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Athetoid cerebral palsy is the second most common type, affecting 40 percent of those diagnosed, and it affects the portions of the brain called the extrapyramidal motor system and the basal ganglia. Identify the characteristics of athetoid cerebral palsy with information from a family doctor and occupational medicine specialist in this free video on conditions and treatments.

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Ataxic cerebral palsy only affects 10 percent of those diagnosed with this condition, and it results in severely uncoordinated movements. Understand the characteristics of ataxic cerebral palsy with information from a family doctor and occupational medicine specialist in this free video on conditions and treatments.

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At an age when other children were enjoying life’s priceless moments, Marlene Klepees had to face its cruelest tortures. Weighing less than two pounds at birth, she developed cerebral palsy, a disease that left her crippled… The Christian Broadcasting Network CBN http://www.cbn.com

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Sears Crawford, L.L.P. is a law firm dedicated to helping victims of medical negligence obtain answers, justice, and compensation. We are compassionate counselors who consider our relationship with each client to be a sacred trust. We focus on medical malpractice cases involving the use and misuse of medical technology and drugs.

We represent victims of kidney disease who have suffered harm because of dialysis treatment errors and dialysis equipment failure. We take action on behalf of families who have suffered the loss of a loved one through tracheostomy errors, ventilator errors, and feeding tube errors. We seek answers and compensation for victims of medication errors. Such cases are difficult and challenging. But we have the experience and knowledge needed to prevail, and put our resources behind every case.

For a free consultation with a medical malpractice lawyer at Sears Crawford, L.L.P., call 713.223.3333 or toll free at 800.617.6848, or visit www.claycrawford.com.

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Statute of Limitations

Treatment of a disease that is best effective starts with a precise diagnosis. The failure to diagnose an illness properly can lead to extended sickness and unnecessary medical complications.

Many factors come into play when correctly diagnosing a disease: an accurate assessment of symptoms, the doctor’s knowledge of the condition, effective laboratory testing and the patient’s ability to communicate symptoms.

Because identifying an illness is a complex process, misdiagnosis is one of the more common medical mistakes. Misdiagnosis comes in many forms, from failure to diagnose a condition to a partial diangosis. A partial diagnosis may misidentify the correct subtype of disease, miss medication causes, related conditions or certain complications associated with the disease. The failure to diagnose is defined as misidentifying the disease altogether.

Misdiagnosis follows certain patterns: some diseases are more difficult to diagnose than others, while some medical settings lead to misdiagnosis more frequently than others.

Infant conditions; mental, emotional and behavioral disorders; digestive diseases; rare conditions; and illnesses with vague symptoms can all be challenging to assess accurately.

• Infant conditions: Because infants cannot communicate verbally, diagnosing an illness is naturally more challenging. Doctors must be especially attuned to behavioral signals, such as eye-rubbing or ear-pulling as possible clues to identifying illness. A complete physical exam and lab tests also hold high importance when evaluating infants.
• Mental, emotional and behavioral disorders: The motivations and causes of human behavior range widely from one individual to another, making the correct diagnosis of these disorders difficult. In many cases, patients may not be aware of changes in their behavior or be able to accurately communicate changes in their moods or mental states. In addition, when diagnosing the illness, physical tests like urine or blood tests, may not be of use.
• Digestive diseases: Accurately diagnosing these illnesses present a challenge because of their similarity. Other digestive illnesses can have similar symptoms, which can make pinpointing the precise disease difficult.
• Illnesses with vague symptoms: Symptoms provide the clues a doctor uses to determine the type and cause of an illness. Identifying the underlying illness is hard to do when symptoms are not clear, brief or changing. For example, many conditions are associated with general fatigue, such as lupus, multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue syndrome, Lyme disease and hypothyroidism.
• Rare conditions: Diagnosing an illness depends, in part, on recognizing patterns and making correlations between symptoms. The easy classification of a rare condition can defied because they do not fit the familiar disease patterns. They may have the same symptoms of another disease and they may be diagnosed as another common disease. In addition, if a doctor have never came across a disease that is rare they are more likely not to correctly diagnose the illness.

The location of the patient’s diagnosis can also influence in how accuracy of the assessment. Emergency rooms tend to have a higher rate of a failure to diagnose a condition accurately. The time and environmental pressure involved in diagnosing patients in an ER help account for the greater incidence of misdiagnosis in this setting. Most malpractice cases are from the failure to diagnose patients correctly. Among the top misdiagnosed conditions leading to malpractice lawsuits are breast cancer, myocardial infarction, lung cancer and colon cancer.

The failure to diagnose a disease delays proper treatment and increases the probability of the disease causing harm. To be sure you received a proper diagnosis, getting a second opinion is the best way. Multiple opinions can be invaluable, especially when it comes to diseases that are inherently hard to diagnose.

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Massachusetts Senate Bill 2028 Relative to Prep & Response.
The Bill gives the police the power to forcefully quarantine, vaccinate, fine and even jailed for not complying with the law.

MA State Senator Bob Hedlund (D-MA) said he voted for it but would take his vote back if he could.

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