Microtia is not a common birth defect. The congenital ear deformity, microtia, will show up in about one in every ten-thousand children that are born. So, first of all if you are worried about having a child with microtia, the statistics are on your side to NOT having a child with microtia. It is good to know that there are certain medications that you should stay away from if you are pregnant to prevent microtia in an unborn child. Scientists have found that Accutane can cause microtia in an unborn child if a pregnant woman continues to take Accutane. Knowing this and avoiding Accutane can also once again lessen the chances of you having a child born with microtia.
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Now, if you already have a child with microtia then you're literally one out of thousands who has a rare birth defect, but a birth defect that can be fixed with surgery, especially if your child has one of the first three types of microtia.
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There are four types of microtia or levels of microtia congenital ear deformity. These four levels of microtia congenital ear deformity are known as Grade I, Grade II, Grade III, and Grade IV. Statistics show that Grade III of Microtia congenital ear deformity is more common. Microtia statistics also show that male children are more prone to having the Microtia congenital ear deformity. So, if you're pregnant with a female child and you've heard of microtia congenital ear deformity and you're worried, you have less of a chance of having a child with microtia if your unborn child is a girl.
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Grade I and Grade II of Microtia usually are just problems with the external ear. Usually in these two grades of microtia which are the most mild cases of microtia a doctor can do a simple surgery for ear reshaping and the child will look normal and a stranger wouldn't even know that microtia was an issue. Also, in the first two grades of microtia there is usually no hearing loss to little hearing loss.
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Grade III of Microtia congenital ear deformity is the most common type of microtia. A child born with grade III microtia will usually have an external ear that's shaped kind of like a peanut shell. The skin of the external ear doesn't have any or will have little cartilage. The external ear of the child will look like some skin rolled up and that skin will be in the place where an external ear should be. The rolled up external ear skin will be, really , just like the shape of a peanut shell. Now in Grade III of Microtia some extensive surgery can be done for ear reshaping. In grade III of Microtia there is usually more hearing loss due to a missing ear canal or a birth defect within the inner ear. But, again a doctor can usually perform a surgery to bring back some of the hearing loss so that a child can hear with hearing aids or even hear without hearing aids.
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It is the Grade IV of microtia that can't really be completely fixed with surgery. Grade IV of congenital ear deformity is when a child is born with no external ear(s) and no ear drum. So, the child won't have all the parts to have hearing. A doctor may be able to do a surgery series that can put in artificial inner ear parts as well as making an external ear out of cartilage from the child's knee or make an external ear out of plastics.
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Grade I and Grade II of Microtia usually are just problems with the external ear. Usually in these two grades of microtia which are the most mild cases of microtia a doctor.... Learn more at Microtia and atresia microtia
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