Patient's question:
I saw a child born with cleft lip and palate, and I'm very worried. Generally speaking, how long into pregnancy can you see if it's cleft lip and palate?Doctor's answer:
Children with congenital cleft lip and palate can be carefully examined through ultrasound. Generally, a four-dimensional color Doppler ultrasound can diagnose it around the 20th week of pregnancy. Currently, if it occurs again, if the child has already been born, it is corrected through surgery. If the child has not yet been born, then irregular prenatal check-ups are conducted, and it can generally be basically confirmed whether there are deformities in the child's growth and development. Therefore, irregular prenatal check-ups are very important.