- Aparajit Lodhi is from Jabalpur in the north Indian state of Madhya Pradesh
- Since birth has suffered from a rare congenital anomaly called Macroglossia
- Doctors had to tell Aparajit’s parents that he was not going to live very long
Isobel Frodsham For Mailonline
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An infant born with a giant tongue that could have choked him to death can finally smile after surgeons sliced off half of it.
Aparajit Lodhi, from Jabalpur in the north Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, suffers from a rare congenital anomaly called Macroglossia, a medical term for an unusually large tongue.
The congenital overgrowth disorder was discovered when he was born, meaning doctors had to tell Aparajit’s parents that he was not going to live very long.
Aparajit Lodhi, from Jabalpur of north Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, suffers from a rare congenital anomaly called Macroglossia
The rare condition caused his tongue to swell so big that choked on his own mouth.
His mother, Mini Lodhi, 28, said: ‘I was horrified to see the baby with his own tongue stuffing his month. He was crying continuously.
‘I knew he was in pain and also hungry. But I was helpless. I could neither share his pain nor nurse him because the overgrowth had clogged his month.
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‘But we were determined to save our child come what may.’
Fearing Aparajit wouldn’t survive, a breathing apparatus was required to keep him alive.
Four days after being born, the infant underwent a surgery that reduced the size of his tongue tumor.
An operation was performed on him four days later to reduce the size of his tongue
Dr Agarwal, who heads the pediatric and newborn surgery department at a hospital in Jabalpur, said: ‘The baby was four-days-old when we operated on him. He was not able to swallow anything because of this giant tongue. This is a very rare condition called macroglossia that happens to one in 500,000 live births.
‘Not only after birth, the baby was not able to swallow anything because of this condition in the womb also. After the operation, he was able to swallow anything for the first time ever.’
It was a big tumor in the tongue and it took two hours to the team of doctors to remove the growth.
‘We had to remove the tumor completely as we couldn’t have left any remnant of it. But at the same time, you had to take care that the tongue doesn’t lose its function.’
After the operation, the baby was given sugar water first and the mother was allowed to nurse him.
‘Finally, I was able to nurse my baby after four long days. It was for the first time, I enjoyed the bliss of motherhood and I saw a smile on my little angel’s face. We are so relieved now,’ Mini said.
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