As a firefighter I do everything from fight grass fires, house fires, rubbish fires, car fires, anything that can catch on fire weâd be called for it. We go to medical calls, any time ambulances are called out we go to it. We do everything from heart attacks to small injuries to car wrecks.
Facio maxillary fractures involving mandible, zygoma and zygomatic arch can cause Trismus. These fractures interfere with movement of temporomandibular joint causing trismus. Commonest cause of trismus in this category is direct trauma causing fractures of mandible and. other facial bones.
Clinical Signs: Sensory branches of trigeminal nerve were affected in 35 % of the cases. In that same study, 8 % of cases also had concurrent facial nerve deficits and 8 % had Horner's syndrome, suggesting that other cranial nerves may be affected. Neurogenic atrophy of the masticatory muscles may occur and can lead to trismus on some occasions.