What does cleft palate mean

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My friend had a child born not long ago. After the child was born, he found that his lips were abnormal. The doctor said it was a disease called cleft palate. Now let's introduce what cleft palate means?

What does cleft palate mean

First of all, cleft palate is more common, can occur alone, can also be complicated with cleft lip. Cleft palate not only has soft tissue deformity, but also has bone tissue defect and deformity in varying degrees. The physiological dysfunction of sucking, eating and language is far more serious than cleft lip. Because of the growth and development of the jaw, it often leads to the collapse of the middle of the face. In severe cases, it is a dished face with malocclusion.

Secondly, a variety of physiological dysfunction caused by cleft palate deformity, especially language dysfunction and tooth disorder, have adverse effects on patients' daily life, study and work, and also easily cause psychological disorders.

Finally, the cause of cleft palate is not completely clear, but it is believed that it is related to the lack of nutrition in food, endocrine abnormalities, virus infection and genetic factors during pregnancy. Cleft palate as a congenital developmental defect, with the growth and development, deformities also change with age, including the physical development defects of the deformity itself, the secondary changes of maxillofacial appearance caused by surgical trauma, language, hearing and other dysfunction, as well as the psychological barriers of patients in social communication.

matters needing attention

Cleft palate disease should pay attention to prevention, especially pregnant women during pregnancy should pay attention to, daily diet to do not partial to food, to ensure that vitamin B, C, D and calcium, iron, phosphorus adequate intake, but also to be calm, do not have tension or unhappy situation.