Salivary gland stone patient gets relief after four years

By, Somita Pal (DNA Newspaper)

For 32-year-old Rekha Solanki, life was a drudgery with recurrent pain and swelling beneath her right ear before she came to Bombay Hospital. Doctors say that the recurrent pain, which made her difficult to even open her mouth, was because of a stone in her salivary gland.

A resident of Goregoan, Solanki had been avoided the treatment for the past four years as a majority of the doctors suggested her an open surgery which could have side effects such as facial paralysis and disfiguring.

Dr Rajeev Nerurkar, the consulting ENT specialist at Bombay Hospital, said, “Operating on a saliva gland having stones involved major surgery which includes removing the gland. It not only takes a long time for the patient to recover from the surgery but also leaves behind an ugly visible scar.”

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