What is Glomus Tumour Subungual Misdiagnosis

Can I claim glomus tumour subungual misdiagnosis compensation against my doctor? The tumour was particularly painful, and it took a month before I was finally able to get a proper diagnosis.

It is possible to make a claim for glomus tumour subungual misdiagnosis compensation when you have visited a doctor and have had the tumour misdiagnosed. This is provided that a competent doctor should have been able to diagnose the glomus tumour subungual promptly under the circumstances. A glomus tumour subungual is possible to treat effectively; although one important aspect of the condition is that these tumours are usually benign. A malignant glomus tumour subungual is exceedingly rare.

A glomus tumour subungual could be misdiagnosed as a haemangioma or venous malformation by an inexperienced doctor and, due to the condition being unlikely to have been seen previously in a patient by a GP, obtaining a correct diagnosis initially may have been unlikely, especially if the symptoms were atypical of the condition. Inexperience does not mean that it was not medical negligence and, if this can be demonstrated, a claim for glomus tumour subungual misdiagnosis compensation will be possible.

However, due to the benign nature of the condition in most cases, although the delay in treatment of a month led you to experience continued pain it is unlikely to have led to deterioration in the condition, or have made treatment any less effective than if the correct diagnosis was made more quickly. This can have a significant bearing on your entitlement to compensation for a glomus tumour subungual misdiagnosis. It may be possible for glomus tumour subungual misdiagnosis compensation to be awarded for your continued suffering; however if this was the only problem caused by the misdiagnosis, it may not actually be worth your while to make a claim for compensation.

In all cases of glomus tumour subungual misdiagnosis compensation, it is highly beneficial to seek professional legal advice. A medical negligence solicitor would not only be able to tell you if a claim for glomus tumour subungual misdiagnosis compensation is possible, but also the likely chances of success and whether the value of any glomus tumour subungual misdiagnosis compensation award would make a claim worthwhile.

Wrong Diagnosis of Follicular Lymphoma

Can I claim follicular lymphoma wrong diagnosis compensation after being misdiagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and having a delay in treatment?

As with any misdiagnosis of a medical or dental condition, it is possible to make a claim for follicular lymphoma wrong diagnosis compensation. The criteria that need to be satisfied for you to be eligible to make a follicular lymphoma wrong diagnosis compensation claim are as follows:

In order for a claim for clinical negligence to be possible – and successful – the misdiagnosis must amount to medical negligence. This means that the failure to diagnose the condition must have been due to an error of judgement, inexperience or incompetence of the doctor concerned. It must be proven ‘on the balance of probability’ that this was the case, and that a competent doctor would have been able to spot the symptoms and make the correct diagnosis. For a follicular lymphoma wrong diagnosis compensation to be successful, you must also have come to harm as a result of the misdiagnosis, and this must have been avoidable had an alternative course of action been taken.

There can be a number of problems associated with compensation for follicular lymphoma wrong diagnosis, which are due to the nature of this form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. As such you should speak with a medical negligence solicitor for advice about your individual case.

Follicular lymphoma is considered indolent – this is a medical term meaning very slow growing. This means that a delay in diagnosis may not have caused you to come to any harm as a result. Without a ‘personal injury’ caused by a delay in treatment, or if the condition has not deteriorated significantly between the misdiagnosis and correct diagnosis, there can be no compensation for follicular lymphoma wrong diagnosis awarded.

Follicular lymphoma wrong diagnosis compensation may not be possible because it may not have been reasonable to expect this form of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma to be diagnosed quickly. The condition is often asymptomatic, or only involves the swelling of one or more lymph nodes. If there is no family history of the condition, even a competent doctor may easily miss the proper diagnosis initially.

In many cases this form of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is not curable in its advanced stages. However if you had a chance to have the condition treated in the early stages, and the misdiagnosis meant that the cancer was allowed to advance to an untreatable stage, you will almost certainly have a very strong claim for follicular lymphoma wrong diagnosis compensation.

Due to the complications of follicular lymphoma wrong diagnosis compensation claims, a medical negligence solicitor should be consulted before deciding to pursue a claim. Eligibility is particularly complicated to determine, and the chances of successfully claiming follicular lymphoma wrong diagnosis compensation will need to be fully assessed.

What to do about Wrongly Diagnosed with Bipolar

I was wrongly diagnosed with bipolar disorder by my GP, and have recently been diagnosed by a specialist as having unipolar depression. Can I claim compensation for being wrongly diagnosed with bipolar?

Being wrongly diagnosed with bipolar disorder is certainly a valid reason for making a claim for medical negligence compensation in a UK NHS hospital. Just as a misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder can result in a compensation award, being told that you have a particular mental health disorder when you do not similarly can result in an award of compensation.

In your case, being wrongly diagnosed with bipolar disorder has meant that your actual health problem has been allowed to continue untreated and, if you have been receiving treatment for bipolar disorder, the medication you were on could have adversely affected your health. Treatment for the two disorders is not the same.

In order to be eligible to make a claim for compensation for being wrongly diagnosed with bipolar disorder, you must have sustained an injury or been caused harm as a result of being wrongly diagnosed with bipolar. Although it will no doubt be distressing to know that you could have received the correct treatment for your condition much earlier, under UK medical negligence claims law your health must have suffered as a result of the misdiagnosis and this must be proven ‘on the balance of probabilities’ to be the case by a qualified bipolar specialist. If you use a medical negligence compensation solicitor to pursue your case, consultations with relevant medical experts will be arranged to help substantiate your compensation claim for being wrongly diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

Since medical negligence law is particularly complicated, it is always wise to seek professional legal advice as soon as possible after you suspect that being wrongly diagnosed with bipolar was due to medical negligence of your doctor. You also only have a fixed time frame for preparing a case and initiating legal action, and a medical negligence solicitor will be able to advise you on how long you have left to make a claim. You must also make a formal complaint to the NHS if you believe that your doctor has been negligent by wrongly diagnosing bipolar disorder, and this needs to be completed as soon as possible after medical negligence is suspected.

What to do about Misdiagnosis of a Stroke

Is it possible to claim compensation for a misdiagnosis of a stroke which left my son brain damaged?

The misdiagnosis of a stroke can have serious repercussions for health, yet the symptoms of a stroke can easily be confused with other illnesses and disorders, especially in an emergency room. The symptoms of a stroke may be subtle, and the age of a patient may see the symptoms interpreted as another illness or condition, especially with younger patients who fall outside of the typical age range of stroke victims.

Rapid treatment of the symptoms of a stroke can seriously reduce the damage caused, and the administration of medication to break down any blood clots and restore blood flow to the brain can reduce the chance of brain damage. While compensation for misdiagnosis of a stroke can in no way make up for the injuries your son has suffered, it may be possible to claim medical compensation to recover any costs, and to pay for medical care as a result of the misdiagnosis. We advise you to consult a specialist medical negligence solicitor to look at your case, to help determine whether the misdiagnosis of a stroke can be deemed to be negligence on the part of the doctors.

A doctor in an emergency room or GP may well underestimate the severity of the symptoms described, and may not associate flu-like symptoms, slurring of speech, blurry vision, balance problems and headaches as signs of a stroke. The misdiagnosis of a stroke is surprisingly common, especially in emergency rooms. Patients have been released from an emergency room with diagnoses such as alcohol intoxication, inner ear infections, vertigo or simple colds and flu, only later to suffer a severe attack which has led to paralysis, brain damage and death. In such cases, when the symptoms have not been accurately diagnosed, or a doctor has made a grave error in diagnosis, it is often possible to claim compensation for misdiagnosis of a stroke and a specialist medical negligence solicitor should be consulted for advice. The case will be investigated and a panel of expert medical professionals asked to review your case to see if the diagnosis of a stroke was reasonable given the circumstances at the time and the symptoms displayed.

If your son was suffering from symptoms of a stroke out of hours, and an on call doctor was consulted and refused to attend and administer treatment, and the symptoms of a stroke were misdiagnosed as something far less serious, you could also be entitled to claim compensation for misdiagnosis of a stroke.

Suing a Hospital Doctor for Misdiagnosis

Is suing for misdiagnosis compensation possible against the NHS? How can I tell if I am eligible to make a claim for a misdiagnosis?

Suing for misdiagnosis compensation is the right of any NHS patient, provided that they have been misdiagnosed with an illness that has caused them to come to harm, and that a correct diagnosis of a condition would have prevented harm coming to a patient. Suing for misdiagnosis compensation requires certain criteria to first be satisfied and compensation is not possible for every medical misdiagnosis, and the individual circumstances of each case must be properly assessed.

In order to determine eligibility to sue for damages, you should speak to a specialist medical negligence solicitor for advice. After giving an account of your symptoms, the examinations and tests that you had, and the diagnosis and treatments that were provided by the doctor, a medical negligence solicitor will be able to tell you if suing for misdiagnosis compensation is possible.

The standard criteria which apply when suing for misdiagnosis compensation is that there must has been a failure in a duty of care to you as a patient, that the breach in a duty of care has caused you to suffer an injury, experience a loss or come to harm as a result. You must also demonstrate that had a correct diagnosis been made, that injuries, loss or harm were avoidable. When suing for misdiagnosis compensation, you must be able to establish ‘on the balance of probabilities’ that this was the case.

To do this requires professional medical opinion to be sought.  In order to prepare the strongest possible case, a medical negligence solicitor would be able to arrange consultations with medical professionals best suited to give their opinions on your case.

Before suing for misdiagnosis compensation you must notify the NHS of a complaint. If a complaint is not made to the NHS, suing for misdiagnosis compensation will not be possible. When the NHS has been notified of your complaint, the circumstances surrounding your misdiagnosis, and has been given time to respond, it will then be possible to start the process of suing for misdiagnosis compensation.

A medical negligence solicitor will be able to help you prepare the NHS complaint letter, and will advise you what must be included, and how the complaint letter should be structured. Once a reply has been received, the process of suing for misdiagnosis compensation can begin.