___Cataracts. A clouding or opaque area over the lens of the eye--an area that is normally transparent.
___Cleft lip and/or cleft palate. Congenital birth abnormalities that affect one in every 1,000 babies. The abnormalities occur in early pregnancy, when the left and right sides of the lip and roof of the mouth normally fuse together. Cleft lip is a separation in the upper lip. Cleft palate is a separation in the roof of the mouth.
___Congenital heart disease. A condition in which the heart or blood vessels near the heart do not develop normally before birth.
___Contractures. Stiff joints.
___Diaphragmatic hernia. A birth defect in which an opening is present in the diaphragm (the muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity). With this type of birth defect, some of the organs that are normally found in the abdomen move up into the chest cavity through this abnormal opening.
___Genital malformations. Malformations of either the female or male genitals (sex organs).
___Glaucoma. Increased intraocular pressure in the eye that can result in optic nerve damage and loss of sight.
___Misshapen skull
___Missing fingers or toes
___Missing or incomplete arms or legs
___Spina bifida or open spine defects. Neural tube defects in which the neural tube fails to close somewhere along the spine.
___Other problems present at birth:________________
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