Things You Should Know About Infant Brain Injury in Kentucky

Most parents are aware of the fact that a child can suffer a wide array of birth injuries during the birth process. However, did you know that most of these injuries occur while the baby is passing through the birth canal?

What you may also not know is that one of the most serious types of birth injuries includes brain injuries. As you can imagine, a brain injury to a baby can be serious.

It is common knowledge that in a normal birth, the head is the first part of the baby’s body that enters the birth canal. While the baby is in the birth canal, the baby’s head is exposed to a lot of pressure, rendering the child to possible head and brain injuries.

Unfortunately, these injuries can be life threatening. The injury may cause bleeding in the baby’s brain or even cause the skull to become fractured.

What’s even more alarming is the fact that some of these injuries can be prevented and are sometimes caused by negligence. If your child has suffered a brain injury at birth then you owe it to yourself and to your baby to determine if the injury could have been prevented

If you or someone you know has a child who has sustained a birth injury that you think could have been avoided, you should contact a Louisville birth injury attorney at the Law Offices of Gray and White Law at (502) 637-6000 or (800) 637-6033.