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.
I had a rear molar worked on 2 weeks ago, and now I can't open my jaw enough to place anything larger that my pincky finger into it. Went to the oral surgeon yesterday, he told me I had trismus, caused by a spasm in my muscle of the jaw due to the needle from the novacain. His suggestion to increase how far my mouth will open, start with 7 tongue depressors, insert between my teeth, and add a new one everyday until I can get 27 in there.
However, there are several other causes of an ileus. These include: intestinal cancer; Crohnâs disease, which causes the intestinal walls to get thicker due to autoimmune inflammation; diverticulitis; Parkinsonâs disease, which affects muscles and nerves in the intestines; These are the most common ileus causes in adults. Children can also have an ileus. According to the Mayo Clinic, intussusception is the most common cause for an ileus in children. This is when a part of the intestine âtelescopesâ or slides into itself.