Thane, Maharashtra: A week-old baby, suffering through a condition in which the infant's nasal airways get blocked by tissue or bones, was able to breath properly after a corrective surgery in the district, hospital officials said.
Babies do not know how to breathe from the mouth for the first three months after they are born and hence this then week-old baby born to one Mrs Gupta (name changed) needed a corrective surgery. The baby was suffering from Bilateral Congenital Choanal Atresia, a condition in which the infant's nasal airways are blocked by tissue/ bones, a release by the Fortis hospital said today.
The hospital then performed the surgery in March to re-establish the nasal passage using a one millimetre drill to remove the tissue/bones that were blocking the passage. Upon restoring the passage, doctors inserted nasal stents
into the baby's nostrils. The stents keep the nostrils open so that the infant can breathe properly, allowing the nostrils to heal, it added. The baby was under observation for 3 months and now his doing well.
