Anal Sphincter Injury Compensation After Childbirth
Damage to the muscles around the anus during vaginal childbirth
can be devastating. If maternity professionals have failed to deal with
this injury, talk to a legal specialist about making a claim for
compensation.
Anal injury symptoms
An injury to the anal sphincter, or anal muscles, during childbirth can cause debilitating and permanent symptoms.
With prompt diagnosis and repair, a new mother can recover from these symptoms. A failure to diagnose and repair, however, means that she may be facing a lifetime of discomfort and disability.
- Urgency when needing to go to the toilet
- The need to be close to toilet facilities at all times
- A loss of self-confidence
- Leakage of wind and faeces
- Incontinence of wind and faeces
- Leakage from the vagina
- The need for a stoma
- The need for specialist treatment
This appalling cocktail of symptoms can occur when a tear across the perineum extends into the anal muscles during the vaginal birth of a baby.
The most severe forms of anal tear, 3rd and 4th degree tears, require an experienced surgeon to effect a comprehensive and effective repair.
Symptoms such as these can have a dramatic impact on a woman’s life. She may struggle to leave the house, she may struggle to work and she may struggle to carry out many everyday tasks due to the need to cope with and manage her bowel problems.
Her personal relationships can suffer and she can experience difficulties in bonding with and supporting her new baby.
A successful compensation claim can help to address many of these issues by addressing financial losses such as a loss of income, the costs of treatment or support and the costs of equipment to manage the symptoms.
It cannot take away the damage but it can give the new mother a sense that her difficulties have been recognised and that she now has the financial means to cope with the problems she faces.
How to make a claim
Speak to a medical negligence solicitor as soon as possible with details and dates of your interactions with maternity professionals and the symptoms which you have been and are suffering.
If appropriate, they will obtain copies of your medical records and analyse the quality of your maternity care.
Free legal advice
Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with a wealth of experience in maternity birth tear claims.
Contact us today to talk to a solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim.
We can offer No Win No Fee medical negligence funding which we will discuss with you during your free initial telephone discussion.
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