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Traumatic Brain Injuries Following an Aurora Motorcycle Accident 

A traumatic brain injury is different from a broken limb or a punctured lung. An injury to a limb will limit the use of the specific part of the body but a person’s personality and their mental abilities remain unchanged. Most often, these body structures heal and regain their previous functions. Brain injuries, unfortunately, do not heal like other accident injuries.

No two brain injuries are alike and the consequences of two similar injuries may be different. The consequences of sustaining traumatic brain injuries following an Aurora motorcycle accident can be life threatening, if not fatal. If you or a loved one have been involved in a motorcycle accident and sustained a traumatic brain injury, get in touch with an injury lawyer who can advocate for you.

How Traumatic Brain Injuries Result From a Motorcycle Accident

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when an external mechanism or force causes brain dysfunction. TBI usually results from a violent blow or jolt to the head or the body. A good example is when a motorcyclist strikes their head on an object.

Symptoms may appear right away or may not be present for days, weeks, or months at a time after the subject injury. One of the consequences of a brain injury is that the person often does not realize that a brain injury has occurred so a mild traumatic brain injury may cause temporary dysfunctions of the brain cell whereas a more serious brain injury can result in bruising, torn tissues, bleeding, and other physical damages to the brain that can result in long-term complications or death.

Traumatic brain injuries are significant injuries because they are different from other injuries. They usually take a lot longer to heal and no two injuries are the same because no two people have the same brain. The dysfunction of the brain cell can be serious or mild. It all depends on what type of blow the rider received.

Things to Look Out For Following An Accident

Some things to look out for in regards to traumatic brain injuries following an Aurora motorcycle accident are, loss of consciousness, and difficulty with attention, concentration, distractibility, memory, speed of processing things, confusion, impulsiveness, language processing, the inability to understand the spoken word, difficulty speaking, slurred speech, problems reading, problems writing, speaking too fast, or speaking too slow. One can also see the difficulty with interpretation of their touch, temperature, movement, limbs, and just the way their body is positioned.

In some instances, an individual might even have some type of partial or total loss of vision, weakness of eye muscles, double vision, problems judging distance, involuntary eye movements, light intolerance, decreased hearing, ringing in the ear, and increased sensitivity to sound. Unfortunately, the list goes on and on but these are usually the major things to look for and these can be telltale signs that one may have sustained a traumatic brain injury.

What to Do Following an Accident

It is imperative to immediately seek help from a doctor at a hospital. A person does not know the severity of the injuries and if they have internal bleeding or a brain bleed, it needs to be addressed immediately as time is of the essence. Failing to seek help or waiting too long could be detrimental to one’s health, even fatal. It is not worth waiting to see what happens. Seeking help immediately is the best course of action to ensure an individual has not traumatic brain injuries following an Aurora motorcycle accident and if they have, that they can seek treatment immediately

Following treatment for injuries, it is best to get in touch with a skilled personal injury who can help you pursue damages. Treatment, especially for traumatic brain injuries, can be expensive and you should not have to bear that burden alone. A determined lawyer will fight for you, and can fight to hold the responsible parties accountable.

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