A Personal Injury Lawyer Can Help With Delayed Accident Symptoms

Accidents are uncalled for situations, which have the potential to create havoc in an individual’s life. A car accident is one of the most common and prevalent types of accidents that could lead to injuries, pain, suffering as well as financial losses.

When this takes place without any fault of your own and entirely due to the negligence of a third party, you should seek the assistance of personal injury lawyers to file a case.

Now, in some cases, the injuries are quite visible requiring immediate treatment and then it takes some time to heal. In other instances, the accident symptoms or injuries are so delayed that proving that it was related to an accident and getting compensated becomes difficult.

That is why it is advisable to consult a doctor and go through a detailed medical examination right after you have been involved in an accident. However, it is essential to be aware of some of these common delayed accident symptoms that are severe but show up days or even weeks after the incident.

Concussion – A concussion is typically caused by a car accident where the victim’s neck is suddenly made to jerk back and forth violently and his/her brain bounces against the skull. The typical symptoms of concussion include confusion, dizziness, mood swings, lack of response and increased sensitivity to loud noises or bright lights.

While symptoms of concussions can occur within 3 days of the accident, it can often take several days or months. Rest and low key activities can dissipate concussion but if the symptoms persist, chances of some serious injury deep inside the brain. In such cases, you should immediately see a doctor.

Soft Tissue Injury – Soft tissue injuries involve damage to the ligament, muscles or tendon of your body. Soft tissue injury is a broad category that includes different types of injuries like whiplash injury and traumatic brain injury. While some of the soft tissue injuries show up immediately after an accident, many others tend to appear months after the incident.

When the latter happens, it becomes difficult to associate the injuries with the accident that took place quite some time ago. That being said, soft tissue injuries can take a lot of time to heal during which the victim might need to take physiotherapy sessions and other treatments. If you are diagnosed with a soft tissue injury several days after the accident, make sure that you are covered up for this injury and the subsequent losses with the help of your personal injury attorney.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) – This is perhaps the most ignored and delayed accident symptom that can affect a victim at a time when he is almost recovering from the physical injuries. PTSD is a mental disorder and it has symptoms like flashes of the accident, fear of driving, fear of bright lights or even a phobia of going out on the roads.

PTSD requires immediate medical attention and treatment and the medical expenses should be filed for by the attorney at law, on behalf of the accident victim.

The delayed symptoms of injuries from car accidents can range from being mild to threatening. If you or anyone you know of has suffered such an accident and is recovering from injuries, make sure that u talk to a professional personal injury lawyer.

Connecting the dots between the delayed injury symptoms and an accident is not easy. A personal injury lawyer with years of experience can help you put together your complex case and support it with evidence, so that you get what you rightly deserve.

The Law Offices of Alvin F. de Levie can help you with your personal injury case. Give us a call at 844-777-2529 to find out if your case qualifies and the amount of compensation that you could claim.