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Birth injury
Injuries during childbirth can occur as a result of difficult delivery, an unusual position of the baby, or as a side effect of using manipulation with forceps or other assisted delivery devices.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
35 year experience in Pediatrics
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A 30-year old asked:
What are the most common causes of birth injury?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Birth injury?
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A 44-year old asked:
Medical negligency the cause of birth injury like they say in tv ads?
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A 40-year old asked:
Are all birth injuries avoidable?
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A 24-year old asked:
Explain the condition called a birth injury.?
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A 24-year old male asked:
Is there anyway to get records of birth or any kind of problems that could have happened during it? Im tryin to figure out if there was a birth injury, To see if I can help the doctors with a diagnosis?
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A 39-year old asked:
I'am 18 with a birth injury my mom said. So can I go after compensation?
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A 44-year old asked:
What kind of a birth injury can lead to cerebral palsy?
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A member asked:
Can a birth injury such as shoulder displasia, which was not x-rayed, be detremined at a later date to have caused a broken clavicle?
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A 36-year old asked:
Who is the most sucessful brachial plexus birth injury treatment?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I have generalized dystonia from a birth injury. 3 years ago I had uveitis then cataract surgery. Is dystonia related to this?
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A 21-year old asked:
Is cerebral palsy the result of birth injury? how is different from a birth defect?
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A 27-year old female asked:
I was recently diagnosed with a rare form of cerebral palsy which I have from a birth injury. I had a peg tube because I still can't swallow. ?
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A 36-year old female asked:
I work as an X-ray technician&wear lead all day.I sustained birthing injurys resulting in bowel urgency etc &Im waiting for sacral nerve stimulator.Could the weight of the lead be making pelvic floor problems worse same as if i were overweight?
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A 29-year old female asked:
I have a feeding tube in my stomach for 3 years due to oropharyngeal dysphagia. About 2 years ago I developed a chronic cough and 2 months ago I developed excessive drooling. What can this be? I have cerebral palsy which is from a birth injury.
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A 33-year old asked:
If my first son had a brachial plexus injury at birth, what are the chances that my next child will as well?
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A 38-year old female asked:
How can I find out if my underactive thyroid is from iodine deficiency? Could my underactive thyroid be from a muscle injury or birth control?
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A 48-year old female asked:
Comment of previous injury to the nerve that affects my first rib pain (ligament tear)! I have a twisted c2/c3 from birth. Can this affect it?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Is it okay to use ultrasound heat therapy on my thoracic area due to injury but there is also a cyst on my spine thats been there since birth?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I twisted my right knee and ankle on 7/26/12. I had an MRI on 4/29/13, after the birth of my son. The MRI showed an injury to meniscus. Why is the pain worsening after physicaltherapy? What should I do next?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Just a quick question, Is it riskly for a person who once had a lumbar spine fracture injury to give normal birth?
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A 24-year old male asked:
What treatment to ask for to relax muscles? Possible neurological condition Possible brith injury Hypothetically it is one of the possible, what should I ask for?
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A 41-year old asked:
What is the mean cost of birth?
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A 37-year old asked:
What are some alternative birth methods?
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A 36-year old asked:
Please explain what exactly is virgin birth ?
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A 46-year old asked:
What are some pros and cons of a home birthing?
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A female asked:
Do you have any tips for having an unmedicated birth?
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A 40-year old asked:
I was wondering what are some pros and cons of home birthing?
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A 34-year old asked:
What is healthy way to give birth?
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A 45-year old asked:
Why is it so painful to give birth?
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