Newborns suck milk very hard every time, and even bite with their upper and lower gums, which makes their mothers feel very painful when breastfeeding. When she went to the hospital for neonatal vaccination, she found that her tongue strap was too tight. After surgical treatment, the problem of mother's breast-feeding pain was solved, and she was also free from swallowing and speech disorders in the future.
Tightening of lingual frenulum affects pronunciation and speech.
Chen Keqi, director of pediatric surgery at Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, pointed out that the frenulum between the tip of the tongue and the floor of the mouth is too short, thickened or fibrotic, which will cause the frenulum of the tongue to tighten, with an incidence of about 0.4 to 4 per thousand; Once the lingual frenulum is tightened, it may cause dysphagia and affect pronunciation and speech.
87% of lingual frenulum contraction needs surgical treatment.
According to clinical statistics, about 87% patients with short lingual frenulum need surgery. Director Chen Keqi explained that patients with mild symptoms can cut the lingual frenulum in outpatient department, and patients with severe symptoms must undergo surgery under general anesthesia. It is best to find out at the age of 3 that early treatment will delay the opportunity of treatment and require postoperative language rehabilitation to help correct abnormal pronunciation.
Methods: To judge the contraction degree of lingual frenulum.
How to judge whether a child's tongue strap is fastened? Director Chen Keqi provided two ways to judge. First, ask the child to stick out his tongue as far as possible, and the tip of the tongue is "W"-shaped; Second, try to let the child roll up the tongue, and the tip of the tongue cannot be rolled up. If you find that your child's pronunciation is unclear or nonstandard, it may also be that the tongue strap is too tight.
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