What Can I Claim for Cauda Equina Syndrome Medical Negligence?
Cauda equina syndrome is a very complex condition and understanding the possible impact of medical negligence on the patient requires the skills of a legal specialist.
Medical negligence and cauda equina syndrome
If your long-term quality of life has been compromised by negligent medical care of cauda equina compression, you should be entitled to make a claim for compensation. What you will be able to include in your claim will depend upon the point at which the negligence occurred and the impact which it had on your long-term outcome. Your compensation claim would incorporate the impact of any disability you may be suffering insofar as it has been caused by or contributed to by negligent care.
Cauda equina syndrome, the result of compression of the cauda equina nerves in the lumbar region of the spine, is associated with a combination of distressing and debilitating symptoms.
As the nerves are responsible for sensation and the initiation of movement in the lower body, a patient with cauda equina syndrome can experience the following:
- Loss of mobility
- Loss of bladder sensation and control
- Loss of bowel sensation and control
- Loss of sexual function
Claiming compensation
The extent to which each individual suffers from these symptoms will vary and the degree to which negligence has influenced their outcome will also vary from case to case.
What the individual can claim compensation for will depend on the impact which their negligent symptoms has had and will have on their quality of life.
For example, an individual with incontinence or loss of mobility may struggle to work in a wide range of forms of employment such as hospitality, education, policing and retail. They may also struggle physically with the demands of working full-time. As a result, their income can be dramatically compromised. Such a financial loss could be included in a claim to the extent that it was caused by medical negligence.
Likewise, any care costs, where necessary due to the impact of the negligent medical care, could be included in a successful claim as might the costs of equipment or household adaptations required to support the individual.
Speak to a medical negligence specialist
Glynns Solicitors is a dedicated medical negligence legal practice, specialising in high-value cauda equina syndrome compensation claims.
If you suspect that you may have been the victim of negligent cauda equina care, contact us today to talk to a solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim.
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