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Traumatic brain injuries are common in car accidents, falls, and other activities. <\/span>According to the Brain Injury Association of America<\/span><\/span><\/a>, 2.4 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) every year. Yet TBI is often never diagnosed or treated. People who strike their head in a minor car wreck or fall sometimes laugh it off. “I just hit my head. I’m okay.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Possible TBI should never be treated lightly. Impacts to the head can damage the brain, and the swelling that follows an injury can sometimes cause further damage. Even a minor injury can cause difficulty learning or remembering new information, dizziness, vision problems and other effects. Some symptoms can even become permanent if not treated. A TBI may even increase your risk of developing Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia.<\/p>\n

How do you know if you have suffered a traumatic brain injury? You are at risk any time you have experienced a significant impact to the head. Sometimes striking the head is not even necessary to cause a TBI. A whiplash-type impact can develop enough force to cause damage to the brain. You should always seek medical treatment if you have experienced an impact to the head in a car accident, or a fall from more than three feet, or any impact severe enough to stun you, even momentarily.<\/p>\n

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Traumatic brain injuries are common in car accidents, falls, and other activities. According to the Brain Injury Association of America, 2.4 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) every year. Yet TBI is often never diagnosed or treated. People who strike their head in a minor car wreck or fall sometimes laugh it off. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-injury"],"yoast_head":"\nHave I suffered a head injury? — Idaho Law Blog — February 12, 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Traumatic brain injuries are common in car accidents, falls, and other activities. 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