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Seizures in newborns can not only be terrifying for the parents, they can also be damaging to the baby’s brain. After waiting for what seems like a lifetime for the birth of a child, neonatal seizures can throw the whole family for a loop. Neonatal seizures are seen in 1 in every 2 children born with cerebral palsy, a condition that was once thought to have no discernible cause until it was discovered that birth injury prior or during delivery may cause some forms of cerebral palsy. Seizures happen due to errant brain chemistry, injury or infection of brain cells, and they can be sporadic or regular, happening at intervals over the course of the day. If your child was born with neonatal seizures with no history of epilepsy in the family, they may have suffered from the aftereffects of physician negligence, a case that calls for filing a medical malpractice lawsuit in order to recover money damages and seek closure, something we’d be glad to help you with.

Are you looking for a seizures in newborns lawsuit attorney? Please call us NOW at (773) 825-3605 to learn more about how our birth injury and seizures lawsuit attorneys can help. The experienced medical malpractice lawyers at McCready Law have combined legal experience spanning 90 YEARS helping individuals just like you get the justice and compensation they truly deserve. What makes our best birth injury lawyers different is the fact that every case is handled by a real attorney, and not a paralegal. In addition, we are bilingual (hablamos Espanol), and we are ready to take cases to court to litigate them for maximum compensation, something that most birth injury law firms are wary of doing due to limited experience and the lack of resources. All cases are handled on a contingency fee basis, which means that there are NO UPFRONT FEES when we take on your case, something that should put you at ease as all cases fees are levied at the end of the suit, and only after we’ve recovered compensation on your behalf. Wherever you are in the country, we can help you with your newborn seizures lawsuit. Call us NOW at (773) 825-3605 to learn more about your legal options for justice and compensation – the call is ABSOLUTELY FREE.

What Can Cause Seizures in Newborns?

Decrease in oxygen levels at the time of birth causes a medical condition called hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, which is the number 1 cause of neonatal seizures. The lack of sufficient oxygen is usually due to hypoxia which means that there are low levels of oxygen in the blood. In addition, low or decreased flow of blood in the brain which is called ischemia is common when babies suffer birth injury due to the improper use of forceps or vacuum pump to remove the baby from the birth canal. In addition, mothers with high blood pressure during pregnancy, known as preeclampsia, may give birth to children with seizures due to the restriction of blood vessels that are responsible for the flow of blood to the unborn fetus.

Neonatal Seizures and Birth Injury Attorneys –Call Us Now!

If your child was born with neonatal seizures, you may be entitled to compensation on his behalf as long as we, your experienced birth injury attorneys can show that the physicians were negligent and therefore failed to prevent said seizures from happening. Want to know more? Please call us NOW at (773) 825-3605 to learn more about your legal options. Thanks, and we look forward to helping you.