Caude Equina Syndrome Symptoms and Compensation for Medical Negligence
The symptoms of complete cauda equina syndrome can be disabling and deeply distressing. Contact Glynns Solicitors to discuss the possibility of claiming compensation if medical negligence has adversely affected your physical outcome.
Complete cauda equina syndrome
If you or a loved one are struggling with the appalling symptoms of cauda equina syndrome, you are probably experiencing some or all of the following shocking symptoms:
- Bowel incontinence of both wind and faeces
- Bladder incontinence
- Sexual dysfunction
- Loss of mobility or paralysis
The ways in which such a debilitating combination of symptoms can affect a person are life-changing and distressing. An individual's capacity to work, their personal relationships and even the home in which they live can all be influenced by the effects of this terrible condition.
If medical negligence has contributed to such a distressing outcome, the individual affected would be entitled to claim compensation.
Medical negligence and cauda equina syndrome
Medical negligence can occur at a number of points during the diagnosis and treatment of cauda equina compression. If a person is at the early stages of developing this spinal condition, urgent recognition, a confirmed diagnosis and, frequently, emergency surgery, are required in order to give the patient the best chance of a successful, functioning long-term outcome.
If a patient presents to a medical professional with the possible early symptoms of cauda equina compression, it is essential that further investigation is arranged urgently. Early symptoms could include lower back and leg pain and altered sensation, especially when both legs are affected. The patient may also be exhibiting other CES symptoms of altered sensation in the saddle area and altered urinary or bladder sensation. Altered bowel sensation may also be present.
Making a claim for compensation
A successful claim for compensation would address the ways in which negligent medical care has affected your life. If your poor health outcome means that you now struggle to work, your reduced income would be taken into account in a claim. Likewise, if you now require care or alterations to your home to make it easier to manage your symptoms, these can be incorporated into a claim in so far as they have been caused by the negligence.
Speak to a legal specialist
Medical negligence experts, Glynns Solicitors has extensive experience in cauda equina syndrome compensation claims.
Contact us today to speak with a lawyer, free of charge, about your situation and the possibility of making a claim.
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