How Can I Get Compensation for Bowel Problems After Childbirth?
If you are experiencing significant bowel problems after the birth of your baby and suspect that your maternity care may have been negligent, you need to contact a specialist medical negligence solicitor.
Assessing your medical care
A specialist solicitor will be able to obtain copies of your medical records and carry out an assessment of the quality of your maternity care.
Occasionally, women giving birth through the vagina suffer a severe tear around the anus which can leave them struggling with appalling symptoms. This can include incontinence of both wind and faeces as well as, in the worst cases, leakage from the vagina and the need for a stoma to be fitted.
It is absolutely essential that such an injury is diagnosed as soon as possible and that the new mother undergoes a repair in an operating theatre by an experienced surgeon. A failure to do this may not only leave the woman suffering permanent bowel problems but may also justify a claim for compensation.
An analysis of your medical records will reveal whether or not you received the necessary and appropriate care. Every woman who gives birth through the vagina should receive a thorough examination including a digital rectal examination to check for any anal damage. Any injury needs to be accurately diagnosed. A misdiagnosis can be disastrous, meaning that the full injury may not be repaired and the new mother continues to struggle with bowel dysfunction.
Making a claim for compensation
If your medical records reveal some degree of negligence by your maternity practitioners, a further assessment is necessary to identify the way in which the negligence has impacted your bowel function and the problems which this has caused you.
A successful compensation claim would address those issues, taking account of any loss of income or additional costs, such as specialist treatment, which your symptoms have caused. Your solicitor will engage the services of the best medical experts to carry out these investigations and ensure that you receive the fairest and best settlement.
Specialist legal advice
Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice with long-standing experience of severe birth tear compensation claims. Our team of specialist solicitors can all offer a depth of understanding of the wide-ranging impact of these life-changing injuries and the distress which they can cause.
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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