Compartment Syndrome

After you’ve been through a serious accident and sought medical treatment, you most likely assume that your worries are behind you now. But there is always a chance you might develop a serious condition known as compartment syndrome. This syndrome can leave you partially paralyzed and in excruciating pain. Sadly, compartment syndrome usually develops from lax medical care, meaning that your pain and suffering was caused by someone else’s poor decisions.

If you find yourself suffering from compartment syndrome in Dallas due to someone else’s negligence, then you are entitled to proper compensation. We at The Lenahan Law Firm want to be the ones to get it for you. With our help, you can achieve a settlement to pay all your costs, with enough left over for you to relax while you recover. For a free case evaluation, call our skilled team at (214) 295-1008 today. We just want to help you get what you already deserve.

In each of your limbs you have what are called compartments. These compartments are made up of groups of muscles, nerves, and blood vessels. To protect them, the compartments are covered in a thick, rigid membrane called a fascia. The fascia helps give your limbs their shape and provides important support to your arms and legs. Without these compartments and fascia, you would not be able to move as freely as you do.

However, there is a downside to the rigidness of the fascia: when the muscles inside a compartment become bruised, torn, or otherwise injured, they may begin to swell. Swelling is a normal response to injury, and in most cases, it should not present much of an issue. But when the swollen muscles begin to hit the fascia, the fascia is not able to expand, leaving the muscle with nowhere to go. This is called compartment syndrome, and it can lead to serious and dangerous consequences.

When the muscle inside of a compartment begins to swell, and it has no place to go due to the rigid fascia, the result is a buildup of pressure. This pressure will continue to build as the muscle continues to swell. The pressure will squeeze the blood vessels and nerves in the compartment, cutting off blood flow to the compartment, which, in turn, can cause the muscle to slowly suffocate. Without blood, muscles cannot get any oxygen, which can cause them to start to die.