What Are The Common Birth Injuries?

1. NHS Negligence Claim What Are The Common Birth Injuries? Birth Injuries can be particularly distressing for a newborn and more difficult for their parents. Most birth injuries are avoidable and stem from medical malpractice which can result in other lifelong complications. If you suspect that your newborn has suffered a birth injury due to medical malpractice, contact specialist medical malpractice lawyers to get compensation for your child's condition. What Is A Birth Injury? Birth Injury occurs when a child suffers injury during childbirth or delivery that leads to long-term complications such as a disability. However, not all child injuries lead to complications. Normally, most newborns suffer minor injuries during the delivery process that heal after a few weeks. Other times common injuries during pregnancy or after delivery may lead to severe complications that result in a disability. Birth injuries to the brain and neck are particularly serious and can cause brain damage or paralysis. Childbirth injuries to mother and child can result from medical negligence, ultimately leading to birth injury negligence claims.

2. What Are The Common Causes Of Birth Injuries? If you believe that your infant has suffered a birth injury, notify the doctor or hospital immediately to carry out a proper diagnosis. Once the cause of physical birth injury has been determined, you can seek legal advice from medical negligence lawyers. There are several conditions that can lead to childbirth injuries. Medical Malpractice. ● ● Maternal Infection. ● Oxygen Deprivation. ● Difficult Or Prolonged Labour. ● Delayed Delivery. ● Wrong Medication. ● Maternal Overweight. ● Premature Birth. Common Forms Of Medical Negligence That Lead To Birth Related Injuries Medical negligence in childbirth can occur when a healthcare provider or medical practitioner fails to provide the expected quality standard of care, leading to severe complications or birth trauma in babies. Medical negligence by health care professionals can happen before, during, or after delivery. Complications resulting from medical negligence long term damage and may affect mother and child for a lifetime. Baby birth injury caused by medical negligence may occur as a result of: Failure by a medical professional to diagnose a medical condition in a child. ● ● Wrong use of forceps and other birthing tools. ● Failure to monitor a newborn after delivery. ● Failure to act timely during emergency situations. ● Using force during childbirth may lead to a child's disability. What Is The Most Common Type Of Birth injury? A child may be injured by the actions and omission of an obstetrician or other medical professionals. The most common types of birth injuries may occur as a result of medical malpractice; they include:

3. 1. Spinal Cord Injuries: Spinal injuries can be very severe and may result from forceps bruises that lead to nerve damage. Spinal Cord birth Injuries can lead to paralysis or other neurological problems. 2. Cerebral Palsy: Damage to the brain that occurs during childbirth that affects a child's mobility and other lifetime complications such as, speech problems, learning difficulties and other disabilities. 3. Hemorrhages: Bleeding to the skull is another common type of birth injury, usually caused by pressure during the birthing process. 4. Brain Injuries: Brain damage is one of the most common types of birth injury that can occur in a newborn, often resulting from a physical injury. Brain Injuries can also result from brain damage during childbirth or delivery. The types of brain damage at birth that causes birth injuries include; Cerebral dysgenesis which is an abnormal brain development, Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) caused by lack of oxygen, Periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) an injury that affects premature babies, and Intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) which is bleeding in the brain or skull and can be life threatening for the child. 5. Facial Paralysis: Facial Paralysis can result from birth traumas, caused by Forceful pressure to the facial nerves before childbirth or at delivery. 6. Bone Fracture: Bone Fracture may occur during difficult delivery and may sometimes heal on their own. 7. Cephalohematoma: It is the accumulation of blood under the scalp of a newborn during the childbirth process. Cephalohematoma getting hard can lead to severe complications and can be quite traumatic for the child. 8. Caput succedaneum: Swelling of the scalp of a newborn, usually caused by pressure at delivery. Caput succedaneum may heal after some time without any serious complications. How Development? Does Birth Trauma Affect Brain

4. Brain injury at birth can be traumatic for the child and can affect brain development in the long-term. From impaired memory to problems with mobility, the effect of brain development may lead to other long term complications, such as: More medical complications and problems ● ● Amnesia. ● Learning difficulties. ● Inability to communicate. ● Impaired memory. ● Social Isolation. ● Impaired sensorimotor development. ● Inability to coordinate. ● Inability to identify emotions or label feelings. ● Developmental Delays. Get Legal Assistance Today. If you suspect that your child has suffered from a birth injury as a result of medical negligence, you may be able to claim birth injury compensation on behalf of your child. We understand that birth injury can be distressing to your newborn and are here to support you through this difficult moment. Speak to our specialist birth injury solicitors for legal advice regarding birth injury claims.