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Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia)

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Signs and Symptoms of Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia)

All Signs & Symptoms of Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia)

Here are the top symptoms or behaviors listed by parents of kids diagnosed with Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia):

Symptom	Frequency	Number of mentions
Difficulty breastfeeding	Often	1 mention
Not gaining weight	Often	1 mention

When do symptoms start?

How to read this chart

Difficulty breastfeeding
0 years old
Amount of children: 3%
1 years old
Amount of children: 0%
2 years old
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3 years old
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4 years old
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5 years old
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6 years old
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7 years old
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8 years old
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9 years old
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10 years old
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11 years old
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12 years old
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13 years old
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14 years old
Amount of children: 0%
15 years old
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16 years old
Amount of children: 0%
17 years old
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average 3 months old
Not gaining weight
0 years old
Amount of children: 3%
1 years old
Amount of children: 0%
2 years old
Amount of children: 0%
3 years old
Amount of children: 0%
4 years old
Amount of children: 0%
5 years old
Amount of children: 0%
6 years old
Amount of children: 0%
7 years old
Amount of children: 0%
8 years old
Amount of children: 0%
9 years old
Amount of children: 0%
10 years old
Amount of children: 0%
11 years old
Amount of children: 0%
12 years old
Amount of children: 0%
13 years old
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14 years old
Amount of children: 0%
15 years old
Amount of children: 0%
16 years old
Amount of children: 0%
17 years old
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average 3 months old

Change in symptoms of Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia)*

What happens to common Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia) symptoms over time?

Symptom	Worse	A Little Worse	Stayed About the Same	A Little Better	Better	Completely Resolved
Difficulty breastfeeding	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	100%
Not gaining weight	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	100%

Conditions with similar symptoms to Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia)

Parents also mention the behaviors, signs, and symptoms associated with Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia) when they describe these conditions:

Weight gain

Symptom	Frequency	Number of mentions
Not gaining weight	Often	5 mentions
Overeating	Often	5 mentions
Picky eating or aversion to foods / food sensations	Often	3 mentions
Not eating (during meals)	Often	2 mentions
Refusing to eat	Often	2 mentions
Binge eating	Sometimes	1 mention
Easily out of breath	Sometimes	1 mention
Fatigue, tiredness, or lethargy	Sometimes	1 mention
Fever	Sometimes	1 mention
Frequent crying	Sometimes	1 mention

Care of Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia)

Less common responses for Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia)

Treatment	Rating	Discussion
1Surgery (frenectomy, laser surgery)	Very Positive4.5 of 5	Read 0 comments
2Feeding therapy	Positive4 of 5	Read 0 comments
3Speech Therapy	Positive4 of 5	Read 0 comments
4Lactation consultant	Neutral3 of 5	Read 0 comments
5Occupational Therapy	Neutral3 of 5	Read 0 comments

Discussion of Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia)

What was your approach to Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia)? What were the results?

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