More than 289,000 people a year sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) after being involved in a car crash. When the brain is injured, there may be no symptom, but this does not mean that there is no brain injury. We’ve all heard stories of people who get out of the car, help save other victims and then collapse into a coma. This is because brain injury symptoms may not develop until the brain swells hours or even days the accident. For this reason, all California car crash victims should be seen by a medical professional and they should know the symptoms of traumatic brain injury.

The symptoms of brain injury vary and depend on the part of the brain that is injured. The most common symptoms of brain injury include:

Anxiety, nervousness
Behavioral changes
Irritability
Depression
Difficulty concentrating or thinking
Difficulty finding words or understanding the speech of others
Difficulty swallowing
Dizziness
Headache
Lack of coordination
Loss of balance; difficulty walking or sitting
Lightheadedness
Blurry or double vision
Loss of memory
Muscle stiffness and/or spasms
Seizures
Sleep problems
Slurred and/or slowed speech
Tingling, numbness, pain, or other sensations
Sense of spinning (vertigo)
Weakness

If you experience any of these symptoms in the weeks following a car accident, see your doctor.

To learn more about your rights of Orange County car accident victims, contact the Newport Beach personal injury attorneys at Allen Flatt Ballidis & Leslie at 866-981-5596.

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