Miami Misdiagnosis of Abscess Attorney
Helping Victims of Misdiagnoses of Abscesses Throughout Florida
Abscesses can be extremely painful and dangerous, if left untreated. These pockets of pus within the body’s tissues can cause symptoms such as fever, swelling, fatigue, weight loss and other debilitating problems. Thankfully, most abscesses can be treated effectively with surgical drainage and antibiotics if they are diagnosed before they spread or rupture.
If they are not diagnosed and treated, abscesses can, however, lead to life-altering conditions, such as systemic infection, ruptures of adjacent tissue, inflamed blood vessels, abnormal organ function, muscle infections, prolonged fatigue and paralysis. Unfortunately, these adverse outcomes occur all too often because physicians miss diagnosing an abscess.
If you or a family member has been injured because an abscess was not diagnosed, you may be able to hold the negligent doctor accountable with a medical malpractice lawsuit. The experienced Miami medical malpractice attorneys of Boyers Law Group can help you in this endeavor. We are committed to helping you hold the responsible parties accountable for negligence and obtaining the substantial compensation you deserve for your medical expenses, lost income, pain, suffering, and other damages recoverable under Florida law.
Diagnosing an Abscess
Doctors should order the most effective tests for diagnosing a patient’s condition, but this is often not the case. If they haven’t conducted a thorough clinical evaluation, they might not order the appropriate radiologic test necessary to diagnose an abscess. Ultrasonography can detect some abscesses, but CT scans are more reliable, and MRIs are even more effective.
If doctors do not order an effective radiologic test or do not examine test results closely, they could entirely miss diagnosing an abscess. Without an accurate diagnosis and treatment, the infection can spread to other tissues, enter the bloodstream and cause tissue or organ damage. All of these conditions cause pain, physical impairment, fatigue and other serious physical problems.
Florida Medical Malpractice Lawsuits for Missed Diagnosis of Abscesses
If a physician failed to diagnose your abscess and you have been injured because of that failure, you may be able to file a Florida medical malpractice lawsuit to hold the negligent physician accountable and obtain the compensation you deserve.
In Florida, medical malpractice is defined as the failure of a health care provider to act in accordance with the accepted professional standard of care owed to you. When a doctor fails to act as a reasonably prudent medical provider of the same specialty would and causes a patient to suffer serious injury or wrongful death, the doctor may be held responsible for inflicting harm on his or her patients and the injured patient or family may be awarded compensation for medical expenses, lost income, pain, suffering, and other damages recoverable under Florida law
Boyers Law Attorneys Are Committed to Helping Florida Medical Malpractice Victims
At Boyers Law Group, we believe that negligent doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers should be held accountable for the harm and suffering they cause patients and their families when they miss diagnosing an abscess. We have litigated many types of missed diagnosis cases and have achieved millions of dollars of compensation for our seriously injured clients and their families.
If you or a family member has suffered because an abscess was not diagnosed, an experienced Boyers Law Group medical malpractice attorney with years of success in litigating and settling medical malpractice cases will help you seek and obtain justice. At Boyers Law Group, we feel a deep sense of responsibility to each client because we know that if you come to us for help, you have suffered a terrible loss and deserve answers and all the compensation the law will allow.
Please call us at 800.545.9100 or submit the “Tell Us What Happened” form on our website to get expert advice from an experienced Florida medical malpractice attorney. We will put our experience, knowledge, skill and resources to work for you, fighting vigorously to hold the doctor accountable for negligence and to obtain the substantial compensation you deserve.