What Injuries Are Common after a Car Accident?
If you ask Big Al, or any other personal injury attorney, you will quickly discover that certain injuries have a higher rate of occurrence than others after a car accident.
Of course, depending upon the details of your particular crash, including the severity of the collision itself, any number of injuries could have occurred. And these injuries may have caused harm to an assortment of different areas of your body.
That being said, the purpose of this article is to examine the injuries that are most common following a car accident.
Injuries to Your Head
Mild concussions and traumatic brain injuries are common following a car accident.
These are both known as closed head injuries. In other words, there will not necessarily be any obvious signs of damage, such as bruises or lacerations.
But just because there are not obvious or topical signs of injury, the brain may have sustained serious damage when impact occurred. The force of the impact may have caused the brain to collide with the skull, resulting in internal bleeding or bruising.
Injuries to Your Neck
When most people think about car accidents, their first thought is injuries to the neck. These sorts of injuries after often dismissed as whiplash.
In reality, you may have sustained more complex injuries, including damage done to a disc in your spine.
Injuries to Your Back
Injuries to your back usually refer to damage done to the spine. This includes sprains, fractures, and strains.
Much like injuries to your neck, harm caused to your back may not be immediately evident. It can often take some time to pass after a car accident before symptoms become evident. Sustaining an injury to your back could potentially result in pain or discomfort that persists for years to come.
Injuries to Your Face
When an accident happens, there is great potential for damage to be done to your face. This is because your face may collide with any number of objects, such as the dashboard, airbag, windshield, side window, or steering wheel.
Further, flying debris – including glass – could cause cuts, scrapes, and bruises.
Facial injuries resulting from automobile accidents may sometimes result in a broken jaw or missing teeth.
Injuries to Your Mental Well-being
Aside from physiological injuries, the psychological impact an accident may have is just as relevant. For instance, if a passenger loses his or her life in an accident, it is apparent that this will have an impact on the driver. This impact is usually characterized by emotional distress, depression, or other symptoms that closely resemble post-traumatic stress disorder.
What You Need to Know about Car Accidents
With any luck, severe accidents have been known to result in minimal injuries. At the same time, what may appear to be a minor accident could result in severe injuries.
It is difficult in many cases to assess the severity of injuries at the time of the accident. Injuries will oftentimes not become evident until several hours or even days after an accident has occurred.
No matter whether you consider an accident big or small, it is recommended that you seek medical attention right away to evaluate your condition and your injuries.
It is also a good idea to solicit the advice of a personal injury attorney, such as Attorney Big Al.
What to Do After a Car Accident
If you have been injured in a car accident in Florida, you may need professional legal representation.
You may be entitled to compensation for medical bills, lost wages, as well as pain and suffering.
You should not have to suffer alone as a result of someone else’s negligence.
That is the philosophy of Attorney Big Al, who can be reached at 1-800-HURT-123.
Big Al is ready and available to discuss the particular details of your case. Consultations are always free, and if Big Al determines that you are entitled to compensation, he will fight on your behalf.
Best of all, you will not pay a dime to procure his serves unless he is able to recover money for you.
Car accidents can be serious or even fatal; therefore, don’t wait. If you have been involved in a car accident, call Attorney Big Al today to evaluate what needs to happen next.
We are here to help you and give you the compensation you deserve. Reach Barzakay Law Firm.