Traumatic brain injury is a huge problem in the United States. Every year people die from brain injuries and even more people suffer partial or permanent disability.
Estimates indicate that at least 1.7 million Americans sustain a head injury each and every year.
A blow to the head from a car accident, a bump or even a jolt as well as penetrations into the skull, can cause brain injury. Fortunately, not every blow to the head causes brain injury. Some however do cause serious injury.
Head injuries are categorized from mild to severe. And the results of a blow to the head are sometimes unknown after an accident. In a recent blog post I noted the case of a Houston woman he was in a minor fender bender and believed herself uninjured at the time of the accident. The woman exchanged insurance information at the accident scene and went home. The next day, due to headaches, she went to the hospital and she died in hospital 10 days later due to a head injury.
Be particularly wary of lapses of consciousness after a car accident, dizziness, headaches or change in personality after a car wreck. If you have any of these symptoms get checked out promptly.
Many people in car accidents go to the emergency room only to be x-rayed and discharged sometime later. Those people assume because they were checked out they were okay. That is a mistaken assumption, please read your discharge instructions if you suffer headaches, dizziness, lapses in memory or other symptoms after the accident and go back to your preferred medical provider for assistance as you may be suffering from a head injury.
