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Does Shoulder Dystocia In A Child At Birth Cause Future Complication?

my son was born with 3.800 kg and he had left shoulder dsylocatia in the time of delivery through vaccum and he had jitterness twice but he did not get that jitterness further and now he is good and active and he is normal whether he ll get further complications later
Mon, 27 Jul 2015
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Thank you for sharing your query on Healthcaremagic, I have carefully worked through your case, the babies with shoulder dystocia can develop temporary or permanent complications, the most common of these injuries are damage to the brachial plexus nerves, the potential long-term consequences depends on the nature and extent of the injury.
Fortunately most brachial plexus birth injuries are transient, the majority of such injuries resolve by 3 months, with a range of 2 weeks-12 months, only a 4 to 15 % result in some degree of permanent injury such as hand muscle imbalance, deformities of the shoulder and elbow and the compromised arm can be 10 cm shorter than the nonaffected arm.
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Wishing you a good health
Dr Tania Portelles-Driggs
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Does Shoulder Dystocia In A Child At Birth Cause Future Complication?

Thank you for sharing your query on Healthcaremagic, I have carefully worked through your case, the babies with shoulder dystocia can develop temporary or permanent complications, the most common of these injuries are damage to the brachial plexus nerves, the potential long-term consequences depends on the nature and extent of the injury. Fortunately most brachial plexus birth injuries are transient, the majority of such injuries resolve by 3 months, with a range of 2 weeks-12 months, only a 4 to 15 % result in some degree of permanent injury such as hand muscle imbalance, deformities of the shoulder and elbow and the compromised arm can be 10 cm shorter than the nonaffected arm. Please kindly rate if my advise has been helpful Wishing you a good health Dr Tania Portelles-Driggs