Blog: Birth Conditions
- Warning Signs and Implications of a Bulging Fontanelle
Jul 19, 2024
If Your Baby has a Bulging Fontanelle after Experiencing a Traumatic Birth, It May be a Sign of a Serious Health Condition that can Damage them for Life Newborn babies have soft spots on their heads where the skull’s formation is incomplete. The fontanels are spots where skull bones have yet to close to form a completed skull, the sutures being where the skull bones connect. The spots allow the baby’s head to mold to...Read More - Securing Compensation for Your Child’s Hepatitis B at Birth
Oct 13, 2023
A mother with the virus may not know she has it until tested for it because she may not have symptoms. However, she can pass the virus to her baby as a carrier and develop liver damage, failure, and cancer over time. The virus is transmissible through blood and other bodily liquids. Moreover, pregnant women with the condition may be more likely to miscarry, deliver prematurely, develop high blood pressure, and experience placental abruption and...Read More - Does My Child Have a Kernicterus Claim?
Jun 16, 2023
Infants May Suffer Extreme Complications, Permanent Neurological Impairments, and Possibly Death when Kernicterus Occurs. Annually, 60% and 80% of newborns develop jaundice, characterized by yellowish skin and eyes. Full-term babies fall on the lower end of the range, and premature babies on the higher. Typically, mild jaundice is not problematic and resolves on its own. However, a more dangerous jaundice can threaten a baby’s life. Kernicterus or brain damage develops in newborns from excessive bilirubin in...Read More - NJ Sickle Cell Anemia Attorneys
May 6, 2022
Representing Victims of Failure to Diagnose, Misdiagnosis, and Lack of Testing for Sickle Cell Diseases Sickle cell anemia is a disease that affects the red blood cells, making spherical cells into crescent or sickle shapes. Since the red blood cells are misshapen, unbendable, and sticky, they do not flow through blood vessels easily and become stuck. As a result, they constrict the oxygen flow to the body and cause blockages when the cells disintegrate in...Read More - What Being Born Blue Could Mean for Your Baby
Mar 12, 2022
When a Newborn’s Skin is Blue in Color after Birth, it may be a Sign of Serious Health Complications Some babies are born with blue-tinged skin, gums, or fingernails. Normally, their blood becomes fully oxygenated after five to ten minutes, and the blue disappears. However, when the blue tint does not disappear, a baby may not be receiving enough oxygen and they may require immediate medical attention. This condition, referred to in the medical literature...Read More - Meconium Aspiration Syndrome
Aug 7, 2021
New Jersey Meconium Aspiration Birth Injury Attorney So much goes on at birth that the laboring mother knows or cares little about while in the throes of working hard to deliver her baby. While she braves contractions, the fetus also experiences the trauma of contractions, compression in the birth canal, and their entire world fundamentally changing. Before delivery, the world of the developing fetus is warm, protected, and convenient. Nutrients are delivered into their body...Read More - When Your Child has Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (PPHN)
Mar 5, 2021
Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, or PPHN, is a very serious medical condition that affects an infant’s heart and lungs, ultimately limiting their ability to circulate enough oxygen. Although PPHN only occurs in 2 out of every 1,000 births, the consequences can be deadly. Statistically speaking, there is a roughly 20 percent chance that an infant with PPHN will die even when immediate medical treatment is rendered. For those infants who survive PPHN, it...Read More - Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL)
Mar 15, 2020
If your child has been diagnosed with Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL), you may be wondering what this condition actually is, how it develops, and if the medical professionals involved in your and your baby’s care may have taken steps to prevent it. PVL is among the primary causes of cerebral palsy and it is the most common form of brain injury affecting premature infants. The condition, which occurs when there is cell death in the white...Read More