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Common Car Accident Injuries

Injury Lawyer Discusses Whiplash and Other Common Car Accident Injuries

Any type of car accident can be highly destructive to the body and result in long-term and permanent disabilities. Even minor car accidents below five miles an hour can have severe and wide-ranging consequences to the brain, head, neck, spine, soft tissue, as well as bones, limbs, the nervous system, the endocrine system, and more.

Brain & Head Injuries after a Car Wreck

More than half of all traumatic brain and head injuries are caused by vehicle accidents in Texas. Traumatic brain injury, known commonly as TBI, is a brain or head injury where sudden force to the head or body causes damage to the brain. This type of force is common in car wrecks, especially if the head hits an object such as the steering wheel, window, or windshield. Damage to the brain during a car accident can vary and affect one or more parts of the brain with varying severity. A person with a traumatic brain injury may affect cognition, language, memory, attention, reasoning ability, physical functions, information processing, and speech.

Symptoms of traumatic brain injury can be mild, moderate, or severe, and may not be evident for several days to a week after the initial injury. Mild injuries may be accompanied by a brief loss of consciousness (usually a few seconds to a few minutes) at the time of the injury, as well as resulting headache, confusion, lightheadedness, blurred vision, dizziness, changes in sleep patterns, or general mood, and trouble with memory, concentration, attention or thought processes that may last up to a week after the initial injury.

Moderate or severe brain injuries often show similar symptoms as above but may be more severe and accomplished by vomiting, uneven dilation of the pupils, loss of coordination, weakness, slurred or disrupted speech, and an inability to wake from sleep. Half or more of those afflicted with severe brain injuries will require brain surgery.

If you or a loved one believes you are suffering from a brain injury following a car accident, seek immediate medical attention. Once medical personnel has reviewed you or your loved one’s injuries, contact our Law Office for a personal consultation regarding your legal rights and entitlements to ensure your medical bills and continuing future care is provided for by the party responsible for the auto accident. Our Texas car wreck lawyers have more than twenty years of experience filing insurance claims, creating demands for full payment from car insurance companies, and litigating brain injury cases in Texas. Call us today.