Intracranial Pressure ICP
Brain injury is at an all-time high across America with 5.3 million Americans currently living with conditions resulting from traumatic brain injury such as neuropsychological impairments that result in disabilities that affect work life, family life, and social activity. Additionally, it is estimated that more than 50,000 Americans die as a result of traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year, and according to the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA), 1.5 million Americans fall victim to traumatic brain injury yearly.
While there are varying levels of traumatic brain injury including mild, moderate, and severe, certain common conditions resulting from brain injury, such as intracranial pressure resulting from a skull fracture, is almost always severe. This increase in normal brain pressure can cause irreversible damage to the central nervous system and too much intracranial pressure can kill. While severe head injury is the most common cause of intracranial pressure, conditions such as a brain tumor, stroke, subdural hematoma, hydrocephalus, hypertensive brain hemorrhage, intraventricular hemorrhage, meningitis, encephalitis, aneurysm rupture and subarachnoid hemorrhage, and status epilepticus can also increase intracranial pressure.
If you or someone you love has been involved in an accident that results in severe brain injury that leads to intracranial pressure, you should hire a brain injury lawyer or attorney immediately to help you recover damages suffered as a result of the accident. While no amount of money can reverse the damage done by a brain injury, it can certainly help cover all current and future medical expenses resulting from the accident. In some cases, the victim may even be able to recover monies for pain and suffering. Because each state has it’s own set of brain injury and personal injury laws, a brain injury lawyer or attorney will have a strict focus on personal injury and they will be well versed in your states statutes and laws relative to brain injury.
It’s best not to wait to contact a brain injury lawyer or attorney as statutes of limitations do apply in most states. Procrastinating could be costly for you and it could hinder your case in many ways. When seeking a brain injury lawyer or attorney, look for both experience and success. Additionally, be sure to ask the personal injury attorney or lawyer, if their focus is on brain injury. To locate an experienced and successful brain injury lawyer or attorney in your area, visit the American Bar Association website.
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