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American researchers, including those funded by the foundation set up by former Superman actor Christopher Reeve, are working to ease the pain and trauma caused by brachial plexus injuries.
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy. Its research includes work into pain and other complications of spinal cord injuries.
A major area of concern to many parents of babies with brachial plexus injuries is often management of pain, which can be chronic and extreme, and which does not generally respond well to many painkillers.
Children with a birth-related brachial plexus injury vary widely regarding pain. Some experience no pain, as their sensation is diminished; others are hypersensitive to pain as well as to any stimulus. Some may eventually experience pain on the unaffected side because they chronically overuse their uninjured arm for everyday activities.
Some brachial plexus injuries may heal with little or no treatment. Many children improve or recover by three to four months of age with physical and occupational therapies used in a range of motions. Some children appear to have recovered but then may have secondary issues months or years later.
The healing process starts from the shoulder muscles, then the arm and finally reaches the hand. More serious injuries occasionally require surgery.
Making a birth injury compensation claim
While nerve damage and temporary paralysis from brachial plexus birth injuries usually heal with time, parents may feel that their baby has suffered pain and stress unnecessarily or has been subject to medical negligence from a birth injury and may wish to pursue a compensation claim.
We will deal sympathetically with your case as we are experts in dealing with personal injury compensation claims of this kind. We will do our best to recover your costs and achieve the highest-possible compensation for you and your child.
Call us now on 0800 10 757 95 and we will take you step-by-step through the claims process and inform you of how you can make a brachial plexus injury compensation claim today.
