Accidents can leave you devastated and with medical and car repair bills that most of can’t even imagine. In 2007 alone, there were more than 7500000 auto accidents in USA alone. More than 50000 people are killed each year in auto accidents and almost a hundred thousand people each year suffer from physically debilitating injuries ... Read more
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Car accidents may sometimes result in more injuries than scratches here and there or even broken bones. In many auto injury cases, car accidents cause injuries which tear ligaments and muscles apart from bones. How exactly do you find out about these injuries? What are the symptoms? Well, keep reading to find out about one some of the most common of injuries and the symptoms. Also find out how to receive help recovering from these injuries.
One of the most common of such injuries is called Whiplash. Whiplash is a general term used to describe any injury of neck caused by a sudden jerk. A sudden jerk may be caused by a car accident or while playing or while a fight etc. During such jerks, the first layer of the neck, a layer of fine tissue, may bear the first brunt. Thus, in case of a jerk strong enough or the movement of neck beyond its limit, the tissues get torn. The term Whiplash was first introduced in 1928 and is now also commonly used in place of Soft Tissue Cervical Hyperextension injury and Flexion-Extension injury. Symptoms of Whiplash may appear immediately or may take up to a few hours to surface. In many cases, the later the injury develops, the less likely the damage. Some symptoms of Whiplash include Neck pain, swelling in the neck, tenderness on the back of your neck, spasms or cramps in the neck muscles, difficulty in moving your neck, pain shooting from your neck into your shoulder or arm. Whiplash can be caused at speeds of as low as 15Mph speed irrespective of the fact whether you are wearing the seat belt or not. But what should you do if you develop any such symptom? Well, if you are at home or away from immediate medical attention, you should use an ice pack. Place some ice in a hand towel and apply it to the back of your neck or the area of pain for 20 minutes every hour. Also, try not to move the neck around much and relax as much as possible. What should you do if the pain is excruciating? Well, although the time to call and see a doctor is best right after the injury, even if at home and it does not get cured with ice packs, you should seek medical attention immediately. If the doctor is unavailable the accident site, then you should call 911 for an immediate transfer to a nearby emergency department. The neck should always be braced while transporting a patient suffering from backlash so that head movement during transfer to a hospital does not aggravate the existing condition. What precautions can you take against a possible whiplash injury caused because of a car accident? Well, there’s little that you can do to avoid an accident, but then you must wear your seatbelt at all times and ensure that the headrest is properly adjusted to your height. The headrest should be aligned in such a way that the tips of your ear and the mid of the head rest are in straight line.
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