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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:41 PM Original message |
What is the birth defect in the ad with the kids that look like they |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's called a "cleft palette, I think. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Yep, that's a cleft palate or cleft lip. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. it is called a cleft palette |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oops. never mind. |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. .. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Harelip = lip split like a rabbit's |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. ...lol.thanks |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. Cleft lip and palate, commonly called "harelip." |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. Actually, the defect you see externally (of the lip) is called cleft lip. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. yes it is a VERy common birth defect but in usa it's corrected right away |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. and it can inhibit speech development if not corrected early |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. according to wiki, phoenix's actually healed in utero |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. I've seen ads trying to raise money to correct it |
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likesmountains 52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Well, in some societies you are shunned... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. please try to use a little common sense |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. A cleft palate can make it difficult to suckle at the mother's teat. |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Oh ok |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. ...the condition doesn't just stop on the outside.. |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. This question makes me think about ... |
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likesmountains 52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Probably because this can be diagnosed on an ultrasound before birth...maybe |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. That is a big reason... |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Wow... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 02:35 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. An engineer with a hydrocephalic child invented a shunt, a drain that lets the excess fluid flow out |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. This might be too obvious, but why didn't you just click on one of the ads to find out? .nt |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I don't like clicking on ads. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
25. Tom Brokaw had cleft lip. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. The actor Stacy Keach also has a repaired cleft, and the scar is visible |
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