21 Years The mouth Can not Close Due to Tumor Tongue

Usually people have a hard shut up because there is interference with the structure of the teeth. But the guy in China could not close his mouth for 21 years as a result there is a giant tumor on his tongue.

Wang Youping (34 years) daro Shaanxi Province, China could not close his mouth for 21 years due to growing giant tumor on his tongue tissue or called with macroglossia.

This tumor makes the muscles in the tongue has a length of 25 cm, width 10 cm and a thickness of 7 cm. These tumors had grown in such a way that affects the teeth and makes it quite impossible to close his mouth.

Youping began experiencing swelling in her face and her tongue since she was 6 years old. The swelling is getting bigger and bigger and broader until at last he did not close his mouth properly at the age of 13.

Since then he has become unable to speak clearly, eat normally and even breathe comfortably. There was also a high risk such as blood vessels in the tongue that can rupture and cause fatal bleeding.

It is known that Youping born a little different from other babies, she had a swollen lip and a dark color and form of his left ear is more prominent than normal size.

Having analyzed by a team of doctors from the hospital for 4 years, now he is scheduled to perform the operation as much as 5 times over 3 years to reduce the tumor so that she could more easily manage his tongue.

Macroglossia relatively rare diseases and rare, this condition is usually caused by an increase in the amount of network contained in the tongue as well as tumors.

This condition can be caused by hereditary or congenital disorders (been there since she was born), including acromegaly, Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, congenital hypothyroidism, diabetes, Down syndrome, hemangioma or lymphangioma, mucopolysaccharidoses and primary amyloidosis.