Auricular deformities are mostly caused by congenital reasons, such as heredity, and the mother was infected with syphilis, virus, especially rubella virus during pregnancy; Pregnant women taking certain drugs or suffering from metabolic and endocrine diseases, or exposed to certain chemicals and radiation, may lead to fetal ear malformation. Congenital causes are often not only the deformity of auricle, but also the structural abnormalities of external auditory canal and middle ear. Acquired factors such as auricle trauma and infection can also cause serious auricle malformation, and some can be complicated with external auditory canal stenosis or atresia, but this is generally not accompanied by middle ear malformation. So how to treat auricle deformity?
Children's ear malformation can be treated surgically if it is auricle malformation, and the age of operation should be determined according to different situations. For example, simple appendectomy or multi-auricular surgery should be performed before the start of school to avoid psychological trauma caused by students' comments after school, which is not conducive to children's physical and mental health. If bilateral small ears or no ears, accompanied by external auditory canal and middle ear malformation, hearing impairment, it is also suitable for preschool surgery; At this time, surgery is not only to correct auricle deformity, but also to improve hearing, such as reconstructing external auditory canal and dealing with middle ear malformation, and doing tympanoplasty. In this way, on the one hand, it is conducive to after-school study, and more importantly, it is conducive to language development.
If one side of microtia is abnormal, the hearing of the other side is normal, or both ears are abnormal, the operation can be postponed until after 15 years old. Because the patient was able to cooperate at that time, and his auricle was fully developed, the doctor could design an auricle of suitable size, while the auricle of preschool surgery could only be reconstructed and shaped by the auricle of the parents of the child.
Babies sometimes find ear deformities after birth. At this time, the most important thing is to check whether the external auditory canal exists. If both external auditory canals are blocked, you can't hear the sound. If you don't treat and restore your hearing as soon as possible, you may become deaf and mentally retarded. You should go to the otolaryngology department immediately after finding this situation. At present, the operation time is gradually advanced, and 1 year-old can do one side. When only one side of the external auditory canal is closed and the other side has hearing, surgery can be performed after attending primary school.
Parents can usually find out whether the baby's ears are deformed when the baby is born. If there is, don't be too nervous. Now the technology is very developed, and the corrective surgery for ear deformity is also very good, but we must find the best time for treatment. Don't miss it. The baby's ears are in the growing period, so it is very important to grasp the time.