Causes of baby ear deformities

There are many common physical problems for babies. There are some good ways to solve them. However, if you want to improve your baby's physical condition, you must pay comprehensive attention to your baby's daily life. This will be of great help in improving your baby's problems. So what is the cause of baby's ear deformity? There are some reasons for this. Let's introduce them in detail below.

Causes of baby ear deformity:

The causes of ear deformities in newborns are generally believed to be abnormal events in early pregnancy such as viral infection, medication, mental stimulation, or exposure to radiation, environmental pollution, etc. However, current research shows that no one factor plays a dominant role, such as environmental pollution. Current research seems to indicate that microtia is a sporadic, random event, and parents must understand that this deformity is not caused by certain reasons before or during the mother's pregnancy. The recurrence rate among relatives is only 5%, which means it is basically not inherited.

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The psychological burden that ear deformity actually brings to children is difficult for ordinary people to imagine. Of course, this defect is also a psychological burden for parents. Children will be laughed at by their peers after going to school, which will deeply affect their normal psychological development. Therefore, from a psychological point of view, the earlier the surgery is performed, the better, at least before school age.

Physiologically, the auricle of a 3-year-old child has reached 85% of that of an adult. The auricle grows rapidly in childhood and slowly in adults. After the age of 10, the width of the auricle almost stops growing. The distance from the helix to the mastoid remains unchanged thereafter. The length of the auricle gradually increases with age. For children between 5-10 years old, the length of the auricle is only a few millimeters smaller than that of adults, mainly because the cartilage part is smaller, while the earlobe part is similar to that of adults. Therefore, if auricle reconstruction is performed during this period, the ears will not be obviously asymmetrical in adulthood. On the other hand, since the auricle is located on both sides of the head, it is unlikely that others can see both ears at the same time and compare them like they would the two eyes. Therefore, even if there is a slight difference in the size of the two ears in adulthood, it will not have much impact. Making the reconstructed ear slightly larger during surgery can further reduce this difference. Considering the development of costal cartilage, it is generally believed that the costal cartilage of children around 6 years old can be carved into ear supports. The average age for surgery abroad is around 6 years old.

After understanding the causes of baby's ear deformity, parents should not be too anxious when the baby's ears become deformed. They should first understand the causes. And when alleviating the baby's ear deformity, they must do so according to the doctor's advice, so that the ear deformity can be improved and will not continue to develop.