Washington DC Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

The Washington DC traumatic brain injury lawyers of Anastopoulo & Clore, LLC explain the types of complications associated with TBI such as concussions, contusions, penetrating trauma, and secondary injuries.

Everyone has bumped his or her head at one point or another. However, as brilliantly engineered as the human skull is, the wrong type of impact can lead to TBI. TBI occurs when a blow to the head results in damage to the brain. TBIs are classified by severity from mild to severe. When a person suffers a head injury in Washington DC and has a brief change in mental status or loss of consciousness, this is considered a mild TBI. Concussions are classified as a mild traumatic brain injury. Severe TBIs can lead to loss of consciousness for hours or weeks resulting in permanent disability. Any TBI, whether mild or severe, can result in short- or long-term disability.

Types of Traumatic Brain Injury

There are different types of traumatic brain injury:

• Concussions collision of brain with the skull as a result of impact
• Skull fracture: breaking of the bony skull
• Contusions/bruises which result from blows to the head and occur at impact points where the brain has been driven against the ridges inside the skull
• Penetration injury – bullets, nails or other objects enter the skull
• Hematomas occur between the skull and the brain or inside the brain itself
• Laceration or tearing of the lobes or blood vessels of the brain
• Nerve damage also known as diffuse axonal injury, which are damages to the nerve cells in the brain's connecting nerve fibers due to shearing forces inside the skull created by the blow.

TBI Consequences

TBI may result in life shifting changes of various severities in one or more areas, ranging from thinking, speech, physical functions, and social behavior. The consequences of TBI can last a lifetime. However, some people may be able to recover and resume their normal life.

The complications of TBI can affect a person’s physical or mental state. For example:

• Memory loss
• Problem-solving difficulties
• Judgment and consequential thinking
• Loss of reading and writing skills
• Language problems
• Communication problems
• Loss of abstract thinking
• Weakness
• Muscle coordination problems
• Full or partial paralysis
• Speech difficulties

Secondary Brain Injury

Secondary brain injury, which is defined as damage that evolves over time after the incident, has a wide range of problems that can include:

• Brain swelling (edema)
• Epilepsy
• Fever
• Cardiac changes
• Hematoma
• Hypertension/hypotension
• Anemia
• Abnormal blood coagulation
• Lung changes
• Nutritional changes

If you have sustained a brain injury you need the experienced representation of traumatic brain injury lawyers in Washington, DC who understand the complications of TBI as well the long-term requirements for therapy and the financial impacts of that.

Contact the Washington DC brain injury attorneys of The Law Offices of Anastopoulo & Clore at (866) 377-3093, or submit our web form, to schedule a free initial consultation.