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.
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.
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