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Common Injuries Resulting From Car Accidents

Car accidents can cause many different injuries, to virtually any part of your body depending on the circumstances of the crash and severity of the impact.

Brain and Head Injuries:

One of the most common and debilitating injuries suffered by drivers and passengers is an Common Injuries Resulting From Car Accidentsacquired brain injury caused by the head being hit or hitting an object violently (called a traumatic brain injury). Symptoms can be mild, moderate, or severe, depending on the extent of damage to the brain and the area affected. Even when there is no visible sign of trauma, the brain may have been jostled inside the skull due to the force of impact causing bruising, bleeding and swelling of the brain.

Neck Injuries:

Another common form of injury from a car accident is neck injuries, which can occur in more mild forms such as whiplash and neck strain, to more serious injuries like cervical dislocation and disc injury.

Spinal Cord Injuries:

The damage to the spinal cord is caused when displaced bone fragments, disc material, or ligaments bruise or tear into spinal cord tissue, destroying axons, the part of our nerve cells that carry signals up and down the spinal cord between the brain and the rest of the body. Damage to the spinal cord often results in loss of function or feeling.

Back Injuries:

The lower back is the most common site of back injuries, including sprains and strains, herniated discs and fractured vertebrae. These injuries can cause pain and limit your mobility. Sometimes the symptoms of the most serious back injuries can take some time to show up after an accident. Unfortunately, back injury can cause long lasting pain and discomfort.

Facial Injuries:

In a car accident, injuries to the face are common and can be caused by the steering wheel, dashboard, airbag, windshield, side window, car seats or shattered glass. These injuries range in severity from scrapes and bruises, to laceration and fractures, even serious disorders affecting the jaw and serious dental injuries.

Internal Injuries:

The impact of a motor vehicle accident can cause internal injuries including, injuries to bowels, kidneys, the spleen, liver, lungs, heart, or aorta. Fractured ribs are also quite common, causing punctured lungs and damage to other internal organs.

Psychological Injuries:

Motor vehicle accidents involving severe injuries and even loss of life, can result in drivers and passengers suffering short or long-term psychological injuries such as emotional distress, posttraumatic stress disorder, persistent anxiety and depression. These psychological injuries can affect every facet of a person’s life and have long lasting effects.

The most important thing to do after a motor vehicle accident is to see your doctor immediately!! Even if you don’t think your injury is severe, get checked out right away. Many times patients don’t realize that they have suffered a significant injury immediately after a car accident. Symptoms will often develop, days after the accident has occurred. Dr Jeff J. Mollins (with over 25 years of experience) is an expert in the diagnosis , treatment, and documentation of injuries sustained in automobile accidents. If you are in a car wreck, go see Dr. Mollins. Dr. Mollins will perform a detailed history and a thorough orthopedic and neurologic examination. He will then place his patients on a comprehensive treatment regimen. Dr. Mollins works with a large group of referred medical professionals (neurologists, orthopedics, pain management doctors etc.) so that no matter what the ailment is, it can be treated efficiently, and professionally. Dr. Jeff accepts no-fault insurance (as well as his referred medical specialists), so there is absolutely no “out of pocket” expenses…So remember, if you are injured in a car accident, call and see Dr. Jeff J. Mollins as soon as possible.

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