According to Stanford Health Care, there are four general types of brain injury:
- Primary brain injury
- Secondary brain injury
- Closed brain injury
- Penetrating brain injury
These different types of traumatic brain injury (TBI) may have different risks and symptoms. Knowing the possible signs of brain injury may help you or a loved one make a choice to seek medical attention.
Exploring Different Types of Brain Injury
Relevant warning signs may depend on the specific type of brain injury that you or a loved one has suffered. Consider the following brain injury types and corresponding symptoms, with details provided by Stanford Health Care.
Primary Brain Injury
The primary injury affecting your brain refers to the immediate effect of an accident. If you struck your head on your vehicle’s steering wheel, for example, your primary injuries may include the initial bruising caused to your brain by the impact. Primary injury may be a catalyst for secondary brain injuries.
Secondary Brain Injury
A primary brain injury may cause sudden effects that are damaging in their own right. It may also set off changes in your brain that are considered secondary injuries. These injuries may emerge and evolve with time and could worsen.
Closed Brain Injury
The category of closed brain injury is one that may be adjacent to a primary or secondary injury—they are not mutually exclusive. A closed brain injury refers to when the brain is not struck directly, as the skull is not penetrated as the result of the injury-causing brain damage.
These injuries could come from:
- Motor vehicle accidents
- Pedestrian accidents
- Sporting accidents
- Assaults
- Trip or slip and fall accidents
Any circumstances where you suffer brain damage, but the skull is not penetrated may be a closed brain injury.
Penetrating Brain Injury
As the name implies, a penetrating brain injury is one in which the skull is penetrated by some object that harms the brain.
This could happen under many circumstances, including but not limited to:
- Construction accidents
- Accidents caused by dangerous premises
- Gunshot wounds
These types of traumatic brain injury may result in unique symptoms and harm. A doctor may provide a diagnosis specific to your or your loved one’s injury and may provide a prognosis for recovery.
TBI May Be Reason to Bring a Lawsuit
A traumatic brain injury often causes permanent damage to your quality of life and may cost you financially and in other ways. At Dansker & Aspromonte Associates LLP, our lawyers have decades of experience in fighting for brain injury victims and ensuring that they recover substantial compensation for their physical, emotional, and economic injuries.
Some categories of damages which may be recoverable include:
- Pain and suffering for all physical and emotional injuries
- Loss of enjoyment of life
- Mental anguish
- Future pain and suffering
- Lost wages and benefits
- Future lost wages and benefits
- Hospital and medical expenses
- Medical equipment, adaptations, and medications
- Loss of services around the home
- Damage to the marital relationship
- Any other out-of-pocket expenses caused by the injuries
If a traumatic brain injury claims a loved one’s life, then your lawyer may pursue compensation for additional losses through a wrongful death lawsuit including funeral and burial expenses, loss of guidance, and loss of support.
Call Dansker & Aspromonte Associates LLP Today
The injury lawyers at Dansker & Aspromonte Associates LLP will fight for you and your loved ones’ best possible outcome. Call us today. Our lawyers are ready to help. If we agree to accept your case, you will not be required to pay any money upfront. We only collect a legal fee when we recover financial compensation for you.
