Making a birth injury claim for Horners Syndrome

Horners Syndrome is usually characterised by drooping of the upper eyelid (known as ptosis) as well as loss of the ability to form facial sweat on the affected side. It results from damage to the sympathetic nerve (situated along the spinal cord and running between the brain and the eye).

Damage to the sympathetic nerve can be caused by various factors, including neck trauma, stroke and multiple sclerosis. Although relatively rare, it can also be caused by trauma at birth, and in such cases may result in legitimate grounds for a birth injury claim.

The most common factor behind birth injury claims for Horners Syndrome is a brachial plexus injury. The brachial plexus describes a system of nerves that encompasses the fingers, hands, neck and shoulders, and any trauma experienced by it at birth has the potential to irreversibly damage the sympathetic nerves.

Issues of medical negligence compensation for birth trauma Horners Syndrome may arise from any of the following examples of medical negligence:

• Incorrectly assessing the risks associated with the vaginal delivery of a large child.
• Failure to correctly assess the need for a caesarean section.
• Unreasonably forceful delivery of a child.
• Incorrectly managing problems associated with shoulder dystocia.
• Incorrect assessment of an unborn child's size and weight.
• Failure to diagnose or correctly treat diabetes in an expectant mother.

Birth injury compensation solicitors
Substandard or negligent medical care during the birth of a child can permanently affect the lives of the families involved. This is why claiming compensation for any injury and trauma suffered by either the child or mother is considered to be a legal right.

YouClaim's team of medical negligence solicitors contains a number of experts specially trained to deal with instances of birth trauma. All governed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, their services are available to the claimant at absolutely no costs or fees.

If you feel that a sensitive and skilled approach that offers you the absolute best chance of success is paramount to your expectations of legal representation, then YouClaim would be ideally suited to your situation.

If you would like to find out more about what we can do for you, you may wish to fill out an online claim form, request a callback or use our e-chat facility.

Alternatively, if you wish to speak with a legal advisor about your birth injury claim now, call us on 0800 10 757 95.