Philadelphia Radiation Exposure Attorneys

Brain Damage

Reports issued by the FDA, the New York Times, state medical boards and other sources indicate that hundreds of stroke patients who underwent brain perfusion scans received massive radiation overdoses and are at significant risk for brain damage and other serious health risks. As many as 150,000 of these scans are performed every year to determine blood flow to the brains of suspected stroke victims, who are now at risk for radiation overdose brain damage, cancer, genetic damage and other life-threatening conditions. The FDA's investigation into GE Healthcare CT scanners is ongoing but their findings indicate that poor product and software design, operator error, a lack of safety measures and other factors contributed to the radiation overdoses. As health problems and medical bills mount, many of these victims will have to contact experienced GE CT scan radiation attorneys, such as those at Anapol Schwartz, to pursue damages to help with medical and other expenses.

Serious Brain Damage Affects Relationships, Alters Behavior and Diminishes Quality of Life

GE Healthcare and Toshiba manufacture the CT scanners under investigation by the FDA. Thus far, the GE CT scanners are responsible for delivering the massive radiation overdoses. Victims of radiation overdose brain damage frequently experience the following conditions in the months and years after the radiation exposure:

• Radiation necrosis or radiation encephalopathy
  This results in massive loss of brain tissue and impaired brain function. The brain cells become necrotic and accelerate the death of cells in surrounding tissue
• Metastatic brain tumors
  A mass lesion in the brain that grows progressively larger, affecting mood, vision, hearing, speech, coordination, reasoning, motor control and other bodily functions, causing seizures, severe headaches, strokes and other life-threatening conditions
• Dementia
  The overdose compromises the neural pathways of the brain, causing gradual loss of control of bodily functions and sensory perception and impairs the brain's ability to interpret sensory input, causing random, uncontrolled verbal and physical outbursts. This eventually results in the victim being in a permanent vegetative state
• Neurotoxicity
  Radioactive toxins damage brain tissue and alter the normal function of the neurons and other structures of the brain, causing weakness, loss of coordination, memory and muscle control, and impairing the brain's ability to process and act on sensory input

These conditions are only a few of the conditions that radiation overdose brain damage victims experience. Suffice it to say, that radiation damage is a permanent and largely untreatable condition, which grows progressively worse over time. Palliative measures can attenuate the symptoms somewhat, but victims grow increasingly dependent on caregivers and eventually die from brain tissue loss.

A Huge Financial and Emotional Burden for Family Members

The families of radiation overdose brain damage victims must contend with the horror of watching a loved one deteriorate and the financial hardship of paying for their care. Victims require home health care and eventually must live in assisted living facilities, which severely strain finances. With the assistance of Anapol Schwartz's experienced Pennsylvania radiation exposure lawyers, families in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey can pursue damages to help defray these and other costs and get their loved ones the help they need. If you're looking for a GE scanner lawyer in PA, WV or NJ to review a potential lawsuit, call today at 1-866-735-2792 to schedule a free consultation.

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