Ugly and painful cuts and bruises can appear on any part of a car victim’s body. Their existence cannot be ignored. Still, some symptoms remain hidden, and disguise the presence of a serve disorder. Neck and back symptoms that can signal the possibility for serious problems in the future.
Signs of a whiplash: Upper back pain; shoulder pain; fatigue; headaches and stiffness
Signs of lower back pain: Changes in the victim’s posture; back pain, pain while sitting
Symptoms that signal the presence of a concussion: Headaches, nausea, vomiting, disoriented thinking
Signs of a brain injury: Confusion, slurred speech, uncommon behaviors, dizziness, trouble sleeping, dilated pupils and seizures. A victim does not show all signs together. Instead, each symptom shows up gradually, over an extended period of time.
Message sent to doctor, when victim displays such symptoms
That indicates that the same victim should undergo some imaging tests. Those are the only tests that can reveal a problem within the brain. Personal injury lawyers in Red Deer should embrace the availability of such methods for obtaining valuable pieces of information.
If a lawyer fails to work with a doctor, in order to arrange for either a CT scan or an MRI, then that injury lawyer has taken personal injury law back to the “dark ages” that existed in the middle of the 20th Century. Before 1970, doctors had to use a pneumoencephalogram to look inside a patient’s head.
That was not a reliable method for testing accident victims. Hence, the problems hidden in many victims did not manifest themselves until it was too late for the unfortunate victim to seek compensation. In addition, such symptoms should warn an injury lawyer that a loss of future earning potential could be among the victim’s losses. Consequently, lawyers must be prepared to go after compensation for that specific loss.
2 possible reasons for a loss of earning potential
It could be that the brain injury or a neurological condition keeps the victim from carrying out the sort of tasks that are assigned to a worker, even one with a relatively simple job. On the other hand, it could be that the victim’s condition had been treated with a surgically-implanted device.
Such devices do not work forever. Hence, there will be times when the affected worker must take time off, in order to have another surgery. That can hamper the person that struggles to find a job. It creates holes in that person’s resume.
A human resource department might reject a resume with such holes. It might elect to hire someone with a more intact resume. Consequently, the worker’s skills get ignored or overlooked, due to the existence of an ongoing medical problem. Unfortunately, retraining does not do away with that particular problem.