New
York Birth Injury Lawyer
Birth
Injury
One
in 200 babies are born with some form of a birth injury
that may have been caused by medical
malpractice. Acute care must be administered when
helping to deliver a newborn child. Birth injuries can
be the result of mishandling during or before the birthing
process and an infant’s head can be injured very
easily because of the soft skull and brain tissue. Some
of the common after birth injuries include Cerebral
Palsy, Brachial Plexus Palsy, Erb's Palsy, Anoxic Brain
injuries, and shoulder dystocia.
Cerebral
Palsy
Usually, the birth injury damage occurs during or shortly
after birth, though it can still happen while a child
is early in life. “Cerebral” refers to the
brain and “Palsy” refers to a disorder of
movement or posture.
Causes
of Cerebral Palsy can be due to a mother's illness during
pregnancy, premature delivery, or lack of oxygen supply
to the baby. An accident, lead poisoning, viral infection,
abuse, or other factors can also cause Cerebral Palsy,
but many times a lack of oxygen or poor blood flow reaching
the fetal or newborn brain will result in Cerebral Palsy.
There
are many risk factors
that New York physicians should recognize to prevent
Cerebral Palsy from occurring. Premature separation
of the placenta, an awkward birth position, a lengthy
or abrupt labor, or interference with the umbilical
cord are all factors that may lead to insufficient oxygen
or poor blood flow to the baby's brain. If you feel
your child’s Cerebral Palsy was a New York birth
injury result, please contact
us and a New York birth injury lawyer will provide
sound legal counsel.
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