A traumatic brain injury (TBI) from a car crash could affect you for the rest of your life. While a mild concussion may not cause lasting symptoms, a moderate-to-severe TBI could cause significant changes to your life. The worst brain injuries may leave someone...
Personal Injury
Can a brain injury lead to blindness?
When most people think of someone who is blind, they either assume that the person was born blind or that they slowly lost their vision over time. And, certainly, this is true in many cases. But blindness can also be caused through injury. Say you get involved in a...
Grappling with the sudden loss of a limb
Losing an arm or a leg in an accident can be excruciatingly traumatizing. Not only will you probably have to learn how to function with a prosthetic limb, but your way of life has been changed permanently. Things you used to do without even having to think about them...
Knowing the signs of a brain injury may help minimize its damage
When severe or catastrophic injuries occur, victims need immediate medical intervention to increase their odds of recovery, and in some cases, survival. Most accident-related injuries come with obvious symptoms. For example, you will probably notice a broken arm or...