As a firefighter I do everything from fight grass fires, house fires, rubbish fires, car fires, anything that can catch on fire weâd be called for it. We go to medical calls, any time ambulances are called out we go to it. We do everything from heart attacks to small injuries to car wrecks.
Facio maxillary fractures involving mandible, zygoma and zygomatic arch can cause Trismus. These fractures interfere with movement of temporomandibular joint causing trismus. Commonest cause of trismus in this category is direct trauma causing fractures of mandible and. other facial bones.
Myositis can also be caused by infectious organisms including: protozoal infections (Toxoplasmosis, Neosporosis, Hepatozoonosis), infections with spirochetes (Leptospirosis), and heartworm infection. These also cause diffuse muscle disease rather than disease localized to the muscles of mastication.