Here, I just want to share briefly information of cleft lip, palate, and goiter. This can help when you to understand more about these three types of disease.
I. CLEF LIP/PALATE
1. Cleft lip(CL)
Cleft lip is formed in the top of the lip as either a small gap or an indentation in the lip (partial or incomplete cleft) or continues into the nose (complete cleft). Lip cleft can occur as one sided (unilateral) or two sided (bilateral). It is due to the failure of fusion of the maxillary and medial nasal processes (formation of the primary palate).
2. Cleft palate:
Cleft palate is a condition in which the two plates of the skull that form the hard palate (roof of the mouth) are not completely joined.
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3. Complications
Cleft may cause problems as feeding, ear disease, speech and socialization.
4. Causes of cleft lip/palate
4.1.Cleft lip and cleft palate formation can be from genetic in nature. 4.2. Environmental factors: seasonal causes (such as pesticide exposure); maternal diet; alcohol; cigarette use; illegal drugs (cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, etc). 5. Prevention Using Folic acid can reduce the incidence of cleft. 6. Treatment Surgery to fix cleft lip and palate
II GOITER:
A goitre or goiter is a swelling in the neck due to an enlarged thyroid gland.
1. Symptoms The symptoms of goiter/goitre are mainly the swelling of the front part of the neck and protruding eyes.
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2. Cause of goiter The most common cause for goitre is iodine deficiency. Other causes are: -Inborn errors of thyroid hormone synthesis, causing congenital hypothyroidism -Thyroiditis (acute, chronic) -Side-effects of pharmacological therapy -Thyroid cancer
3. TREATMENT REMOVE GOITER ( SURGERY).
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