Brain Injury Lawyers

Mobile, Alabama

Traumatic brain injury can occur either as an open or a closed injury. Open injury can be caused by penetration as a result of violent impact. Closed injury occurs without penetration, through jostling, shaking, and collision of the brain with the skull.

Both open and closed brain injury can have devastating results, often leaving victims with impairment of their mental abilities-including intellectual, mood, and social skills; compromised sensory abilities (sight, smell, taste); and physical limitations such as impaired range of motion, difficulties maintaining physical control of the body, and compromised physical endurance.

Because of the frequently severe and long-ranging effects of injury to the brain, it is important to be familiar with some of the warning signs of brain injury:

• Fatigue
• Poor memory, confusion, and other signs of intellectual impairment or 'slowness'
• Difficulty sleeping, excessive sleeping, or other disruptions in normal sleep patterns
• Ongoing head and neck pain
• Changes in mood, irritability
• Lightheadedness, dizziness, and loss of balance
• Blurred vision

While many of the symptoms of brain injury may also occur as a result of the stress of an accident or other factors, the complexity of the brain and the difficulty in diagnosing brain injury make it particularly important that those who have suffered a head trauma be aware of the symptoms and seek medical help if they suspect they've suffered a brain injury.

For more information on the types of injury common among accident victims, and for help getting the compensation you need, call Long & Waite today for your free, no obligation consultation.

 

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