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Suggest Treatment For Difficulty In Opening Mouth Post Surgical Operation

My sister is suffering from mouth opening problem before two year she had a saurgical operation now she had to maintain her mouthopening through exercise . She is39 years unmaried and woried about mouthopening. Now her left eye muscles r involved in fibrosis. PlZ help
Tue, 28 Apr 2015
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Hi Dear ,

Welcome to Health Care Magic Team.

Understanding your concern.
The condition of difficulty in mouth opening is called trismus ,which occur due to wasting or atrophy of muscles which leads to difficult mouth opening .

Treatment of difficulty in mouth opening depends upon the cause of difficulty .I would suggest you to do regular exercises of facial muscles and apply hot packs on the facial muscles. You can also opt for mouth gags which will help in opening mouth wide .You should start taking muscle relaxant few days .

Eye fibrosis which you mention in your query occur because when she is unable to open mouth it causes myofiber loss which in turn involve extraoccular muscle of eye and causes eye muscle fibrosis.When jaw opening will occur completely it prevent wasting of muscle and problem will be solve .

Hope your concern has been resolved.

Get Well Soon.

Best Wishes,

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Suggest Treatment For Difficulty In Opening Mouth Post Surgical Operation

Hi Dear , Welcome to Health Care Magic Team. Understanding your concern. The condition of difficulty in mouth opening is called trismus ,which occur due to wasting or atrophy of muscles which leads to difficult mouth opening . Treatment of difficulty in mouth opening depends upon the cause of difficulty .I would suggest you to do regular exercises of facial muscles and apply hot packs on the facial muscles. You can also opt for mouth gags which will help in opening mouth wide .You should start taking muscle relaxant few days . Eye fibrosis which you mention in your query occur because when she is unable to open mouth it causes myofiber loss which in turn involve extraoccular muscle of eye and causes eye muscle fibrosis.When jaw opening will occur completely it prevent wasting of muscle and problem will be solve . Hope your concern has been resolved. Get Well Soon. Best Wishes,