Department of Plastic Surgery, Guangdong Second People’s Hospital

Director Wang Suijiang

Causes that can cause cleft lip and palate include the following:

The first is Genetic factors: Many patients with cleft lip and palate are hereditary. Such patients have direct relatives or collateral relatives who have cleft lip and palate deformities, so they also have cleft lip and palate.

Of course, in addition to this genetic factor, external factors may also cause it. If a pregnant woman is exposed to large doses of X-rays or microwaves in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, she may also develop cleft lip and palate. In the first few months of pregnancy, pregnant women who smoke a lot and drink a lot may also cause cleft lip and palate. Pregnant women who are overworked during pregnancy, or are overly stressed or emotionally excited may also cause cleft lip and palate.