Jan 30, 2014 11:52 PM
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(Updated Jan 31, 2014 12:21 PM)
My mother( 57 years old) was suffering from CKD and was on conservative medicine. A ulcer in her mouth was upsetting her in December, 2012 . She went to a well known dentist in East Delhi . On every visit he kept on scaling the molar tooth on left saying that the ulcer was because of that tooth . He prescribed gel, gargles with lukewarm water and an anti-biotic( Augmentin625).
Above al, l on March 07, 2013, he arranged a surgeon at his clinic to extract the tooth . The surgeon extracted the tooth and asked her to continue the same anti-biotic for another 5 days .
My mother’s jaws got dis-aligned and she started facing trouble in chewing even the soft things.
On 14th March, 2013 she went to see dermatologist Dr. MANJU KESHARI at MAX BALAJI Hospital, Patparganj, thinking that the ulcer might be the problem of skin in the mouth.
Dr. Keshari didn’t see any matter of concern. My mother was not able to open the mouth properly. Dr. Keshari didn’t have a spatula to examine her mouth for a non-healing ulcer. She prescribed
Augmentin 625( my mother was already taking it for atleast last 10 days),
Vizilac( my mother was diabetic and this syrup was very sweet)
Becasule and
gargles for next 7 days
On second visit(19th march), she said, " Yes, today I have everything - a spatula and a torch to examine the mouth ." What a big deal Ma’am! You are joking with the health, time, energy and wealth of the patient. On being explicitly asked by us as was there any matter of concern, she answered, " Abhi to aisa kuch nahin dikh raha hai aur same medicines 5 days aur lena". She said, " Oh! Kidney ki patient hain(the fact which was told but she didn’t understand on first visit), phir to theek hone mein time lagega ."
On third visit( 24th March) i.e. after 10 days of seeing her, Dr. Keshari asked us to see an oncologist at Max Balaji Hospital, Patparganj, for a tassali that there is nothing to worry. Oncologist there again gave an antibiotic and Crocin for the unbearable pain she was having especially at night, for another 5 days and asked my mother to bear the pain.
On visiting oncologist on 27th March, he told my mother that if she would be able to bear the pain for another 7 days, the requirement of biopsy would reduce by 25% .
On 28th March we went to Dharamsheela Hospital, Mayur Vihar .There the oncologist Dr. Mudit Aggarwal examined her mouth and said that one could easily make out that its suspicious and referred for biopsy.
Dr. Keshari at Max wrote non healing ulcer on the prescription but hardly had any time to pick up the leaflets displayed for the knowledge of patients which clearly warned against the ULCER existing for more than 10 days, while she ignored the one which was NOT HEALING FOR MORE THAN 75 DAYS . My mother did not chew a single chapatti since January, 2013 and remained clueless despite of paying visit by visit to doctors. Can the Oral Cavity Cancer of RMT(L) remain undiagnosed till T4? A very bad looking white patch was clearly visible in the mouth in the month of February, 2013 .
