Question

12. Imagine that a mad scientist is seeking to invent a death ray that destroys a person's ciliary, pterygopalatine, and submandibular ganglia (and nothing else). List all the symptoms that would be apparent in the victim. Would the victim die, or would the scientist have to go back to the laboratory to try again?

Answer 1

Dur to ciliary Ganglion blockage -
Patient might suffer from
1. Difficult in seeing
2. decrease visual acuity for near vision
3. Tonic pupil (Fixed pupil)
Submandibular ganglion
1. No salivary secreation
Pterygoplatine ganglion
1. No mucous secretion
2 . No lacrimation
3. Painful breathing

Due to direct destination of these ganglions patient may not die.

Patients will die due to the suppurative infections arising due to destruction of this ganglion . Like respiratory distress since no mucous leading to dry nose and nose bleeding , Upper respiratory tract infections ( no immune response). Pneumoniae (Unresolved)