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Child Head Injury Resulting from an Accident

A child suffering from a traumatic brain injury may experience one or many of a number of traumatic brain injury symptoms depending on what type of accident caused the brain injury to occur and how the head was hit. In some traumatic brain injuries in children the brain may actually get injured in two spots or more because the brain recoils and strikes back the opposite way of that where the first injury is. This recoil is called a contracoup injury. Brain injuries with the absence of the recoil effect caused by force are known as a coup injury.

Children suspected of having any type of head injury should be examined by a hospital, doctor, or other healthcare provider to check to see the extent of the head injury. Every year approximately 1 million children suffer from a brain injury and over 165,000 of them require hospitalization. A severe injury to the head may be result in a traumatic brain injury. The effects of a traumatic brain injury can have lasting effects throughout a child's life. One of the most important aspect of keeping the traumatic brain injury as minimal as possible is to have the child seen by a medical profession immediately. Delaying the proper help when a traumatic brain injury is involved can result in the traumatic brain injury worsening and causing further permanent damage.

For a child with a traumatic brain injury recovery may be years or a lifetime. It is important to get the proper long term treatment the child requires because the brain is constantly working. Although not all cases are the same, some children go on to lead very normal lives after a traumatic brain injury and the proper rehabilitation. Long term treatment involves rehabilitation of speech, walking, thinking, controlling emotions properly and many other things.

The parents of a child with a traumatic brain injury usually will have to dedicate a lot of time into rehabilitating their child not only at a rehabilitation center but at home also. Parents should be aware that children may act differently after a traumatic brain injury - most emotional problems caused by a traumatic brain injury can be corrected but it takes time.

For additional information for a child with a traumatic brain injury from an accident contact Frank J. Dito Jr., a child injury lawyer in Staten Island, NY handling traumatic brain injury cases. For immediate help regarding a child traumatic brain injury case in New York call 718-979-4300 for a free consultation or fill out our online form.


                          

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