This article is expertly advised by Associate Professor, Dr. Lam Hoai Phuong, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Association of Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery. Ho Chi Minh City, Vice President of Vietnam Odonto-Stomatology Association, former Head of Department of Maxillofacial Surgery at UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HCMC, Professor at Ho Chi Minh City Medicine and Pharmacy University, Director of the American Odonto-Stomatology Hospital Thien.
Currently in Vietnam, the rate of children with cleft palate is 1/500 children. If not treated promptly, it will affect the child's aesthetics, ability to speak, eat and the risk of causing some respiratory diseases. young. Cleft lip and palate deformities (cleft lip and palate - SMHHE) are treated surgically, but surgery is not necessary immediately after birth. My Thien Hospital is one of the first places to have a treatment regimen specifically for each child with SMHHE birth defects from birth to 18 years old.
In fact, birth defects in the maxillofacial area are not too strange a phenomenon. Among them, cleft lip and palate is the most common condition. The phenomenon of cleft lip and palate usually forms from the 4th - 12th week of pregnancy.
Statistics show that about 40% of children with birth defects in the maxillofacial area face the above condition. This is a worrying number. Parents need to be aware of the importance of screening to detect the above defects early.
If you learn carefully what cleft lip and palate is, you will know that this deformity seriously affects the aesthetics of a child's face. When children grow up, they will feel self-conscious about their different appearance. Clefts cause the child's lips, jawbone, or nose to have an unusual structure. Besides, this facial deformity also significantly affects the child's health and overall development.
Specifically, the baby will have many difficulties when breastfeeding, easily choking or spitting up milk... Children with cleft lip and palate are also at higher risk of respiratory diseases than other babies. Many studies also show that these babies are susceptible to psychological disorders or pronunciation disorders. This makes the journey of raising children for parents also more difficult and challenging.
Along with learning what cleft lip and palate is, parents are also interested in the causes of the above birth defects. If defects are formed due to subjective factors, we can proactively prevent and avoid negative effects on the development of the fetus. Birth defects in young children occur for many different reasons
After understanding what cleft lip and palate is and the effects of the defect on children, parents should proactively prevent the risk of birth defects occurring in their children. Specifically, mothers should pay attention to nutrition and daily activities during pregnancy. In particular, pregnant mothers need to take good care of their health and do not arbitrarily use medicine without a doctor's prescription.
So what are the common types of cleft lip and palate? Currently, the two most common conditions are complete and incomplete cleft lip and palate. With incomplete cleft lip and palate, parents can see the child's uvula pass through the roof of the mouth, but not yet reach the incisors. Meanwhile, if the child has a complete cleft lip and palate, the uvula will pass through the incisors, even extending to the nasal cavity.
No matter what type of deformity a child has, parents should not be subjective and ignore monitoring and treatment. If treated early, your baby will be able to function more easily and avoid respiratory or language problems.
Parents not only learn what cleft lip and palate is but are also interested in how to treat the above condition. Normally, children will be prescribed surgery to resolve facial deformities.
When performing surgery on children with cleft lip and palate, we need to choose the most appropriate time, not to be hasty and send our children for surgery too early. At this time, the child's health is not yet guaranteed to undergo a difficult, time-consuming surgery. After surgery, parents also spend a lot of time and effort to care for and restore their child's health.
The appropriate time to perform surgery on a child is when he or she is 12 - 18 months old. At this time, the child has become stronger, his health and weight are also guaranteed to be able to overcome the surgery. At the same time, from 12 to 18 months old, children begin to practice pronunciation. If the surgery is successful, the baby can recover well, limiting lisp in young children.
Before surgery, parents should practice feeding their baby with a spoon instead of breastfeeding. Because, during the recovery period after surgery, the baby must limit breastfeeding or bottle feeding. This habit can negatively affect the child's surgical wound.
Hopefully this article can help you answer the question: What is the phenomenon of cleft lip and palate? At the same time, parents have learned the appropriate treatment methods and time to treat their children's deformities.My Thien Hospital with a team of experienced specialists and modern facilities and high quality standards will bring the best treatment results to customers. BOOK NOW!!!
Treating cleft lip and palate is a long process and requires the coordination of many methods. N.A.M and Paste Tapping are important methods in the pre-operative period, helping children have the best development in terms of aesthetics, eating function and pronunciation.
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