Nerve Damages Following a Car Accident
Car accidents’ factors play big role in contribution of what extent an accident be in terms of severity and what are its damages inflicted to the victims. Generally, it could range from minor to severe or even fatal injury. Some forms of injuries from car accident are broken bones, traumatic brain injuries, spinal injuries, and lacerations.
One injury that most overlook is nerve damage. There is a big chance of obtaining though since there are around 7 trillion nerves spreaded throughout an individual’s body and any of these nerves are exposed and sensitive to violent force and even stretched out could cause an issue which will transition into a threat.
Many victims of car accidents are unknowingly settled with their proposed personal injury claim without detecting having a nerve injury as symptoms only appear when it is severe already. And, some nerve pain or damages can’t be proven empirically, so it is hard to seek compensation for these injuries without any assitance of professional legal firm.
In this blog, we are going to discuss early symptoms of nerve damages, its severity, manifestations and essential ideas that people should know after being involved in either minor or major accidents as it is possibly sustained from both.
Common Injuries that are related to Nerve Damages
- WhiplashWhiplash is caused by sudden forward then back jolts which result in neck injury or trauma. Even though whiplash mainly affects the muscles and soft tissues in the neck, it can also damage nerves surrounding it. Pain could be chronic when it is severely damaged and/or left unchecked.
- Spine strikesIf your back or spine itself has been included in the impacted regions in your body, nerves in the area may be bothered through being pinched or compressed which could result in pain, weakness, tingling and numbness, sometimes these symptoms go all together.
- Secondary nerve injuriesIf in the course of accident, if the victim sustained broken bones, internal injuries, and bruises it seemed that nerves in those regions could be damaged. Some could be severed from an open wound injury or stretched or squeezed in the impact.
Symptoms of Nerve Damage
Sensation of pain are not severe during the event of an accident because of adrenaline which keeping an individual to finish the event, pain in specific parts are felt after adrenaline is out. Specifically, nerve damages symptoms are usually pain and notable symptoms which are related to all sustained injuries such as broken bones. Here are some symptoms that victims should watch out for and seek medical attention immediately when felt:
- Numbness and weakness in limbs
- Throbbing and/or burning pain in affected regions
- Thermal sensitivity
- Paralysis and failing coordination of limbs
- Either inability to sweat or excessive sweating
- Sudden drops in blood pressure
Ryan Injury Lawyers
If ever one of your family members or closests friend has been involved in an accident who have sustained either minor or significant injuries and even a possible case of amputation because of possibly a driver has shown apparent negligence and recklessness and caused an accident and render the victim to have life-threatening injuries and condition, you can always refer help from a professional experienced injury lawyer to smoothen things out as your hired lawyers can help you decide from their factual and legal advices and can help you sort things out legally rather than settling over cash offer without damage calculation and future’s regards.
Ryan Injury Lawyers is an Ohio based injury lawyer that represents victims of personal injury caused by car accidents, medical malpractice due to medical professional’s negligence, and even wrongful death against large companies, agencies and even individuals. We have 40 years of experience doing our service in this field and evidently successful with our civil litigations. Call our office now for free legal consultation.