Gastroenterologists in Mumbai have successfully performed an endoscopic surgery on a two-year-old child suffering from severe constipation, a dangerously swollen abdomen, and significant weight loss . According to the child’s father, who hails from Sangamner, the young patient stopped passing stools just two months after birth. Since then, he has been dependent on daily enemas and medications. Despite ongoing treatment by their family doctor for several months, the child’s condition continued to deteriorate.
A local physician eventually referred him to the pediatric gastroenterologist in Mumbai. The specialist in Mumbai promptly conducted manometry and biopsy, ultimately diagnosing the child with Hirschsprung's disease, a congenital condition where nerve cells essential for bowel movement are missing from parts of the intestine. A team of gastroenterologists swiftly performed a per…
