If you or a loved one has suffered a brain injury, you may be facing a lifetime of recovery. A brain injury doesn’t affect just the person who is injured, it affects everyone around them. You and your family may find it hard to work, hard to pay bills, and in need of constant additional help and support. When your brain injury is caused by another person’s negligence, a brain injury lawsuit may help you get compensation so you can pay bills and get the assistance you need.
Brain injuries as a result of an accident where the head is impacted can cause lifelong medical complications and require an experienced legal advocate who can assist the victim and their family with obtaining the necessary long term care they may need. A Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) may result from an incident where there is an event which has caused a violent movement, a sudden jolt or impact to the head and can cause post-concussion syndrome, and serious, permanent brain damage, paralysis, and even death.
What Are the Major Causes of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)?
There are several types of brain injuries that can occur as a result of accidents where a violent movement, a sudden jolt or impact happened to the head. Below is a list of the more common accidents in which brain injuries can occur:
Vehicle accidents – Head on collision, side impact collision, rear end collisions resulting in head jolts and impact with hard objects within the vehicle or outside on the ground
Motorcycle accidents
Fall injuries
Assault
Struck or Hit by a tool, machine, or object in or around industrial apparatus
Closed Head Injuries
A closed head injury is one that doesn’t penetrate or open the skull. Instead, the injuries are internal. The most common closed head injury is a brain concussion. The skull encases and protects the brain. Inside the skull is a cerebrospinal fluid. The fluid acts as a shock absorber to protect the brain upon impact. When the impact is severe enough, the cerebrospinal fluid moves, and the brain hits the skull.
Symptoms of Closed Head Injuries:
Loss of consciousness, even briefly
Headaches
Fatigue
Irritability
Confusion, inability to concentrate, or short-term memory loss
Problems with sight, smell, or hearing
Weakness or numbness in your legs, arms, fingers, or hands
Pain in your jaw (temporomandibular joint pain, or TMJ)
Nose bleeds
Open Head Injuries
An open head injury is one where the force of an impact on the head is significant enough to penetrate the soft tissue of the head and scalp into the skull. When this occurs, the skull can fracture.
