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Helping Those Who Have Lost a Limb, New York Personal Injury Lawyers

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Helping Those Who Have Lost a Limb

When someone loses a limb, that person faces a long and difficult struggle in regards to medical challenges, psychological challenges and financial challenges.  When someone loses a limb because of the actions of someone else, that person needs to take immediate steps to secure the help that he or she needs to enforce his or her legal rights.  Anyone who finds themselves in this situation needs to contact New York personal injury lawyers who have handled these situations in the past as soon as possible, and below is a look at each of the challenges an amputee will face.

Medical Challenges

When someone loses a limb, that person will need immediate surgery that could actually be life-saving in nature.  Whether that surgery involves the complete removal of a partially-severed limb or the closing off of a wound that remains after a limb has been lost, this step can be critical in terms of stopping the bleeding and staving off infections.

After that initial and critical step has been taken, there are several other medical challenges that an amputee will face.  The first involves whether or not to make use of a prosthetic limb.  If the amputee decides to take this step, he or she will have to relearn several basic motor skills and learn how to make use of that limb in a manner that maximizes his or her quality of life.  Regardless of whether that patient makes use of a prosthetic limb, a long period of rehabilitation will be necessary.

Psychological Challenges

The psychological turmoil that results from the loss of a limb begins almost immediately.  One of the first issues that often arises involves what can be excruciating ‘phantom pains’ that emanate from the limb that has been lost.  These pains are real and involve tangible suffering, as any medical expert will explain.

In addition, the amputee must deal with several powerful emotions that can include anger, frustration, fear, anxiety, depression and any number of other powerful emotional forces that can affect any person’s outlook on life.  Enduring these periods of emotion will substantially lower the quality of life for anyone.

Financial Challenges

Finally, an amputee must also face the prospect of enormous medical bills, lost income and ongoing costs for equipment, equipment maintenance and rehabilitation.  Many amputees must sacrifice certain steps that could be necessary because they are simply not financially feasible given all of the costs that are being incurred and the income that is being lost.

Therefore, anyone who has lost a limb because of the actions of someone else owes it to themselves to take immediate steps to protect and enforce their legal rights.  Contact the New York personal injury attorneys at Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald today to schedule a free initial consultation.