Monday, 31 October 2011

What You Need to Know about Microtia

By Yvonne Brixey


When your child is born, it is such a miraculous moment and journey in life. As a parent, the worst fear is that something will be wrong with your child. For those parents who have children with Atresia Microtia you probably have known that feeling. Atresia Microtia is an ear birth defect and congenital ear deformity.A tresia Microtia is where the ear does not form properly during pregnancy. A lot of times Microtia of the ear can be caused from mothers that take accutane during pregnancy.

Microtia can be corrected with ear reshaping and microtia surgery. There are a lot of different reasons why you would want to correct Microtia of the ear. Microtia has some negative effects for children. Microtia can cause hearing loss, because sound cannot travel properly into the ear canal because of the ear deformity. Children can also be very self conscious because of the way that their ear or ears look. For girls it is easier to hide because of their hair. The best time to have the mictoria surgery and ear reshaping is the year between kindergarten and the first grade. It is important to wait until this time period, because the ear is not done growing until this point. Children born with microtia will most likely want to have the reconstructive surgery done.

I had a friend growing up that had Microtia of the ear. Microtia affected her daily life. Not only did she have a hard time of hearing, but other children made fun of her on the playground. Once my friend had surgery to correct her microtia, her life dramatically improved. She could now act and play like a normal child. If you have a child with microtia, you should look into your options sooner than later. You want to find a good surgeon that can help you correct the microtia once your child is old enough. Microtia is something that your child will have to live with until he is old enough to correct his birth defect through surgery.

Microtia can also affect the way that glasses or headphones are worn on the head. It may be hard to have glasses fit over the ear deformity. Children born with Microtia of the ear will eventually learn to cope with it in their life, but as soon as surgery is an option, it should be taken care of.

Microtia can be worse in some children than in others. For some children born with this birth defect, only part of the external ear is deformed, while for others the whole external ear may be missing. You can find Microtia before and after photos to see what a difference surgery can make to correct atresia Microtia. There are support groups and forums for parents of microtia to help you cope with other parents and children that are dealing with microtia. It can be a huge benefit to talk to other parents and children who are going through the same experience as you.

Even though microtia of the ear can be a scary birth defect, there are ways that you can make the ear normal again. Find a surgeon to perform Microtia surgery soon.What You Need to Know about Microtia




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