{"id":168,"date":"2016-02-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/woman-misdiagnosed-with-ms-filed-negligence-claim\/"},"modified":"2017-08-31T18:32:12","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T22:32:12","slug":"woman-misdiagnosed-with-ms-filed-negligence-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/woman-misdiagnosed-with-ms-filed-negligence-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman misdiagnosed with MS filed negligence claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In our last post we started a discussion on the different types of cases that may involve misdiagnosis. While a small misdiagnosis may be temporarily inconvenient and may cause some serious frustration, if an individual lives out their life not treating the proper condition, it can be devastating.<\/p>\n<p>As an example we can discuss a story that comes from abroad. Back in 1972 a woman was pregnant and started feeling weakness down her left side. The following year the woman was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Mayo Clinic website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/multiple-sclerosis\/home\/ovc-20131882\" target=\"_blank\">multiple sclerosis<\/a> (or MS) is a disease that affects the spinal cord and brain. Basically a person&#8217;s own immune system attacks a protective sheath in the body that causes communication issues between the brain and the body. Over time the condition can cause nerves to deteriorate and they may become permanently damaged. There is no cure for the condition, although there are some treatments that may help manage the symptoms.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/woman-misdiagnosed-with-ms-filed-negligence-claim\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Woman misdiagnosed with MS filed negligence claim\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our last post we started a discussion on the different types of cases that may involve misdiagnosis. While a small misdiagnosis may be temporarily inconvenient and may cause some serious frustration, if an individual lives out their life not treating the proper condition, it can be devastating. 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