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Mayo Clinic Q&A: Cleft lip and palate repair
I’m pregnant with my second child. During the 20-week anatomy scan, my obstetrician detected my baby has a cleft lip. Does ...
Some babies are born with a cleft lip, cleft palate, or both, which often leads to speech, hearing, and feeding problems. Learn more about the effects of a cleft and how they develop.
If you’re the parent of a child with a cleft lip and/or palate, know that experts are ready to help and many parents have traveled this road before. Read on for tips from a mom, a pediatric ear ...
A cleft palate can also trigger frequent middle ear infections and problems with your child’s Eustachian tubes.These tubes help to drain fluid out of the ears and are responsible for making sure ...
Commonly babies with cleft palate may gag, choke, or aspirate the milk while sucking. Babies with cleft palates are at higher risk of infections of the middle ear.
FORT SILL, Okla.-- Having a child was part of a plan. Having a child with a cleft palate wasn't. Two Fort Sill families discovered how quickly the unexpected turned into the overwhelming.
Cleft Lip, Palate Don’t Increase Ear Tube Complications. September 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Cleft lip and/or palate (CLP) does not appear to affect complication rates for ventilation ...
In Nigeria, it is still a significant challenge because people born with cleft lip deformities are seen as babies possessed by evil spirit, and sometimes ...
The first-ever National Cleft Centre to provide surgery and comprehensive cleft care to patients has been inaugurated at the ...
Around one in 700 babies worldwide are born with a cleft lip or palate. However, many parents and carers have little idea of how clefts affect children’s ability to make speech sounds and learn ...