Should You Be Evaluated For a Brain Injury After A West Palm Beach Motor Vehicle Accident?

When the head strikes the steering wheel, windshield, car door or another object during a West Palm Beach car accident, the force of the impact can cause injury to the brain, including brain bleeding, brain contusions and brain fractures. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) refers to any injury to the brain caused by an outside force. TBI is a leading cause of death and disability for persons under age 45. More than half of all reported traumatic brain injuries are the result of an automobile accident.

However, you may sustain a traumatic brain injury in a West Palm Beach car crash without hitting your head. When you suddenly stop from the impact of a car crash, your brain keeps moving and can strike the inside of your skull. This kind of injury can cause internal bleeding and bruising of the brain.

Common Car Accident Brain Injuries

• Concussion: A concussion refers to the bruising of the brain. Some concussions have long term effects.
  
  Anoxic brain injury: Anoxic brain injury that when blood flow to the brain is disrupted, usually this occurs because of bleeding in the brain or swelling of brain tissue.
  
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  Skull fracture: A break in the bone surrounding the brain. Often these fractures heal without medical intervention, but the brain tissue beneath the fracture may require surgical repair.
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  Countercoup Injury: In a countercoup injury, the brain hits one side of the skull. The impact causes the brain to rebound and hit the other side of the skull causing further injury.
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  Diffuse Axonal Injury (DAI): A diffuse axonal injury occurs when the movement of the brain in the skull causes breakage or shearing of the nerve fibers in the brain. The effects may be temporary or permanent and symptoms may be mild or debilitating.
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  Epidural Hematoma: An epidural hematoma is a blood clot that forms between the skull and lining of the brain and puts pressure on the brain. Epidural hematomas may cause significant damage, so surgery is required to relieve the pressure.
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  Subdural Hematoma: A subdural hematoma is a blood clot between the brain and the lining of the brain. Like an epidural hematomas, the swelling of a subdural hematoma may cause significant brain damage.

If you have any symptoms of brain injury after a Florida car crash it is important that you seek immediate medical attention. Untreated brain injury can lead to swelling of the brain and permanent brain damage.

Learn the symptoms of brain injury in our article: "Injured in A West Palm Beach Motor Vehicle Accident? Know the Symptoms of Traumatic Brain Injury."

West Palm Beach auto accident lawyer Craig Goldenfarb helps victims of South Florida car accidents get fair compensation from the insurance companies. If you have sustained a brain in a Florida car crash, you may be eligible for compensation for your hospital and doctor's bills, rehabilitation, therapy, lost income and lost earning capacity, diminished quality of life, and pain and suffering. But, the insurance companies don't want to pay that compensation. Read about common tricks that insurance companies use to minimize accident injury settlements in West Palm Beach auto accident lawyer Craig Goldenfarb's book "What the Insurance Companies Don't Want You to Know".

To schedule a free consultation to discuss your West Palm Beach car crash injury, contact the Law Offices of Craig Goldenfarb, P.A. at 800-GOLD-LAW.