What is cleft lip

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Cleft lip, this kind of congenital defect for those just born infants, is undoubtedly cruel, why do you get cleft lip? Can this cleft lip like a rabbit be repaired? For many people, they want to know more about it. Now let's talk about what is cleft lip.

What is cleft lip

First: doctors say that cleft lip is a kind of congenital defect, which is called cleft lip or cleft lip and palate in medicine. Male is more than female. Cleft lip and palate can be unilateral or bilateral, complete or incomplete. This defect affects not only appearance, but also pronunciation, swallowing and sucking. The disease is a polygenic genetic disease, which is closely related to internal and external environmental factors.

Second: according to the survey, there is one cleft lip baby in every 700 newborn babies. Lack of vitamin A and B in pregnant women can lead to congenital cleft lip and palate. Experts pointed out that smoking, drinking and other bad habits, as well as the lack of essential folic acid (belonging to vitamin B group) and vitamin A and B in food can lead to congenital cleft lip, cleft palate and other head and neck deformities in newborns.

Third: cleft lip if ignored, easy to cause inflammation. Due to the lack of pressure in the mouth of infants with cleft lip and palate, it is easy to choke into the trachea or flow to the ears when feeding or drinking water. After the milk in the trachea reaches the lung, it will cause inflammation and develop into pneumonia; the milk flowing through the throat to the ear is easy to cause otitis media, and pus or abnormal liquid will flow out from the ear.

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Cleft lip patients don't have to worry. Now medical technology is very developed. We can repair the cleft lip by surgery, and give the children healthy and beautiful appearance. Of course, for those female friends who want to have children, don't smoke and drink during pregnancy.