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Are you suffering from a head injury? They are a common type of injury resulting from a car accident.

Being in a car accident is a dangerous event. There are many possible injuries that you may sustain and one of the most serious ones is a traumatic brain injury. Did you know that car accidents cause between 50-70% of the brain injuries people have each year? Traumatic brain injuries occur when a person’s head violently and suddenly hits an object or when an object pierces the skull and touches the brain tissue. Your symptoms and condition will depend on how hard you were hit in the head and how severe your injury is.

If you sustain a serious or severe injury caused by a car accident in Iowa, you may experience these symptoms as well as the ones listed below: repeated vomiting, a headache that won’t go away, weakness, slurred speech, loss of coordination, and increased confusion, seizures, and restlessness, dilation of one or both pupils.

Symptoms for a mild traumatic brain injury include, but are not limited to:
• Headache
• Possible confusion
• Light headedness
• Dizziness blurred vision
• Trouble with memory loss concentration, attention, or thinking
• Ringing in the ears
• Fatigue
• Behavioral or mood changes
• Change in sleep patterns

If you have suffered a brain injury (what some medical providers call a head injury or concussion with post concussive syndrome) the main thing your doctor will be worried about is making sure you are getting a proper amount of oxygen and blood flow to your brain. Once you are stable, your doctor will perform a CT scan to determine what part of your brain has been injured and if you need surgery. Not all brain injury patients need to have surgery, but about half of severely injured patients do. If you or a loved one sustained a serious or severe brain/head injury then there is a serious risk of significant disability.

If you have signs of a brain injury you should see a medical provider immediately. Unfortunately, each year thousands of brain injuries are not properly evaluated and treated by medical providers, because some of the signs can be small. There are specially trained psychologists called neuropsychologists who can detect even minor changes in brain function.

If you are suffering from a traumatic brain injury due to a car accident in Iowa, Personal Injury Attorneys Corey J. L. Walker and Erik Bair offer a book about Iowa car accidents at no risk, cost, or obligation. The book is entitled “The Legal Insider’s Guide to Iowa Car Accidents- 7 Secrets to Not Wreck Your Case" is available at http://www.IowaCarAccidentBook.com or by calling 1-800-707-2552 (ext. 810) (24 Hour Recorded Message).

We offer our Iowa car accident book at no cost because we have seen firsthand how hard working Iowans have been taken advantage of by insurance companies. Iowans who have been injured in car accidents are beginning to realize that the other driver's insurance company is not there to help with the claim and it is a good idea to be educated about Iowa's car accident laws. Attorneys Corey J. L. Walker and Erik D. Bair have helped hundreds of Iowans across the state including but not limited to car accident victims in Des Moines, Iowa City, Newton, Marshalltown, Knoxville, Ames, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Waterloo, etc.