The body is an amazing and highly efficient machine that lets you know when you are sick. Few things are as frustrating as being repeatedly turned away from getting the care you need or being told you are imagining symptoms. You know your body better than any doctor but, if you’re like most people, you trust doctors to lead you in the right direction when it comes to your health.
Unfortunately, doctors make mistakes. Like anyone else, they get overwhelmed by the demands of work, family, and other stressors. In some cases, they mistake one health condition for another. Misdiagnosis is so dangerous because it has the potential to subject patients to treatments that can actually cause additional harm.
At LawMD, many of our misdiagnosis lawyers are also physicians. We work with patients from all over the country. If you or a loved one has been injured due to a doctor’s misdiagnosis, we can help.
Medicine is a demanding profession. Many doctors see a heavy rotation of patients on a daily basis. At any given time, they are juggling office visits, surgery time, and hospital rounds. If they are fortunate, they have time to spare for family, rest, and hobbies.
Our overburdened health care system often puts incredible pressure on doctors to see more patients and take on more cases. This puts patients at risk of being misdiagnosed. Although the overwhelming majority of physicians never intend to hurt a patient, these mistakes do happen—a lot more often than most people realize.
A misdiagnosis can happen in a variety of ways. Our misdiagnosis attorneys have handled cases involving:
An overlooked health condition can be life-threatening for a patient and devastating for the patient’s family. Doctors can miss malignant tumors and serious health threats, leading to the need for more aggressive treatments, surgeries, and interventions. This can compromise a patient’s health and financial well-being, leaving them with lifelong medical problems and a diminished quality of life.
In the most catastrophic cases, a patient is sent home with a simple diagnosis of headache or a pulled muscle, when the patient is really suffering from a heart attack, stroke, infection, or another serious condition. Many health problems can be quickly resolved and reversed if discovered early. When doctors miss this window of opportunity, they put the patient’s life on the line. A misdiagnosis can also lead to death, leaving loved ones overcome by grief and shock.
Medical misdiagnoses can occur in any type of health crisis, but some cases happen with an alarming frequency.
These cases include:
Misdiagnosis can also occur when a doctor mistakes a less serious condition for something life-threatening, such as cancer. Because many kinds of health conditions can display symptoms that also occur in cancer, doctors must be absolutely certain of a cancer diagnosis before subjecting a patient to aggressive treatments, such as chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery.
The law imposes strict time limits on medical malpractice cases. If you wait too long to speak to legal counsel, you could miss your opportunity to file a claim. Protect yourself by contacting our attorneys as soon as you suspect you have been misdiagnosed.
Taking on a doctor, hospital, or another health care provider can be an overwhelming and intimidating prospect. When you’re already hurt and vulnerable, you need a strong ally on your side. At LawMD, we fight for victims of medical malpractice. If you were misdiagnosed, you don’t have to suffer in silence.
WE UNDERSTAND YOUR INJURIES, BECAUSE WE’VE LIKELY TREATED THEM.
Most of our physician-attorneys are either current or past treating doctors in, collectively, a wide range of medical specialties. There is a good chance one or more of our physician attorneys have actually treated medical conditions similar to the ones from which you or your loved one now suffers. That translates into care and understanding as your Counselors, and know-how as your Advocates.
TIME- AND COST-SAVINGS FOR YOUR CASE
Any honest medical malpractice attorney will tell you that one of the greatest expenses in a medical malpractice case is having to pay physician experts to study the details of the medical issues in your case and, if necessary, provide testimony at deposition and trial. While even our physician attorneys may also need to hire outside medical experts for your case, our medical know-how allows us to perform a significant amount of the medical analysis necessary for your case in-house which may translate into significant savings at the conclusion of your case.
RAPID RESPONSE WITH SOLID ANSWERS TO YOUR SERIOUS QUESTIONS REGARDING YOUR CASE
Because we have in-house medical know-how, we can evaluate the medical questions in your case and provide answers without a lengthy wait. Our internal process involves getting the issues in your case quickly in front of the right physician attorney who, based on his or her medical experience and training, is most likely to have the answers you seek about whether you have a case and how we might help you get the compensation you deserve to help secure a brighter future for you and for your loved ones.
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