The mouth of the innocent child was left open for 2.5 years, it was difficult to eat and speak. Doctors of Kolkata performed a miracle like this:

News India Live, Digital Desk: A news has come out from the world of medical science which has surprised everyone. In Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, doctors have given new life to an innocent girl whose mouth was locked for the last two and a half years and she was not able to close it even if she wanted to. Due to this rare disease, the girl was neither able to eat properly nor speak words clearly. But the doctors of RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata have made this seemingly impossible case possible with their ability.

What was this rare disease? When ‘Jaw’ became the enemy

To this girl of just a few years TMJ Ankylosis There was a serious problem called (temporomandibular joint ankylosis). In simple language, the jaw bone near the girl’s ear and the skull bone were fused together. Because of this, his lower jaw became completely jammed and his mouth remained open in a particular position. After a long wait and pain of two and a half years, he finally got the right treatment.

4 hours of tough struggle on the operation table

The team of maxillofacial surgeons of RG Kar Hospital performed this complex surgery. Doctors said that it was a very challenging operation because the girl was very small and attention had to be paid to the development of her bones. In this surgery that lasted for about 4 hours, the doctors separated the joined bones of the jaw and created an artificial gap there so that the jaw could move again.

After two and a half years, when the innocent girl smiled in her mother’s lap

After the surgery, when the girl closed her mouth for the first time and smiled in her mother’s lap, the eyes of everyone present in the ward became moist. According to the doctors, now she will gradually be able to take solid food and her speech therapy will also be started so that she can learn to speak clearly.

Amar Ujala’s advice: Do not ignore these symptoms in children

Experts say that if your child has difficulty in opening the mouth, has pain near the ear or feels stiffness in the jaw after an injury, then do not leave it as minor. it TMJ Ankylosis It may be the beginning. Surgery at the right time is the only permanent solution.