Epicanthal gaugau

O le epicanthal fold o le paʻu o le eyelid pito i luga e ufiufi le pito i totonu o le mata. O le gaugau e alu atu mai le isu i le itu i totonu o le mata mata.

Epicanthal gaugau atonu e masani mo tagata o Asiatic tupuaga ma nisi e le o Asia pepe. Epicanthal gaugau mafai foi ona vaʻaia i tamaiti laiti o soʻo se ituaiga ae le i amata ona tulaʻi le alalaupapa o le isu.

Ae peitaʻi, e ono mafua foʻi ile faʻafomaʻi, e aofia ai:

• Down syndrome
• Faʻamatalaga o le ava malosi
• Turner syndrome
• Phenylketonuria (PKU)
• Viliamu syndrome
• Noonan syndrome
• Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome
• Blepharophimosis syndrome

I le tele o tulaga, leai se tausiga fale manaʻomia.

Lenei uiga e masani ona maua muamua pe i le taimi o le muamua lelei-pepe suʻega. Valaʻau lau fomaʻi pe a e maitauina pelu epicanthal i mata o lau tama ma le mafuaʻaga o lo latou i ai e leʻo iloaina

Ole suʻega e suʻesuʻe le tamaititi ma fai fesili e uiga ile talaʻaga faʻafomaʻi ma auga. Fesili e ono aofia ai:

• E i ai ni tagata o le aiga e maua i le Down syndrome poʻo seisi faʻafitauli o le gafa?
• E i ai se aiga talaʻaga o le mafaufau le atoatoa poʻo le fanau mai faʻaletonu?

O se tamaititi e le o se Asia ma ua fanau mai ma le epicanthal gaugau e ono suʻesuʻeina mo faʻailoga faʻaopopo o Down syndrome poʻo isi faʻamaʻi o le kenera.

Plica palpebronasalis

• O le fofoga
• Epicanthal gaugau
• Epicanthal gaugau

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