Facing any illness effectively requires doing so with as much fortitude as possible and a proactive spirit that allows you to be your own advocate and gatherer of information. When the illness in question affects a child, it is up to the parents to take the role of advocate and do their best to put an effective team in place that will allow them to seek out the best medical care, as well as answer the extensive questions that are bound to surface on a daily basis.

Choosing the proper people to be part of such an advocacy team depends on the illness in question. Some illnesses, including Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn (PPHN) often require there to be legal, as well as medical, professionals involved to achieve the most successful outcome.

PPHN is a disease that affects newborn babies; and while it is certainly rare, its impact can be devastating. PPHN affects a newborn’s ability to pump blood to its lungs where the blood becomes oxygenated and oxygen is then delivered throughout the body. With PPHN, a baby’s arteries remain constricted and blood is not able to flow as it normally would. Babies with PPHN must be treated aggressively and sometimes even with proactive medical treatment, babies face respiratory distress and even failure.

Parents that are facing PPHN with their newborn obviously require a strong medical team around them to help them care for their child most effectively. But in addition, many parents of babies with PPHN look also to the legal community in the form of Paxil® attorneys in California. This is because PPHN has been strongly linked to the taking of Paxil® during pregnancy. In fact, pregnant women who continued to take – or started to take - Paxil® during pregnancy have a shown a six-fold increase in giving birth to babies with PPHN.

A strong team, including medical professionals and Paxil® attorneys in California, can help parents find the best possible solutions for their child.

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