What is the esophagus?
esophageal atresia is a congenital defect in which the esophagus, tube, tube usually leading from the neck to the stomach ends, ends instead of a blind case instead of reaching the stomach. A condition may also be one or more fistulas or abnormal passages between Espohagus and the trachea or trachea called TRCHEOEOFAGEAL FISTULA. The esophageal atress is a rare condition, present at approximately one of 4425 living births. The causes of the condition are not known.
esophageal atresia develops in the fourth fetal week. Can be diagnosed at birth or before ultrasound birth. Symptoms of esophageal atresia in the newborn include drooling due to the inability to swallow saliva, suffocation, cough and sneezing. The child can also become cyanotic, which means that the skin turns blue, due to lack of oxygen.
If the esophageal esophageal is esophageal atresia, it can be diagnosed by placing a catheter in the baby's neck or placing the barrya, chalk liquid, in the mouth and tslepice when you take the rentn. The catheter or barium appears in the X -ray image, which points to the end point of the esophagus. The esophagus atres of the esophagus can then be surgically repaired.
In some cases, if the gap between two parts of the esophagus is too far apart, it is not possible to repair the defect by surgery. Instead, gastrostomy is performed, allowing the tube to feed directly into the stomach. Ezophagostomy can also be performed, allowing saliva to drain outside the body directly from the esophagus through the tube. Esophageal atresia can often be surgically repaired in such cases later in life.
even after surgical repair can have a brokerage atresia of complications. They may include frequent heartburn and swallowing or developing escape or tight space in the esophagus at the repair point. Other operations may be useful in driving these complications.
a possible serious complicationtrachea. This may cause the accumulation of fluids during the feeding and the obstacle of the trachea, leading to severe hypoxia or lack of oxygen. Tracheomalacia is sometimes resolved because the trachea solidifies when the child matures, and sometimes it can be repaired by relatively simple surgery, such as the location of the stent to support the trachea.