A concussion, traumatic brain injury (TBI), or closed head injury can be caused by car accidents or falls during dog attacks. They are difficult injuries because they can cause many different types of physical, cognitive and emotional symptoms, and can be difficult to treat.
Having worked with medical experts on many personal injury claims – including concussions and TBI – brain injury lawyer Gary R. Johnson understands the nuances of the law and the science of the injury, and can help you obtain a fair and just outcome.
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A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a brain injury from a blow or jolt to the head or body from a motor vehicle accident or another force causing injury to the brain.
A traumatic brain injury can occur by a blow or jolt that does not fracture or penetrate the skull. This is called a closed head injury because the brain is injured even though the skull remains intact.
A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury or closed head injury.
Common causes of TBI or closed head injuries are motor vehicle collisions, assaults, sports injuries whiplash or other strong forces.
Symptoms of traumatic brain injuries or closed head injuries can include a wide variety of physical, sensory, cognitive or mental symptoms depending on the severity of the injury.
Symptoms of moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries include the above as well as other more severe symptoms such as persistent headaches, repeated vomiting, dilation of the pupils and seizures.
Children with traumatic brain injuries or closed head injuries often will not tell you that they’re having symptoms of a traumatic brain injury so keep a lookout for:
If you have been in a traumatic accident such as a car crash, pedestrian or bicycle accident, or had a sports injury, watch for the above symptoms.
Also make note of the last thing you remembered before the accident and the first thing you remembered after it. The G.R. Johnson Law firm has worked with medical expert neurologists, neurosurgeons and neuropsychologist, and they have advised that the longer the period of memory loss before and after a traumatic event, the more likely a traumatic brain injury has been sustained.
Medical providers will often order a brain or cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to help diagnose whether you have had a traumatic brain injury. However, people can still have traumatic brain injuries even though they have a negative or normal brain MRI.
