Kidneys

The kidneys are a vital organ located deep within your abdomen which are protected by your 'core': your stomach and lower back muscles and your rib cage. If you damage your kidneys, the symptoms may include nausea and vomiting, fever, passing blood, the inability to pass urine or pain and swelling in your abdomen. Traumatic injury is the most common cause of kidney damage, often suffered in road traffic accidents or sporting injuries, and if such an injury was a result of someone else's negligence you may be able to claim for compensation.

Treatment for kidney damage (as well as levels of compensation awarded for kidney injury compensation claims) will of course vary according to the severity of the injury. Minor kidney damage may simply treated with pain medication, while more severe damage could result in an operation and - ultimately, in the most severe of cases - the removal of the damaged kidney.

Kidney damage can also be caused by exposure to certain chemicals and toxic materials without the sufficient ventilation. For instance, some printers who worked with a hazardous substance called 'toluene' in their daily work developed kidney disease as a result; these printers successfully claimed for this as an industrial disease. Whether your kidney damage is severe or temporary, caused by trauma or exposure to hazardous substances, if it was as a result of someone else's negligence you may have the right to claim compensation.