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Doctors in Eastern India Perform Rare Surgery to Set Right Paralyzed Diaphragm
December 31, 2007 at 1:53 PM
Indian Health News
Animesh Barik was suffering from a rare disease that had shifted his internal organs from their original position.
The rare congenital anomaly had left him malnourished as he could barely take any food. Medical tests revealed that the baby had a paralysed diaphragm because of a numb phrenic nerve. Consequently internal organs shifted position, doctors said, reports The Times of India.
At birth, Animesh weighed 2.8 kg, slightly less than normal. But there were other worries in store for his parents Ananta and Nirmala of Howrah’s Sankrail. Right after birth, the baby started suffering from respiratory distress. He could hardly take any food and would throw up immediately. These seven months, Animesh gained hardly a kilo, whereas his weight should have gone up to around 8 kg.
For the last three months, Ananta, a daily-wage earner, made several rounds of many hospitals but could not get a correct diagnosis, leave aside treatment. "We had no idea about what the problem was. The local doctor could not help us. We went to big hospitals but to no avail," said Ananta.
On December 26, the Bariks took their son to the Clinic of Concern for Comprehensive Childcare. The organisation, run by medical and non-medical professionals, got the child admitted to Westbank Hospital the same day.
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Now I'm being told I have 1 diaphram that is not working.. Frozen, paralysed?
Sounds to me like the problem is not my lungs but the one diaphram not working on one lung. I can't seem to find much about the diaphram, on the internet.
Thank you very much for your help,
Janet