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Symptoms, such as pain, numbness, weakness, and disruption in temperature sensation, may be limited to one side of the body. Syringomyelia can also adversely affect sweating, sexual function, and, later, bladder and bowel control. A typical cause of PTS would be a car accident or similar trauma involving a whiplash injury. [citation needed]
This can be by form of a trauma, or by disease and genetics. Examples of trauma include a car accident, stroke, epilepsy, and head trauma. [9] These traumas are especially detrimental to children and the elderly due to decreased brain matter, increasing the risk that trauma may damage the cerebellum.
Pulmonary contusion is the most common cause of death among vehicle occupants involved in accidents, [72] and it is thought to contribute significantly in about a quarter of deaths resulting from vehicle collisions. [25] As vehicle use has increased, so has the number of auto accidents, and with it the number of chest injuries. [39]
The last car I had was a 30 year old piece of junk that I only stopped driving cuz I got t-boned and the car was totaled. ... barring no crazy symptoms. It’s just a cold. Kid falls and gets a ...
A demonstration of a common mechanism of a hangman's fracture in a car accident. The mechanism of the injury is forcible hyperextension of the head, usually with distraction of the neck. This commonly occurs during judicial hanging, when the noose was placed below the condemned subject's chin. When the subject was dropped, the head would be ...
The condition is difficult to detect and may go unnoticed, because many patients have no specific symptoms. Diagnosis is further complicated by the fact that many patients with the injury experienced multiple other serious injuries as well, [10] so the attention of hospital staff may be distracted from the possibility of aortic rupture. In fact ...
Regardless of the state you live in, you have at least a year from the date of the crash to file a claim for bodily injury, which can give you time to get medical care and assess injuries that may ...
Symptoms of CTE, which occur in four stages, generally appear eight to ten years after an individual experiences repetitive mild traumatic brain injuries. [6] First-stage symptoms are confusion, disorientation, dizziness, and headaches. Second-stage symptoms include memory loss, social instability, impulsive behavior, and poor