4th Degree Tear Claims and Medical Negligence
Talk to a medical negligence solicitor if you are struggling with the terrible symptoms of a 4th degree tear.
4th Degree Tear diagnosis
Fourth degree tears are an occasional result of vaginal childbirth and can be accompanied by a range of shocking and disabling symptoms as well as further possible appalling problems.
Competent maternity care in the period following the birth of a baby through the vagina is absolutely crucial to ensure that the new mother has not succumbed to one of these terrible injuries.
If it turns out that she has, an accurate diagnosis and prompt and effective surgical repair is required.
A failure by medical professionals at this crucial stage can leave a young mother struggling with the most awful bowel dysfunction which can affect her entire quality of life, her ability to work and support her child and her fundamental self-worth and self-confidence.
Unfortunately, the psychological impact can be devastating as well as the obvious physical and practical consequences.
4th degree tears
A fourth degree tear can occur when a baby is being delivered through the vagina. The pressure can trigger a tear which cuts through the perineum, through the anal muscles and into the lining of the anal canal. This can result in a fistula between the anus and the vagina which complicates a woman's symptoms still further. She may even need a stoma fitted to provide bowel function.
Claims for negligent care
If medical professionals are found to have contributed to this appalling scenario through failings of care, it should be possible for the new mother to claim compensation for the impact of that negligence.
Claims relating to fourth degree tears tend to relate to the failure of diagnosis and repair and may be based on findings that there was no perineal examination after the baby's birth or that there was an incorrect diagnosis, leaving the new mother with a severe but unrepaired tear to her anal sphincter.
A successful claim for compensation would address the financial losses which the negligent maternity care has caused such as a loss of income if the new mother is finding it difficult to work in her previous employment or needs to work reduced hours due to her disabling symptoms.
Speak to a legal specialist
Glynns Solicitors are specialists in medical negligence law and, over the years, have developed extensive expertise in severe and life-changing 3rd and 4th degree tears.
Contact us today to talk to a solicitor, free of charge, about the possibility of making a claim for compensation.
We can offer No Win No Fee medical negligence funding which we will discuss with you during your free initial telephone discussion.
Please call us on 0800 234 3300 (or from a mobile 01275 334030) or complete our Online Enquiry Form.
Make An Enquiry
Why Choose Us
- Specialist medical negligence solicitors
- Free initial enquiries
- No win, no fee available
Reviews
Our Expertise
Helping Clients Across England & Wales
