TBI Symptoms

The Indianapolis Brain Injury Lawyers At Doehrman Chamberlain Feel Your Pain

The signs that you have suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) may appear immediately after the event, or they could gradually appear days or even a week or two later. TBI injuries have wide-ranging physical and psychological effects that are complex and can be difficult to diagnose. People who have suffered TBIs in car accidents, truck accidents or construction site accidents will want an attorney who has a proven record working with these types of legal cases that can involve devastating injuries.

Our Indianapolis brain injury attorneys at Doehrman Chamberlain have more than 60 years of combined experience handling complicated personal injury litigation for clients who have suffered traumatic brain injuries in Indiana. We understand the treatment options available to you, and we will fight for your legal rights if another person’s negligence caused your TBI.

If you experienced trauma to your brain, there is the possibility that the injury was a TBI. The following are symptoms that are often found with someone who has sustained a TBI:

• Fatigue — A TBI can affect a person’s ability to perform physical or mental work because of various forms of fatigue, such as physical, psychological, mental or cognitive fatigue.
• Dizziness or Headaches — These are common symptoms following a TBI. Headaches can include migraines, tension-types, rebound headaches caused by medication and cervicogenic headaches, which involve injury to muscles and soft tissues in the neck and back of the head.
• Nausea — Uneasiness or pain the stomach that precedes vomiting can be the result of a TBI.
• Speech and Language — A TBI can affect a person’s ability to write, read, speak or understand the spoken word.
• Sensory or Perceptual — A person suffering a TBI may have trouble with interpretation of touch or temperature. Blurred vision, involuntary eye movements, intolerance of light, ringing in the ears, increased sensitivity to sounds and a loss or diminishing sense of vision, hearing, smell, taste or touch are all examples of the effects one might feel.
• Seizures — These often involve stiffening or shaking of heads, arms or legs, unresponsiveness, sudden dizziness and not being able to speak or understand others.
• Physical Changes — A person may feel chronic pain, loss of stamina, appetite changes, sleep disorders, bowel and bladder control issues or physical paralysis as the result of a TBI.
• Social or emotional — After a TBI, the afflicted may show signs of dependent behaviors, irritability, aggression, depression, disinhibition, lack of awareness, emotional ability or lack of motivation.

Traumatic events that cause TBI can require expensive surgery or therapy as part of rehabilitation. If you or a loved one has suffered a brain injury because of another party’s negligence, our firm has a proven track record on behalf of our clients. We offer a contingent fee agreement whereby you owe no attorney fees or case expenses unless a recovery is make in your case. Contact our Indianapolis brain injury lawyers today for a free initial consultation.