Bladder injuries, just as for injuries to the bowel, tend to be from blunt or penetrating trauma - a road traffic accident, a severe slip, trip or fall, or a physical assault. Bladder injuries are often highly serious and can be fatal, however prompt medical diagnosis and treatment means that, caught in time, the prognosis is good.
Therefore, bladder injuries that were suffered as a result of an accident, slip, trip or fall or assault that was someone else's fault can give rise to a personal injury compensation claim. Similarly, if you believe that your bladder injury was made far more serious due to a misdiagnosis or poor medical treatment, you may have a case for a clinical negligence claim.
Bladder cancer is largely caused by smoking but also by exposure to certain harmful chemicals in the workplace and cases of the latter can be the basis for successful industrial disease claims. Chemicals that are potentially hazardous in this way include some used in the manufacturing of plastics, dyes, rubber and petroleum and some used in the printing, gaswork and tyre industries, as well as the chemical industry itself.
Chemicals can enter the bloodstream through inhalation, ingestion or bodily contact and while the kidneys can filter them before they reach other parts of the body, they stay in the urine in the bladder where they can cause a cancerous tumour to develop. Like any other type of illness or cancer caused by industrial disease, bladder cancer contracted in this way is incredibly distressing and can be fatal. If this issue has affected you or someone you know then talk to one of our team for advice.
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