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I-cleft palate iyindawo engavulekile noma umgodi ophezulu lomlomo wakho oqala ukubakho ngaphambi kokuzalwa. Lokhu kwenzeka lapho izicubu ezivamise ukuhlangana ukwakha i-palate zingalungi ngokuphelele ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa kwasekuqaleni, zishiya isikhala esingaba yinto encane kuya kwesikhulu esisuka ku-hard palate nase-soft palate.
Le nkinga yokuzalwa ithonya cishe ingane eyi-1 kuzo izingane ezingu-1,700 emhlabeni jikelele. Nakuba kungase kuzwakale kukhulu ukufunda ngakho, i-cleft palate iyinkinga eqondakala kahle enezinketho ezinhle zokwelapha ezingasiza izingane ukuba ziphile impilo enempilo, ezele.
Uphawu olukhulu lwe-cleft palate yindawo evulekile ebonakalayo ephezulu lomlomo, nakuba ukubonakala kwayo kungase kuhluke kakhulu kusuka engwaneni kuya kwengane. Ezinye i-clefts zibonakala ngokusobala, kanti ezinye zingase zibe zincane futhi zingabonakali ekuqaleni.
Ngaphezu kwendawo evulekile ebonakalayo, ungase uqaphele ezinye izimpawu eziningi ezingasiza ekuqondeni le nkinga:
Lezi zimpawu zenzeka ngoba indawo evulekile e-palate ithonya indlela ingane yakho engakha ngayo ukucisha ukudla futhi kamuva ithonye ukuthuthukiswa kokukhuluma. Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi ngokunakekelwa okulungile nokwelashwa, izinselele eziningi zingaqondwa kahle.
I-cleft palates iza ngezindlela ezahlukene, nokuqonda uhlobo kusiza odokotela ukuhlela indlela engcono kakhulu yokwelapha. Ukuhlukaniswa kuncike ezingxenyeni ze-palate ezithintekile nokuthi ukuvula kusebaningi kangakanani.
Izinhlobo eziyinhloko zifaka:
Ngezinye izikhathi i-cleft palate ivela kanye ne-cleft lip, kanti ngezinye izikhathi ivela yodwa. Uhlobo ngalunye ludinga indlela yokwelapha ehlukile kancane, kodwa konke kungalungiswa ngempumelelo ngezindlela zanamuhla zokwelapha.
I-cleft palate ithuthukiswa phakathi nezinyanga ezimbalwa zokuqala zokukhulelwa lapho izakhiwo zobuso bomntwana zakhiwa. Imbangela eqondile ayicaci ngaso sonke isikhathi, kodwa ngokuvamile ivela ekubeni ndawonye kwezinto zofuzo nezimo ezingaphandle.
Izinto eziningana zingase zikhulise amathuba e-cleft palate:
Ezimweni eziningi, i-cleft palate ivela ngaphandle kwezinto ezingozi ezibonakalayo. Kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuthi akukho lutho olukwenzile noma olungenzelanga okubangele le nkinga. Lezi zinto ezahlukene zokuthuthukiswa zenzeka ekuqaleni kakhulu kokukhulelwa, ngokuvamile ngaphambi kokuba abantu abaningi bakwazi ukuthi balindele.
I-cleft palates eningi ibonakala ngokushesha ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kwengane esanda kuzalwa. Kodwa-ke, i-clefts encane noma i-submucous clefts zingase zingabonakali ngokushesha, ngakho kubalulekile ukwazi ukuthi nini kufanele ufuna ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha.
Kufanele uxhumane nodokotela wakho wezingane uma uqaphela:
Ukuhlanganiswa kwasekuqaleni kwenza umehluko omkhulu emiphumeleni. Uma i-cleft palate ibonakala, udokotela wakho cishe uzokudlulisa eqoqweni elikhethekile le-cleft eliqukethe ochwepheshe bezokwelapha, ochwepheshe bokukhuluma, nabanye ochwepheshe abasebenza ndawonye ukunikeza ukunakekelwa okuphelele.
Nakuba i-cleft palate ingase ivela kunoma yiluphi ukhulelwa, izinto ezithile zingase zikhulise amathuba ale nkinga ukuthuthuka. Ukuqonda lezi zinto ezingozi kungasiza ekucwaningeni komndeni nasekunakekelweni kwangaphambi kokuzalwa, nakuba kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi izingane eziningi ezine-cleft palate zizalwa kubazali abangenazo izinto ezingozi ezaziwayo.
Izinto eziyinhloko ezingozi zifaka:
Izimo ezingaphandle ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa zingase futhi zidlale indima, kufaka phakathi ukuboshwa kwezinto ezithile, ukutheleleka, noma ukuntuleka kokudla. Kodwa-ke, iningi le-cleft palates livela ngokungahleliwe ngaphandle kwanoma yiyiphi imbangela ecacile noma into engavikeleka.
I-cleft palate ingathinta izici eziningana zokuthuthukiswa kwengane yakho nempilo yayo, kodwa ukuqonda lezi zinselele ezingase zenzeke kukusiza ukuba ulungiselele futhi ufuna ukunakekelwa okufanele. Izinhlanganisela eziningi zingaphathwa ngokwelashwa okulungile nokusekelwa.
Izinhlanganisela ezivamile zifaka:
Izinhlanganisela ezingavamile kodwa ezingathi sína zingase zifake ubunzima bokuqeda, ikakhulukazi ezinganeni ezine-clefts ezinkulu kakhulu, noma izinkinga zokugwinya ezingase ziholele ekubeni umoya ungene emaphaphini. Ezinye izingane zingase zibe nezinkinga zokuthuthukiswa uma izinkinga zokuzwa noma ukukhuluma zingaxazululwa ekuqaleni.
Izindaba ezikhuthazayo ukuthi ngezindlela zanamuhla zokwelapha, izingane eziningi ezine-cleft palate zikhula zibe nokukhuluma okuvamile, ukuzwa, nokuthuthukiswa komphakathi. Ukuhlanganiswa kwasekuqaleni nokukhathalela okuphelele kwenza umehluko omkhulu ekunqobeni noma ukunciphiseni lezi zinhlanganisela.
Nakuba ungakwazi ukunciphisa ngokuphelele i-cleft palate, njengoba izimo eziningi zenzeka ngokungahleliwe, kunezinyathelo eziningana ongazithatha ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa ukunciphisa ingozi. Lezi zindlela ezempilo zizuzisa ukuthuthukiswa kwengane yakho yonke futhi zingasiza ekuvinjeni izinto ezahlukene zokuzalwa.
Nanku ongakwenza:
Uma unomlando womndeni we-cleft palate noma ezinye izinto ezahlukene zobuso, cabanga ngokwelulekwa ngezinto zofuzo ngaphambi kokukhulelwa. Lokhu kungakusiza ukuqonda izingozi zakho ezithile nokwenza izinqumo ezinolwazi mayelana nohlelo lomndeni nokulandelela kwangaphambi kokuzalwa.
I-cleft palates eningi ibonakala ngokushesha ngemuva kokuzalwa lapho odokotela benza ukuhlolwa kwengane esanda kuzalwa. Indawo evulekile ebonakalayo ephezulu lomlomo ngokuvamile ibonakala ngokusobala ngalesi sivivinyo sokuqala, okwenza ukuxilongwa kube lula ezimweni eziningi.
Ngezinye izikhathi, i-cleft palate ingabonakala ngaphambi kokuzalwa ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kwangaphambi kokuzalwa, ngokuvamile phakathi kwamasonto angu-18-22 okukhulelwa. Kodwa-ke, akuzona zonke i-clefts eziqondakala nge-ultrasound, ikakhulukazi ezincane noma ezithinta i-soft palate kuphela.
Nge-submucous cleft palates, eziyimfihlo ngaphansi kwezicubu zobuso, ukuxilongwa kungase kulibaziseke kuze kube yilapho izinkinga zokudla noma ukulibaziseka kokukhuluma kuvela. Udokotela wakho angase angabaza lolu hlobo lwe-cleft uma ingane yakho inayo:
Lapho i-cleft palate ibonakala, udokotela wakho uzokudlulisa eqoqweni elikhethekile le-cleft ukuze uhlolwe ngokuphelele nokucwaningwa kokwelapha. Le ndlela yeqembu iqinisekisa ukuthi ingane yakho ithola yonke ukunakekelwa okudingayo kusukela ekuzalweni kuya ebuntwaneni.
Ukwelashwa kwe-cleft palate kuhilela indlela ehlanganisiwe ngochwepheshe abaningi abasebenza ndawonye eminyakeni eminingi. Umgomo oyinhloko ukuphakamisa ukuvula e-palate, ukuthuthukisa umsebenzi, nokusiza ingane yakho ukuthuthukisa amakhono okuqala, ukuzwa, nokudla okuvamile.
Izindlela eziyinhloko zokwelapha zifaka:
Ukulungiswa ngokwelapha, okuthiwa yi-palatoplasty, kuhilela ukuvala indawo ngokubeka kabusha izicubu nemisipha ephezulu lomlomo. Izingane eziningi zidinga ukwelashwa okukodwa okukhulu, nakuba ezinye zingase zidinga izinqubo ezengeziwe ukuze zithole imiphumela emihle.
Iqembu lakho le-cleft lizokwakha isikhathi sokwelashwa esikhethekile esisekelwe ezidingweni zakho ezikhethekile. Ukwelashwa ngokuvamile kuqhubeka kuze kube eminyakeni yobusha, ngemihlangano yokulandelela okuvamile ukuqapha ukuthuthukiswa nokuxazulula noma yiziphi izinkinga eziqhubekayo.
Ukunakekela ingane ene-cleft palate ekhaya kudinga amasu akhethekile nezincazelo, kodwa ngokuzivocavoca, imindeni eminingi ilungisa kahle lezi zindlela. Iqembu lakho lezokunakekela impilo lizonikeza isiqondiso esiningiliziwe, futhi uzothuthukisa ukuzethemba ekunakekeleni izidingo ezikhethekile zengane yakho.
Nanku izindawo eziyinhloko okufanele zigxile kuzo:
Ngemva kokwelapha, kuzodingeka ulandele imiyalo ekhethekile yokunakekela indawo yokwelapha, kufaka phakathi ukugcina izandla zengane yakho zingabi semilonyeni yayo nokunikeza ukuphathwa okuhle kokulunywa. Uchwepheshe wakho wezokwelapha uzokunikeza imiyalo eningiliziwe yokunakekelwa ngemuva kokwelapha.
Khumbula ukuthi ingane ngayinye ihlukile, nalokho okusebenza komndeni munye kungase kudingeke kulungiswe komunye. Unganqikazi ukuxhumana neqembu lakho lezokunakekela impilo ngemibuzo noma ukukhathazeka mayelana nokunakekelwa kwengane yakho.
Ukulungiselela imihlangano neqembu lakho le-cleft palate kusiza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi uthola okuningi kunoma yiluphi uvakasho futhi ungakhohlwa imibuzo ebalulekile noma ukukhathazeka. Le mihlangano ngokuvamile ihilela ochwepheshe abaningi, ngakho-ke ukuhlela kuyisihluthulelo.
Ngaphambi komhlangano wakho, buza le mininingwane elandelayo:
Bhala imibuzo yakho kusengaphambili. Izihloko ezivamile zokuxoxa zifaka izikhathi zokwelapha, okufanele ukulindele ezindleleni ezizayo, amasu okudla, izigaba zokuthuthukiswa kokukhuluma, nokuthi ungayisekela kanjani impilo yengane yakho.
Letha umuntu osekela uma kungenzeka, njengoba le mihlangano ingase ihilele ulwazi oluningi. Ukuthatha amanothi noma ukurekhoda amaphuzu abalulekile (ngemvume) kungakusiza ukukhumbula imininingwane ebalulekile kamuva.
I-cleft palate iyinto yokuzalwa engaphatheka ethonya phezulu lomlomo, futhi ngokunakekelwa okulungile, izingane ezine le nkinga zingaphila impilo evamile, enempilo. Nakuba kungase kuzwakale kukhulu ekuqaleni, izindlela zanamuhla zokwelapha ziphumelela kakhulu, futhi izingane eziningi zifinyelela ekukhulumeni okuqondile, ukudla, nokuthuthukiswa komphakathi.
Into ebaluleke kakhulu okumele uyikhumbule ukuthi ukunakekelwa kwasekuqaleni, okuphelele kwenza umehluko omkhulu. Ukusebenza neqembu le-cleft elikhethekile kuqinisekisa ukuthi ingane yakho ithola ukwelashwa okuhlanganisiwe ochwepheshe abaningi abaqonda ngokunembile ukuthi bangayixazulula kanjani yonke ingxenye yale nkinga.
Uhambo lwengane yakho nge-cleft palate cishe luzoba neminyaka eminingi yokwelashwa, kodwa isinyathelo ngasinye siqondiswe ekuthuthukiseni umsebenzi wayo, ukubonakala, kanye nekhwalithi yempilo. Abantu abadala abaningi abazalwe be-cleft palate babika ukuthi kwaba nomthelela omncane ekwanelisekeni kwabo ngokuphila nokufezwa kwabo.
Khumbula ukuthi awuwedwa kulolu hambo. I-cleft palate ithonya izinkulungwane zemindeni emhlabeni jikelele, futhi kunezinkundla ezinamandla zokusekela ezitholakala ukukusiza ukuzulazula inqubo yokwelapha nokuxhumana nezinye imindeni eziqonda isipiliyoni sakho.
Izingane eziningi zithuthukisa ukukhuluma okuvamile noma okuqonde eduze ngemuva kokulungiswa kwe-cleft palate, ikakhulukazi lapho ukwelapha kwenziwa ngesikhathi esifanele futhi kulandelelwe ukwelashwa kokukhuluma okufanele. Ezinye izingane zingase zidinga izinqubo ezengeziwe noma ukwelashwa okude, kodwa iningi lifinyelela ekukhulumeni okuqondile, okuqondakalayo. Ukuqala ukwelashwa kokukhuluma ekuqaleni, ngisho nangaphambi kokwelapha, kusiza ekuthuthukiseni imiphumela.
Izingane eziningi zidinga ukwelashwa okukodwa okukhulu ukulungisa i-cleft palate, okuvamise ukwenziwa phakathi kwamasonto angu-9-18 ubudala. Kodwa-ke, ezinye izingane zingase zidinga izinqubo ezengeziwe, njengokwelapha ukuthuthukisa ukukhuluma, ukulungisa imigodi emincane, noma ukuxazulula izinkinga zamahlombe. Iqembu lakho le-cleft lizoqondisa inani lokwelashwa okungenzeka ngokusekelwe esimweni sakho esikhethekile ngesikhathi sokuxhumana kwakho sokuqala.
Ukuncelisa nge-cleft palate kungase kube inselele ngoba izingane azikwazi ukwakha ukucisha okudingekayo ukuncelisa kahle. Kodwa-ke, ezinye izingane ezine-clefts ezincane zingakwazi ukuncelisa ngempumelelo, futhi usengakwazi ukunikeza ubisi lwebele usebenzisa amasu akhethekile okupompa nokudla. Ababonisi be-lactation abanamakhono e-cleft palate bangakusiza ukwakha uhlelo lokudla olusebenza emndenini wakho.
Yebo, i-cleft palate ngokuvamile ithonya ukuthuthukiswa kwamazinyo. Izingane zingase zibe namazinyo ashile, amazinyo engeziwe, noma amazinyo angabeki kahle. Ziphinde zibe sengozini enkulu yokubola kwamazinyo ngenxa yobunzima bokuhlanza eduze kwendawo ye-cleft. Ukunakekelwa kwamazinyo okuvamile nodokotela wezingane onamakhono ezimo ze-cleft kubalulekile, futhi ukwelashwa kwe-orthodontic ngokuvamile kudingeka ngesikhathi seminyaka yesikole.
Kusiza ukulungiselela izichazamazwi ezilula, ezifakazelwe ezimweni ezahlukene. Ngomndeni oseduze nabangane, ungachaza ukuthi iyinto ehlukile yokuzalwa ephathwa ngempumelelo. Ngabantu abangaziwa noma abangane abangajwayelekile, impendulo emfushane efana nokuthi "uyenza kahle futhi uthola ukunakekelwa okuhle" ngokuvamile yanele. Njengoba ingane yakho ikhula, yenza ibe yingxenye ekuqondiseni ukuthi ingakanani efuna ukuyabelana ngesimo sayo nabanye.
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