Baby Born Without Ability To Open Mouth Has Doctors Puzzled

A Canadian baby boy that was born without the ability to open his mouth has left the medical world stumped, causing the parents to turn to the Internet to find out what is wrong with their son.

Wyatt Scott was born 10 months ago in Ottawa with a rare condition called congenital trismus, where he cannot open his mouth, doctors told ABC News. The condition is normally caused by a fused joint or extra tissue, however, CT and MRI scans cannot find any source for the condition.

"It's an unusual situation where he can't open his mouth, and there's no kind of obvious reason for it," Dr. J.P. Vaccani, a pediatric otolaryngologist at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, told ABC News. "Otherwise he's a healthy boy."

Scott often chokes on his food and saliva because he cannot open his mouth. His parents, Amy and Andrew Scott, have had to call 911 six times because their son was choking.

The parents have taken their son to several medical specialists. But after repeated unsuccessful attempts, Wyatt's mother decided to create a website, WhatsWrongWithWyatt.com, to help find out why their son cannot open his mouth.

"Nobody that we've found has seen anything like this before," Andrew Scott told ABC News. "Hopefully, somebody will see it and will have some ideas on how we should go forward."

Doctors say the source of the problem could be muscle related. In order to find out, Wyatt would need to have a muscle biopsy, which requires anesthesia. But anesthesiologists are hesitant to do so because of the risk of not being able to control Wyatt's airways if he can't open his mouth, ABC News reported.

Doctors even tried using Botox to loosen the baby's jaw. Wyatt was able to slightly open his mouth, but it was not a complete remedy.

In the meantime, the parent's website appears to be working. A dentist who reached out to them said he came across a similar situation before, ABC News reported.