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Cleft palate & Lip palate
Hello sir, Madam,
My baby boy detective with Cleft palate & lip palate one side of the face lip to the nose age is 4days kindly suggest me what to do taking care of him is there any possibility of surgery for converting to a normal condition like other babies 👶 please help me on this 🙏.
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Yes... both cleft lip n palate can be repaired by surgery
Cleft lip surgery done at around 3 months age and palate at 10mths n above.
Next Steps
consult a pediatric surgeon
or plastic surgeon ( only if trained in clefts )
Health Tips
use Hibbermans bottle if feeding difficulty, weight check
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Cleft lip and cleft palate surgery is done free of cost by smile train compaign all over India. But now focus on feeding and weight gain. Visit a pediatrician for proper evaluation and counseling regarding feeding and associated abnormalities, if any.
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I can understand your worries...give BF if possible or you may try long beak spoon specially made for these kind of baby....."paladi" or you may use bottle which are specially made for it...
Surgery for lip around 6 months of life and palate at around 12 months..
Next Steps
kinsly vonsult pediatrician to rule out other anomaly...
Health Tips
once consult pediatrician surgeon or plastic surgeon...
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Dr. Lokanadha Reddy
Pediatrician
13 yrs exp
Bangalore
Cleft lip and cleft palate can be corrected with surgery. So dont worry about it. Surgery will be done later after few months only. So Your focus should be now on feeding. If feeding is fine no worries. If feeding problems are there consult your Pediatrician there if problem persists go to higher centre and meet a Neonatologist in near by City and finally meet a pediatric surgeon or plastic surgeon once baby is stable. Help mother in coping up with sudden stress. Encourage her to give milk to the baby as much as possible.
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