Cleft Lip

Prehistoric art tells historians that people once thought congenital diseases, or birth defects, werebad omens or the displeasing of the gods. In one instance, it was thought that cleft lip was caused by themother of the baby being startled by a rabbit. Odd as it may seem, at that time it was the most logicalexplanation for that particular birth defect. However, now we know that a cleft lip is not caused by amother being startled …

…speech pathologists can help the child to speak more clearly and with betterpronunciation, and doctor’s can insert tubes in the ears of the diseases children to rid them of thedeafening fluid inside their ears. So many things can be done to help the children with cleft lip and somuch is being done to find a cure for this disease. In the mean time, everyone can relax to know thateverything is going to be alright.