Can I Sue a Doctor for Failing to Detect a Kidney Stone?

If your doctor failed to recognize, diagnose, or treat your kidney stones, you may have a medical malpractice suit on your hands. When a licensed medical professional misdiagnoses or misidentifies a kidney stone, you can sue the doctor.

Some examples of negligence and malpractice include failure to:

• Take proper tests.
• Assess baseline vital statistics.
• Locate a second kidney stone after the removal of the first.

Consequences of Misdiagnosis of Kidney Stones

The consequences of an untreated kidney stone are potentially fatal. The following is a list of the side effects, symptoms, and outcomes of a kidney stone that goes untreated.

• Excruciating pain
• Difficulty urinating
• Renal system failure: includes kidney and liver failure.
• Infection
• Limb amputation
• Septic shock: bacteria in the blood results in a severe drop in blood pressure along with organ and respiratory failure.
• Death

While death is an extreme outcome, the risk of death is very much present when the organ responsible for cleaning your blood is infected. You should sue the doctor who failed to recognize and treat a very common health problem.

What Should I Sue For?

If you manage to somehow survive your misdiagnosed or undiagnosed kidney stone, you should sue the doctor for everything you can get. People die from this type of problem regularly. You could have died as a result of the practicing physicians failure to treat your condition properly.

When you sue, at a minimum, attempt to get compensation for your:

• Costs: Medical and other
• Pain and suffering: Kidney stone pain is comparable to childbirth. As such, you deserve compensation for your untreated pain and anguish.
• Additional treatment and surgeries: When you were correctly diagnosed, you incurred additional medical bills that should be compensated by the at-fault practice.
• Lost time: Work income lost due to time off should be paid.

Provide the court with expense details to help in their assessment of your case. Collect the medical reports proving that your condition was misdiagnosed along with any other supporting documentation. The more evidence you provide, the more likely you are to win your case.

When Fighting the Medical Industry, Your Lawyer Can Help.

Your lawyer can help you with sue a doctor whose misdiagnosis could have resulted in your death. From collecting medical professionals to use as witnesses to representing you during your trial, a lawyer can add their insight and expertise to your case.