Role of Neonatal/ Infant Screening in Diagnosing Congenital Anomalies

Dr.Tabassum Kotagasti

Dr.Tabassum Kotagasti RGUHS

Keywords: RBSK school health programme, congenital anomaly, cleft palate

Abstract

Orofacial cleft is a group of conditions that includes cleft lip (CL), cleft palate (CP) and both together (CLP). These disorders can result in feeding, speech and hearing problems and ear infections. A cleft palate is when the roof of the mouth contains a split into the nasal cavity.The incidence of cleft palate is about 1 in 700 births. A school health programme was carried out in Anganwadi School, Lepakshimandal, Hindupur under the Rastriya Bal Swastya Karyakram (RBSK) by AYUSH team (Team ID. PEN-A2). During this programme a 2 months male baby was seen with Cleft palate in November 2018.On oropharyngeal examination of the baby soft palate cleft was observed. The baby was referred to District Early Intervention Centre (DEIC), Anantapur, A.P. for the management. Surgery was performed on 24/12/2018 and now the baby is having no problem while feeding.

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