These are the signs that a birth injury has happened in Iowa

Iowa City, IA – Giving birth is a dangerous time for both the mother and the child. Unfortunately, there are problems related to negligence and mistakes made by the doctor or other staff during this process that can result in various injuries to the child. These health complications are generally known as birth injuries, and the parents should know how to spot signs and symptoms that their child may have been harmed during birth.

During the birth process

Certain complications that happen during birth can have obvious connections to a birth injury. Sometimes, a child who is stuck in the birth canal and removed with various kinds of tools or force can sustain injuries from these impacts. Physical injuries can happen to the bones, muscles, and nerves. This damage may even be apparent from a superficial physical inspection. Other less obvious problems that appear shortly after birth may include problems with normal reflexes, seizures, or sensitivity to light.

Delayed symptoms

Sometimes, a birth injury may not be apparent until over a year after the child is born. It is also possible that some symptoms can emerge even later when the child is beginning to start school. If the child is having trouble learning how to talk, speak, or form words at the time when most other children are talking, this could have been caused by a birth injury. Other important milestones such as learning how to walk can be affected if the child sustained an undiscovered injury during delivery. Other kinds of vision or motor problems may have even been caused much earlier by the birth injury.

Compensation in birth injury lawsuits

The parents of the child have the right to file a civil lawsuit for compensation that pays for things like additional medical treatment to correct the problem and any long term losses due to the child’s health problems. These amounts tend to be much larger if the child sustains a serious injury or their ability to develop normally is affected. The process to bring the birth injury case is similar to that of other medical malpractice and negligence lawsuits, and the plaintiff can ask for damages that are necessary based on their situation.

Attorneys are available to assist with civil lawsuits

Eells and Tronvold Law Offices is a firm that handles various kinds of injury and accident cases throughout the state of Iowa. Their attorneys are able to meet with anyone who has additional questions about birth injuries of the process of representation throughout a civil lawsuit.

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Firm contact info:

Eells and Tronvold Law Offices

1921 51st Street NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402-2400

319-393-1020