TBI is a severe and potentially fatal consequence of a car accident. TBI can have a severe and lasting impact on your physical, financial, emotional, and mental health.
WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR BLOOD IN A CAR ACCIDENT?
Your car absorbs the kinetic energy of the impact from a car accident. You may feel your head bounce back and forth or hit your head against the car’s interior. These movements can cause your skull to shake, twist, or move.
Your brain can sustain mild to severe injury depending on how serious the crash was. You may experience bruising, bleeding or permanent damage to your brain’s tissues and nerves.
WHAT IS A TBI IN THE EVENT OF A CAR ACCIDENT?
TBI may not present immediately after an accident. The CDC states that mild concussion symptoms may not appear until hours or days following an accident.
WHAT ARE THE COMMON TYPES FOR BRAIN DAMAGES CAUSED BY CAR ACCIDENTS?
Closed brain injuries are the most common type of brain injury in car accidents. This means that the skull is not damaged. Common TBIs in car accidents are:
- Concussions is a general term that refers to mild brain injuries
- Contusions – bruising the brain tissue
- Lacerations The brain tissue or cerebral blood vessel shear or rip
- Diffuse Axonal Injury: The nerve fibers within the brain tear or break
WHAT ARE THE COMMON SYMPTOMS TRAUMATIC BRAIN INFJURY?
TBI is a condition that affects the brain and can cause many symptoms. Even mild TBIs can have long-lasting effects, such as:
- Headache and dizziness
- Feeling lightheaded
- Confusion
- Tinnitus (earrings)
- Vision impairments
- Tiredness, fatigue
- Sudden changes in behavior or moodiness
- Impairment in cognition (difficulty concentrating, thinking clearly, or remembering details)
- Loss of coordination
TBIs may be more severe in some cases.
- Vomit
- Experience seizures
- Do your pupils have unevenly dilate pupils?
- Slurring words; difficulty speaking
- Feel weak or numb
- Enter a coma
TBIs, regardless of severity or symptoms, are considered medical emergencies and should be evaluated by a doctor.
CAN THE BRAIN HEAL FROM TRAUMATIC BRAIN DAMAGE?
TBI recovery is complicated. If your brain tissue is damaged or destroyed by a TBI, it can be permanent. You may need rehabilitation depending on how severe your TBI was. Rehabilitating from a mild TBI is not an easy task. A person with a TBI can take many months or even years to get back to normal.
Summarized from an article by Berg Injury Lawyers.
