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Get Legal Help After Nerve Damage in an Accident
The nervous system in our bodies is a complex network of nerves and tissue that carry messages between the brain and the body. When nerve damage occurs, it can disrupt the normal functioning of the nervous system and cause a wide range of symptoms. Various things, including physical injury, infections, and exposure to certain toxins, can cause nerve damage.
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Symptoms of Nerve Damage
Symptoms of nerve damage depend on the type of nerve damage:
- Sensory Nerve Damage: Sensory nerves carry information about touch, taste, smell, sight, and sound from the body to the brain. When these nerves are damaged, a person may have trouble feeling touch or pain, lose the ability to taste, have trouble smelling, experience changes in vision, and hear ringing in the ears.
- Motor Nerve Damage: Motor nerves control the movement of muscles. When motor nerves are damaged, a person may have trouble moving a body part, have muscle weakness, or experience muscle cramps.
- Autonomic Nerve Damage: Autonomic nerves control the function of the organs and glands. When autonomic nerves are damaged, a person may have trouble sweating, controlling blood pressure, difficulty with bowel or bladder function, or sexual dysfunction.
What Types of Accidents Cause Nerve Damage?
Many different types of accidents can cause nerve damage. Most common include car accidents, falls, and sports injuries.
Car accidents often cause nerve damage due to the force of the impact. This can damage the spinal cord, leading to paralysis. In addition, the accident's impact can damage the nerves or sever them completely, leading to a loss of feeling in the affected area, muscle weakness, and paralysis. In some cases, the damage to the nerves can be so severe that it results in death.
Falls can also cause nerve damage, especially if someone falls on their head or neck. This can damage the brain's nerves, leading to cognitive problems or even death.
Sports injuries can also cause nerve damage when the body is subjected to sudden impacts or twists associated with contact sports.
Treatment of Nerve Damage
There are many ways to treat nerve damage, depending on the cause and severity of the damage. In some cases, simple home remedies may be all that is needed to ease symptoms and promote healing, but in other cases, more aggressive treatment may be necessary.
Common treatments for nerve damage include rest, elevation, ice, heat, and compression. These methods can reduce pain and swelling. In addition, physical therapy may be recommended to strengthen and stretch the affected muscles. If the nerve damage is severe, surgery may be necessary to repair the damage.
If you are experiencing nerve damage, you must talk to your doctor to determine the best course of treatment. With proper treatment, some people can experience relief from their symptoms and go on to live normal, healthy lives.
When the Damage is Severe
If you have suffered a severe nerve injury, your life could change forever. Some victims never recover, and even those who do will often require medical intervention and rehabilitation long-term, which can cost hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in medical expenses, lost work wages, home modifications, and more.
If your injury was due to the negligence of another, you may be entitled to receive damages to help you recover financially. To recover these damages, you will need to prove that the other party was at fault for your injury. If you have been injured in an accident, you should contact an experienced Long Beach personal injury attorney to help you determine your legal rights and options.