HOW COMMON ARE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES AFTER CAR ACCIDENTS?

WHICH CAR ACCIDENTS CAN RESULT IN TBIS?

During a car accident, you will typically be subjected to a sudden, violent movement.

This can cause your head to come into contact with your steering wheel, dashboard, or window, or a free-flying object could hit you.

A widespread injury to occur during these movements is whiplash.

Whiplash occurs when your head is violently thrown backward and then forward due to a force from behind.

When this happens, your brain could strike the inside of your skull at high speed, resulting in mild to moderate symptoms of a TBI.

Neck and back pain is also very common.

A front-end collision can also cause your vehicle to stop abruptly.

You will continue to move forward at the same rate of speed you were traveling before the impact while your car comes to a sudden stop.

This can also cause your brain to slam against your skull with violent force.

Your brain is subject to injury, and so is your face.

A severe injury to the face is often accompanied by a traumatic injury to the brain.

In a side-impact collision, your head will be thrown in the direction of the impact.

So, if your car was struck on the driver's side, your head will be thrown to the left.

This forces your brain to strike the right side of your skull and then back again, hitting the left side of your skull.

Your head trauma will be different depending on where your car is struck during a side-impact collision.

Being struck directly in the side will be much more destructive than being struck further in the front or the rear of the vehicle.

If an accident victim hits their head against the window or an outside object, it can result in lacerations on the head or fractures to the skull.

Shards of glass, debris, or even bone fragments could enter their brain and result in devastating, life-threatening wounds.

These injuries are known as open head injuries.

Since your skull is on about a quarter of an inch thick, a blow to the head with the force of impact that accompanies most car accidents can result in catastrophic and long-term suffering and lead to a long road to recovery.

EVALUATING AND DIAGNOSING TBIS

Cases of mild traumatic brain injuries have been hard to detect by physicians and were commonly diagnosed based on the patient's self-evaluation until recently.

Many mild cases were erroneously disregarded as minor.

But new research has found that even a mild TBI can cause substantial cognitive deficiencies.

Research has also found that diffusion tensor imaging can accurately find the location of a mild TBI, allowing doctors to customize a treatment plan for each patient.

MRIs and CT scans can also help pinpoint areas of moderate to severe brain trauma.

SPEAK WITH AN EXPERIENCED CAR ACCIDENT ATTORNEY

If you or someone you love has been involved in a car accident that may have caused a TBI, the first thing you need to do is see a doctor.

After that, you need to speak with an experienced brain injury lawyer.

If the negligent actions of someone else caused your accident, you might be entitled to receive compensation for a TBI.

The Brown Firm has decades of experience helping car accident victims, and they are ready to help you today.

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