The brain is your control center, communicating with every sytem of the body. The brain tells your muscles how to move and tells your lungs when to breathe. It is the center for your personality, memory and feelings. Your brain is not only something that keeps you alive, it is what makes you who you are.
The brain can be described as having the consistency of warm butter. A child's brain is even softer, with a consistency similar to that of pudding.
Injuries to the brain are especially dangerous because of its fragile nature. Although it is surrounded by a thick bone skull, it is extremely soft. It can be described as having the consistency of warm butter. A child's brain is even softer, with a consistency similar to that of pudding. When you hit your head, the brain is protected by a layer of fluid between the delicate tissue and the inside of the rock-hard skull.
In the modern world, the forces that can be put on the soft, delicate brain are shocking. We regularly fly in planes at speeds approaching the speed of sound. We drive cars at 65 mph on undivided highways with other drivers coming just as fast at us in the other direction. When things go wrong, human bodies can get a lot more than they were designed for, especially the delicate brain.
Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) happen every day to people all over the world and their lives can be forever changed. Brain injuries can occur when the skull breaks, leaving the brain unprotected or even penetrated by fractured bone, but they can also occur when the skull remains intact. An impact can cause the brain to "slosh around" within the skull, leading to bruising and bleeding. This movement can sever the fragile nerve connections within the brain. Any injury to the brain can impair its function and change the victim's life.
A brain injury can lead to a lot of problems. A victim might not be able to function in life in the same way they did before the injury. Holding the same job might be impossible. Rehabilitation will likely be difficult and tiresome. They might have memory problems or personality changes that damage their relationships.
Brain injuries are very hard on the victim's family. The brain injury victim will often seem like a different person. They may be moodier, angrier or prone to erratic, self-destructive behavior. Living with a person going through that can be very hard.
If you or someone you know suffered a traumatic brain injury, we can advise you on your situation. The reality of the condition is that families with a brain injury victim are likely to experience a great deal of financial costs as a result of the injury. This includes medical expenses for hospitalization and rehabilitation as well as the less obvious harms to your abilities to make a living and enjoy life. Our firm has handled many claims on behalf of brain injured people in Minnesota. Give us a call.