The changes a woman’s body goes through during pregnancy are nothing short of miraculous. Under normal circumstances, her body knows what to do and makes the appropriate adjustments without incident. However, not everyone is quite so lucky. For instance, abnormal...
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Month: October 2020
Recognizing the signs that birth injuries may have occurred
Many soon-to-be mothers, including many here in Oregon, want nothing more than to have a healthy child at the end of their pregnancies. For this reason, they may have at least some trepidation about what could potentially go wrong. The truth is that a large number of...
Mirror syndrome is a rare but critical condition
A prior blog (“Hydrops fetalis could put an unborn child at risk,” Aug. 26, 2020) discussed the risks that hydrops fetalis poses to an unborn child. While that condition is serious enough, it could lead to an even more dangerous condition called “mirror syndrome,”...
Medical negligence during the differential diagnosis process
Many Oregonians may be unfamiliar with the term, “differential diagnosis,” but practically anyone who has gone to a doctor for a new ailment has been subjected to this medical process. The differential diagnosis method allows a doctor to work through a patient’s...