Lower Body Dysfunction and Compensation for Cauda Equina Syndrome Negligence
If you are struggling with function losses in the lower body and suspect that you have suffered negligent medical care of compressed cauda equina nerves, contact Glynns Solicitors to discuss the possibility of claiming compensation.
Lower body dysfunction in cauda equina syndrome
The degree of lower body dysfunction associated with complete cauda equina syndrome can be severe indeed. An individual who is unfortunate enough to be left struggling with this disabling condition may face a lifetime of bowel and bladder problems as well as loss of sexual function and loss of mobility.
The impact can be far-reaching, affecting both them and their family, undermining and fundamentally altering their quality of life. Such a varied and debilitating combination of symptoms can affect an individual's ability to carry out regular daily household and personal tasks, their ability to support their family in a myriad of ways, their ability to engage with numerous activities, sports and hobbies and, crucial to their quality of life, restrict their capacity to work or the type of employment which they can undertake.
Where this distressing outcome is found to have been the result of negligent medical care and attention, the individual affected would be legally entitled to claim compensation for the consequences insofar as they have been caused by the negligent care.
Negligence in cauda equina syndrome medical care
Cauda equina syndrome is generally a progressive condition where the patient's nerve compression and loss of function can increase over time. Unfortunately, this period can sometimes be quite short and a delay in medical care of a day can be sufficient for the patient's condition to become irreparable.
Timely medical care is essential. Any unreasonable delay may be regarded as negligent.
Medical failings which might cause an unnecessary delay could include the following:
- A failure to carry out a thorough assessment, meaning that the patient receives a misdiagnosis or receives an urgent referral when an emergency referral would have been appropriate
- A failure to recognise the patient's symptoms as possibly indicative of cauda equina compression or a failure to understand the urgency of the patient's situation
- A delay in making a referral for an MRI scan to assess the cause of the patient's symptoms
- A delay in carrying out an MRI scan or in initiating surgery to decompress the nerves
Glynns Solicitors
As specialists in medical negligence law, here at Glynns we speak to the victims of cauda equina medical negligence on a daily basis. Over many years, we have developed significant expertise in this complex and debilitating condition and have a history of success in high-value claims.
Contact us today to talk to a solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim.
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