What are the features of Ectodermal dysplasia?
The features associated with ectodermal dysplasia include: • Thin hair • Thin and/or small nails • Cleft lip and/ or palate • Problems with the function of sweat glands. If a person does not sweat enough or does not sweat at all, there is a danger of over heating. It is very important to ensure that this does not happen. • Small or missing teeth • More frequent respiratory infections than other family members without ectodermal dysplasia • Hearing loss – The degree of hearing loss varies. If hearing loss is conductive (sound is not conducted from the external ear to the inner ear) it is often possible to improve it by surgery. However surgery is frequently unable to improve hearing if the hearing loss is sensorineural (the hearing problem is in the inner ear, auditory nerve or auditory centers of the brain). Hearing aids can help hearing in both types of hearing loss but if the loss is in the profound range, then hearing aids may only be able to help one hear general noise and not dist
