fear that even after MMA, my problems will remain, because my overly large tongue will restict my airway.
Do any of you got a large tongue size? What actions do you take in order to deal with it? How could one deal with this issue?