Thursday, July 26, 2012

Love Language Campaign







Beginning 7/26/12 check out Christy's Courage Love Language Campaign at www.indiegogo.com.  This campaign is to help start a scholarship to fund speech and feeding therapies for children with EA/TEF.  Your $1.00 will make a difference.

Sunday, July 8, 2012

I would like to share the 5 types of EA/TEF, Esophageal Atresia/Tracheoesophageal Fistula:


Type A (7.7% of cases): Esophageal atresia in which both segments of the esophagus end in blind pouches. Neither segment is attached to the trachea.

Type B (0.8%): Esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula in which the upper segment of the esophagus forms a fistula to the trachea. The lower segment of the esophagus ends in a blind pouch. This condition is very rare.

Type C (86.5%): Esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula, in which the upper segment of the esophagus ends in a blind pouch (EA) and the lower segment of the esophagus is attached to the trachea (TEF).

Type D (0.7%): Esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula, in which both segments of the esophagus are attached to the trachea. This is the rarest form of EA/TEF.

Type E (also called Type H) (4.2%): Tracheoesophageal fistula in which there is no esophageal atresia because the esophagus is continuous to the stomach. Fistula is present between the esophagus and the trachea.

Below are diagrams of the five different types of EA/TEF.
TYPEDESCRIPTIONDIAGRAM
Type A

Esophageal Atresia
(7.7%)
Both segments of the esophagus end in blind pouches. Neither segment of esophagus is attached to the trachea.
Type B

Esophageal Atresia with Upper Tracheoesophageal Fistula

(0.8%)
The upper segment of the esophagus forms a fistula to the trachea (TEF). The lower segment of the esophagus ends in a blind pouch (EA). This is a very rare form of EA/TEF.
Type C

Esophageal Atresia with Lower Tracheoesophageal Fistula
(86.5%)
The upper segment of the esophagus ends in a blind pouch (EA). The lower segment of the esophagus is attached to the trachea (TEF). This is the most common type of EA/TEF.
Type D

Esophageal Atresia with Upper and Lower Tracheoesophageal Fistula


(0.7%)
Both segments of the esophagus are attached to the trachea. This is the rarest form of EA/TEF.
Type E (also called Type H)
Tracheoesophageal Fistula

(4.2%)
There is no esophageal atresia as the esophagus is continuous to the stomach. However, fistula is present between the esophagus and the trachea.