Cauda Equina Red Flags Missed: Can You Claim?
Red flags are a sign that urgent specialist medical attention is
needed. Missing a red flag can mean that a patient returns home with a
false reassurance about their symptoms and their condition. This can
leave them vulnerable to deterioration and permanent disability. A claim
for compensation may be justified.
Missing a red flag in cauda equina compression
A medical professional may fail to act on a patient’s red flag symptoms for a variety of reasons:
- The medical practitioner may not recognise symptoms such as bilateral leg pain as a red flag symptom of cauda equina compression
- The medical professional may fail to assess the patient thoroughly and miss key symptoms such as urinary difficulties or loss of perineal sensation or bilateral symptoms
- The medical professional may misdiagnose a patient’s symptoms and fail, therefore, to consider other symptoms which, in fact, may reveal a very different diagnosis
Missed or misdiagnosed symptoms will mean that the medical professional does not acquire the full picture of the patient’s symptoms and may, therefore, fail to take the correct action at the correct time. The patient may suffer as a result.
Cauda equina compression, causing severe loss of lower body function, can be a progressive condition and, if it is not diagnosed and treated promptly, the patient may suffer far worse consequences than would have been the case with earlier diagnosis.
How to make a claim
If this scenario appears to reflect your own experience or that of a loved one, it may be possible to claim compensation for the consequences of the negligence in your medical care.
A successful compensation claim addresses the consequences of any negligence.
If, for example, the result of missing your red flags has meant that you are now unable to work or are restricted in the hours you can manage, your loss of earnings, both past and future, would be included in your claim.
Or, if you now require some degree of help around the home or to manage your symptoms, the costs of that care would be included in the claim insofar as it was caused by the impact of the red flag negligence.
The first step is to talk to a specialist medical negligence solicitor who can obtain copies of your medical records and investigate them for signs of negligent care.
Speak to a specialist solicitor
Here at Glynns we offer a wealth of expertise and experience in complex, high-value cauda equina syndrome claims.
Contact us today to talk to one of our team of specialist solicitors about what has occurred to you and the possibility of making a claim.
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