Signs of Birth Injury Facial Paralysis and Available Treatments

Areas where parents could detect signs of facial paralysis in their newborn infants include:

• Mouth: The infant’s mouth can be affected due to loss of nerves, so the muscles around the lips can appear weak due to this injury. Parents can often identify this injury when their infant cries, and the two sides of the mouth do not move the same direction.

• Eyelid: Sometimes one of the infant’s eyelids will not close properly. This symptom can be easily detected and should be brought to the attention of the medical staff immediately.

• Face: The newborn’s face is typically affected because the lower part of the facial nerve is what is commonly injured in facial paralysis birth injuries. One side of the face may have no movement and, when the infant is crying, the face below the eyes may not look even.

There are treatments available for facial paralysis, including:

• Surgical procedures

• Plastic surgery

• Physical therapy

• Speech therapy

If your baby was injured at birth in South Florida, you need to find out your rights to financial compensation from an experienced birth injury attorney. Call a skilled Fort Lauderdale birth injury lawyer at Chalik & Chalik today at (888) 539-5297 for a free legal consultation.