BRAIN INJURY ATTORNEY

• A traumatic brain injury occurs when an outside force impacts the head hard enough to cause the brain to move within the skull or if the force causes the skull to break and directly hurts the brain.
• A direct blow to the head can be great enough to injure the brain inside the skull. A direct force to the head can also break the skull and directly hurt the brain.
• A rapid acceleration and deceleration of the head can force the brain to move back and forth across the inside of the skull. The stress from the rapid movements pulls apart nerve fibers and causes damage to brain tissue.

• Spinal fluid (thin water-looking liquid) coming out of the ears or nose
• Loss of consciousness; however, loss of consciousness may not occur in some concussion cases
• Dilated (the black center of the eye is large and does not get smaller in light)or unequal size of pupils
• Vision changes (blurred vision or seeing double, not able to tolerate bright light, loss of eye movement, blindness)
• Dizziness, balance problems
• Respiratory failure (not breathing)
• Coma (not alert and unable to respond to others) or semicomatose state
• Paralysis, difficulty moving body parts, weakness, poor coordination
  Slow pulse
• Slow breathing rate, with an increase in blood pressure
• Vomiting
• Lethargy (sluggish, sleepy, gets tired easily)
• Headache
• Confusion
• Ringing in the ears, or changes in ability to hear
• Difficulty with thinking skills (difficulty “thinking straight”, memory problems, poor judgment, poor attention span, a slowed thought processing speed)
• Inappropriate emotional responses (irritability, easily frustrated,
• inappropriate crying or laughing)
• Difficulty speaking, slurred speech, difficulty swallowing
• Body numbness or tingling
• Loss of bowel control or bladder control.