“Can I file a law-suit for a CT scan that has caused damage to my body?”
Hi, my name is Victor Haley. I recently had my second CT-MRI performed, with a contrast agent and I had an allergic reaction to the drug. Now months later, I am experiencing some serious side effects. The side effects that I am suffering from are the same that the MRI patients, who used a gadalinium base contrast. Can a patient who had a CT scan, with iodion, file a law suit? That patient is also a diabetic with high blood pressure and kidney problems.
2 Answers
Yes, but you'll have an expert to back your claim or the judge will throw it out.
Hi,
I understand how frustrating it can be to have an allergic reaction to contrast that you received from a CT scan. Unless you told the technologist that you were allergic to the contrast and she proceeded to give you the contrast despite telling him or her, it is impossible to file and win a lawsuit in those cases or to prove that the symptoms you are having is directly implicated in the allergic reaction.
Kind regards,
Dr. Cox
I understand how frustrating it can be to have an allergic reaction to contrast that you received from a CT scan. Unless you told the technologist that you were allergic to the contrast and she proceeded to give you the contrast despite telling him or her, it is impossible to file and win a lawsuit in those cases or to prove that the symptoms you are having is directly implicated in the allergic reaction.
Kind regards,
Dr. Cox
