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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Brain Damage due to Stroke Misdiagnosis

Stroke is the third leading cause of death in this country and a major cause of disability nationwide. A stroke occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery or a blood vessel ruptures, interrupting the blood flow to the brain, causing brain cells to die and brain damage to occur.
When brain cells die, activities controlled by that area of the brain are lost. These include speech, memory and motor skills. How a stroke affects you depends on where the stroke occurs in the brain and how much damage has occurred.

The failure to accurately diagnose a stroke is a form of medical malpractice that can have severe consequences. Once a stroke has occurred, timely treatment can stop progressive damage from happening, and in some cases, reverse the damage that has occurred to some extent. Undiagnosed or misdiagnosed stroke means a delay in treatment or no treatment and the resulting brain cell death can mean permanent brain injury or death.

If you or a loved one was the victim of a stroke misdiagnosis that resulted in brain damage or death, you may be entitled to financial compensation for long term care expenses, pain and suffering, loss of wages, medical bills and funeral and burial expenses.

Please contact New Jersey and metropolitan Philadelphia medical malpractice attorneys Michael L. Weiss and Robert E. Paarz of Weiss & Paarz, P.C. if you believe you or someone you care about was the victim of a misdiagnosed stroke.

posted by Erica at 6:19 PM

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Cancer Misdiagnosis as Medical Malpractice

Early detection is the best defense against a diagnosis of cancer. Early detection increases your chances of survival because of the reality you will respond better to treatment if the cancer is discovered in its' early stages.

A misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis in the detection of cancer can mean a death sentence. Cancer can be misdiagnosed by a failure to obtain an accurate history of the illness from the patient, a failure to perform a thorough examination, a failure to recognize actual symptoms or a failure to perform the necessary diagnostic testing to confirm or rule out a certain disease.

A failed, delayed or missed diagnosis can result in severe physical pain and suffering, long term or permanent disability, disfigurement and even premature death. A cancer misdiagnosis creates a financial hardship for those left to deal with the consequences and the responsible individuals should be made to share that hardship. Delayed treatment means lost income, additional healthcare expenses and in some cases, funeral and burial costs.

You may be entitled to financial compensation if you or a loved one was the victim of a failed, delayed or misdiagnosis of cancer. Please contact the highly skilled medical malpractice attorneys, Michael L. Weiss and Robert E. Paarz of Weiss & Paarz, P.C. today to schedule a confidential consultation at no cost to you to ensure your legal rights are protected and you get the financial compensation you deserve.

posted by Erica at 6:17 PM

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