According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) there are more than 3 million individuals in the United States who suffer personal injuries in auto vehicle related incidents annually. The various types of injury that may emanate from a car accident may vary according to the circumstances of accident happens. However, not all the injuries arising from auto accidents are apparent. At times internal injuries are capable of resulting in long-term pain and even chronic pain in various parts of the body.

The CDC estimates that more than a million days of hospitalization are consumed by Americans who are involved in vehicle accidents annually. At least, it is comforting that most of the accidents are not fatal, however, even a slight one may cause pain which lasts forever.
Few of the car accident injuries may heal in two or three days without any medical intervention; on the other hand, severe ones may become chronic and lead to at least a partial level of disability. For these types of injury, what one can suffer can sometimes be very different to what one anticipates.

Emotional Distress and Change in Physical Function After Auto Accidents

In a car crash for instance, your head may move back and forth or lock into something in the car. A blow to the head may affect the brain in some or other way. This to the brain termed as “traumatic brain injury” (TBI) could also result to impairment of brain function for an extended period. Road accidents are only preceded by falls, the commonest cause of traumatic brain injuries in the world.

Psychological injuries that a vehicle accident survivor is likely to sustain includes alterations in personality and behavior, or mood swings. Depression, anxiety, as well as irritability may be the first symptoms a person experiences when having anxiety disorder. The symptoms include slow and unclear thinking process, memory problems and difficulties in moving the body. They may also have problems with their vision, partly or completely, or even with their hearing. Such symptoms might persist for weeks, or even months after the accident.

Emotional injuries as a result of a car accident are as important as the physical ones because they affect the head. An auto accident survivor under the State law is eligible to seek compensation for physical and emotional injuries.