When someone suffers a brain injury in an accident, they can experience a wide variety of symptoms. They may lose consciousness, have no memory of the event, experience extreme sensitivity to lights and sounds or have issues with balance and motor skills. It all depends on which part of the brain suffered the injury and how severe it was.
What often happens, though, is that symptoms start to improve as the person recovers. They regain consciousness, sensitivity issues begin to fade and they may even regain some memories of the event. But in other cases, the symptoms can become more severe with time. Why would this happen?
There could be bleeding in the brain
Often, the issue is that a blood vessel within the brain—or in the surrounding tissue—has ruptured due to the physical trauma of the accident. This is a type of stroke, and a person experiencing it may feel a sharp and sudden headache.
But that headache could be only a minor symptom compared to what’s to come. If the person does not get emergency treatment and the bleeding continues, it can start to build up pressure inside the skull, which leads to cellular death. Neurons typically can’t be regenerated by the brain, so they are lost forever. Symptoms can become more serious, a person may lose consciousness and they could even pass away from a brain bleed.
This is just one reason why it’s so important to seek medical attention after an injury. Injured parties may also need to know how to obtain financial compensation if someone else’s negligence caused that injury.
