Cleft Lip and Palate
Children across the world are born with some type of cleft, whether it is lip or palate. The number of surgeons repairing clefts has increased in the past decade, providing services for those in India with clefts. According to WebMD, it can be more common on some ethnicities, like Asian, Latino or Native American descent, than others, but it is less common in those with African American descent (WebMD). Cultures see it different ways too. According to Olivia Linderoth of Operation Smiles, in Rwanda, a baby, Challone, was born with a cleft lip. He’s just 4 months old and people in their village are afraid of Challone and think that if they just take a quick glance at him, they will be brought bad fortune. Challone’s parents want to fix this problem, though, to show their village that their son does not bring bad luck upon people. Many don’t know what causes clefts. Challone’s parents didn’t understand why their baby was born with a cleft lip but their older son wasn’t. His mom suspected it was a genetic condition because her cousin has an untreated cleft lip. They want to fix Challone’s lip, but they have to travel for hours to fix it and give him a normal life (Linderoth).
Clefts affect one in 700 babies annually in the United States. A cleft is a disorder where tissue doesn’t form, with it being the fourth most common birth defect in the United States (WebMD). According to MedlinePlus, it can happen in the upper lip, or the soft or hard palate. It is possible to have both, rather than one and it can be on one side or both sides (MedlinePlus). According to the CDC, a cleft lip is the most common and can also be in the middle, but it rarely happens (Facts). According to the Children’s Hospital in Vanderbilt,...
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From the time Caroline began preschool she had a severe speech sound disorder. She had a lisp along with difficulty producing what she referred to as harsh sounds, such as the sound /r/. The lisp caused difficulty in producing /th/ which was produced in the form of /s/. The sounds that gave her the most trouble were the lingua-dental. There was extreme difficulty in the articulation of her tongue to produce the sounds, and in order to compensate for not being able to say the words properly she began to omit the sounds she could not produce. Her speech language pathologist explained to her that she had a lazy tongue. It was described to her that she did not know how to properly move her tongue in the specific ways to produce the specific sounds. When Caroline was asked what she thought had caused her speech disorder, she thought it was because she had a delay in her verbal abilities and poor mouth structure as her mouth was narrow, and teeth were very crooked. However, the underlying cause was not known.
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Middle school is a hard time on girls with bullying, trying to fit in, and figuring out who they are. People don’t realize that middle school is a time when children are transitioning from childhood to the teenage years, which can come with emotions like confusion and frustration. Living with a rare birth defect adds more pressure to a young teenager. They’re different physically and children become more aware of that in the middle school years. This can cause even more bullying and possibly make the child feel like an outcast. Girls are brutal at this age by leaving others out and hurting others’ feelings just because they aren’t like everyone else. This can make it harder for those girls with birth defects to cope with the transitioning and stress of middle school. If these girls are bullied for just a few physical differences, it may be worse if they have another defect or disease causing yet another difference. Middle school girls diagnosed with Poland Syndrome - “described as an undevelopment or absence of the chest muscle on one side of the body and webbing of the fingers on the affected side” (The Genomics Landscape) - not only face more emotional issues than other girls their age, but they have more physical and immunity issues as well. This paper will examine the background information of Poland Syndrome, emotional stories of middle school girls with Poland Syndrome that went through stressful times with their birth defect, and how people with Poland Syndrome are more susceptible to other diseases and defects than others.
Sufferers feature severe cranial and facial deformities. The ears may be very poorly developed or absent entirely, as may the nose. The eyelids may be everted, which leaves the eyes and the area around them very susceptible to infection. Babies with this condition often bleed during birth. The lips are pulled
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David Ralph Millard was known to be the "messiah of children all over the world who were born with facial clefts" and is within the top ten "Plastic Surgeons of the Millennium". He 's regarded as the father of modern plastic surgery and was the first one to successfully graft a new nose for a wounded soldier. In 1954, Millard was stationed in South Korea as the U.S. Marine Corps chief plastic surgeon. Although he is known for his cleft palate surgeries, he has also furthered the popularization and advancement of the double eyelid surgery. His patients were mainly South Korean women from the sex trade, volunteering to go under the knife in order to increase their appeal to American GI 's stationed
It is hard for adults to think about Cleft Palate/Lip that may be affecting other families. Cleft Palate is a challenging birth defect, for years after birth, children may need breathing tubes while they sleep, other long term effects of Cleft Palate are hearing loss and speech problems. Future mothers, and the rest of society need to take precaution of certain environments that can cause Cleft Palate, along with many other birth defects. Cleft Palate can be a life time of challenges, “The issue of my Cleft speech had tremendous power to upset me. It only took a child to hold their nose and mimic me and I wanted to die” (Gibbons 53). Hearing about how life is with Cleft Palate, who has a job
Children undergo these procedures to correct the abnormalities and defects from birth or genetic disorders. A delicate procedure in children requires special training, techniques, and planning. It is important that the surgeon allows the child’s facial bones and skull to develop.
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When a child is born you expect that child to be completely healthy. In reality we know that there is a chance that it could be born with serious health issues that can affect them greatly through their life. According to the World Encyclopedia, one out of every seven hundred mothers around the world receive the news that their child has a cleft lip. Cleft lips are openings or splits in the upper lip. A more serious form is cleft palate. A cleft palate is an opening or split in the upper roof of the mouth. This occurs in about one out of every two thousand five hundred births. In developed countries the surgery to correct the cleft lip/palate is a simple surgery that is relatively inexpensive. However in underdeveloped countries the surgery is virtually impossible since there are not many surgeons and they do not have the money for the surgery to be completed. To help solve this problem a non profit organization called the Smile Train was developed. The smile train travels to remote parts of the world to help the children living with this humiliating deformity live normal lives. The...
According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) cleft lip and cleft palate in newborns occurs early during pregnancy when the baby’s lips and palates do not properly form together causing a separation or opening around the lips and under the roof of the mouth (CDC, 2014). Most commonly referred to as “orofacial clefts”, a baby can either have a cleft lip, cleft palate, or a combination of both a cleft lip and palate (CDC, 2014). Birth defects such as “orofacial clefts” are among one of the most common of all birth defects affecting approximately 1 to 2 out of every 1,000 babies that are born in the United States each year (Kids Health, 2014). An estimate of around 2,650 babies are born with a cleft palate and 4440 babies are born with a cleft lip with or without a cleft palate every year in the United States (CDC, 2014). Worldwide figures illustrates approximately 1 out of every 700 babies is born with craniofacial anomalies making the prevalence of cleft lip and cleft palate even greater outside of the United States (Murray, 2002).
The department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Children’s of Alabama specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of oral and craniofacial abnormalities.
Do you ever wonder what it must be like to have a face deformity? Or having 27 surgeries to fix what you look like? Wonder, (Stephen Chbosky) presents a young boy with a facial deformity known as Treacher Collins Syndrome. The movie reveals not only how Auggie must overcome the bullying he faces because of his condition, and it also shifts into the perspective of how others view Auggie.
-Congenital defect in which the lateral halves of the palate fail to fuse during embryonic development. It may be localized to the uvula, the soft and/or hard palate, or the lip. Combined cleft lip and palate is more common in males, whereas isolated cleft palate occurs more frequently in girls. Corrective surgery is usually successful if approached after 18 months of age.
There are many types of birth defects anomalies such as lip/cleft palate, birth marks, and Congenital Atresia. Common birth defects is lip/cleft palate which about one of 750 babies in US will have this defects. The treatment for this defects will begin after birth or after discharge from hospital. Bilateral cleft is the most complex to repair because they need more medical and surgical specialist to perform the surgery. If there is a larger defect, they need to perform the pharyngeal flap, dental work, and bone grafting. Birth marks also can be removed by plastic surgery which is depends on types of birth mark. Hemangiomas is a type