New York Birth Injury Malpractice

Birth Injuries

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Problems that could be connected to birth injury Palsy include: Erb-Duchenne and Dejerine-Klumpke Palsies (also known as Erbs Palsy and other types).

Although injuries can occur at any time, many brachial plexus injuries happen when a baby’s shoulders become impacted during delivery and the brachial plexus nerves stretch or tear.

It may be possible that your child or baby was handled by a negligent hospital worker or poorly trained delivery room worker. Many children illnesses and debilitating problems are tied to birth injuries or birth head injuries.

 

PALSY SUPPORT : You may need money or support which is expensive. Our lawyers may find a solution for your child. Your child may need to attend special schools to help rehabilitate or learn mentally or physically. OUr Lawyers may be able to get the money or support your child should have. Children whose conditions are more serious may experience other symptoms, such as convulsive disorders, limited general intelligence, and problems in thinking, expressing thoughts, speaking, hearing, and seeing. Some children who have serious limb involvement attend orthopedic schools (part of the public school system) where occupational and physical therapy are part of the curriculum.

There are four types of brachial plexus injuries: avulsion, the most severe type, in which the nerve is torn from the spine; rupture, in which the nerve is torn but not at the spinal attachment; neuroma, in which the nerve has torn and healed but scar tissue puts pressure on the injured nerve and prevents it from conducting signals to the muscles; and neuropraxia or stretch, in which the nerve has been damaged but not torn. Neuropraxia is the most common type of brachial plexus injury. Symptoms of brachial plexus injury may include a limp or paralyzed arm; lack of muscle control in the arm, hand, or wrist, and lack of feeling or sensation in the arm or hand.

Is there any treatment?
Some brachial plexus injuries may heal without treatment. Many children who are injured during birth improve or recover by 3 to 4 months of age. Treatment for brachial plexus injuries includes physical therapy and, in some cases, surgery.

Another component of a birth injury is skull fracture or abnormal head injury. Also when symptoms indicate a disorder involving structural abnormalities may be present inside the skull (such as tumors or bleeding). A skull x-ray is often the first step to getting help. The X-ray is also used to evaluate an unusually shaped child's head. A skull X-ray may show fractures, tumors, erosion or decalcification of the bone, or shifts in the soft tissues inside the skull. The X-ray may detect increased intracranial pressure, and congenital (existing at birth) anomalies (unusual structure).

Additional conditions under which the skull x-ray & tests may be performed include the following:

• Dementia
  
• Friedreich's ataxia
  
• Hydrocephalus
  
• Malocclusion of teeth
  
• Mastoiditis
  
• Meningitis
  
• Multi-infarct dementia
  
• Occupational hearing loss
  
• Otitis media; chronic
  
• Otosclerosis
  
• Petit mal seizure
  
• Pituitary tumor
  
• Senile dementia, Alzheimer's type
  
• Acute sinusitis
  
• Chronic sinusitis
  

Extensive reading on Palsy birth injury can be found at  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/brachbirth_doc.htm