Strokes are one of the most dangerous medical problems anyone can experience, and they lead to tens of thousands of people sustaining permanently disabling or fatal injuries every single year. Because of how high the risk of serious harm is from a stroke, it is especially important for medical professionals to know the early warning signs of a stroke and to be able to diagnose strokes accurately, so their patients can receive the care they need quickly enough to minimize long-term harm.
Unfortunately, medical negligence by a reckless or careless doctor can sometimes lead to strokes being written off as a less minor issue or missed altogether—something which experienced malpractice attorneys have seen all too often. If your stroke was not identified or treated properly by your doctors, a Danbury stroke misdiagnosis lawyer from Berkowitz and Hanna LLC can help you explore and enforce your right to seek civil recovery for your ensuing losses.
While different people can respond to strokes in different ways, the most common symptoms of this kind of problem include sudden loss of feeling or motor control in one side of the body but not the other, sudden difficulty speaking or understanding speech, severe vision problems, and significant loss of balance or coordination. Beyond just knowing these and other common signs of stroke, medical professionals must also be able to determine whether these kinds of symptoms are in fact from a stroke, or whether they are from a different type of medical issue such as a migraine or a seizure.
Because of that, it is not uncommon for doctors to assume incorrectly that signs of a stroke are actually just indicators of a less severe problem, and to misdiagnose the stroke as a result. Mistakes while performing medical tests or interpreting test results may also qualify as violations of a doctor’s “standard of care” if they directly lead to a stroke misdiagnosis in Danbury, as could things like miscommunications between medical team members or failure to keep close track of a patient’s medical history.
Regardless of exactly what leads to a doctor misdiagnosing a stroke, an ensuing malpractice claim can demand compensation for every negative effect which that misdiagnosis has on an affected patient’s life, including things like:
A stroke misdiagnosis lawyer in Danbury can help you factor these damages into your unique claim.
A delay of even a few minutes in treating a stroke can have life-altering and debilitating consequences. With that in mind, it hardly needs to be explained why a doctor misdiagnosing a stroke through negligence is an extremely serious matter.
However, even if it seems obvious to you that your doctor is responsible for the avoidable harm you have sustained, it is still crucial that you work with an experienced legal team to get the compensation you deserve. From beginning to end of your case process, we are here for you. Call today to learn more about what a Danbury stroke malpractice lawyer can do for you.
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57 North St #206 Danbury CT 06810
