Types and Severity of
Traumatic Brain Injury

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Brain Injury Lawyers

If you suffer a traumatic brain injury (TBI), you may have an injury that drastically changes your life. Your brain controls emotions, senses, memory, breathing, and almost every other function you might take for granted. Even a minor brain injury can have serious effects on the rest of your life. The signs and symptoms of TBI will vary depending on the type and severity of the head injury.

When a TBI is caused by the negligence of another party or entity, an experienced traumatic brain injury attorney, like those at the Cochran Firm Wisconsin, LLP can help you get the compensation you deserve.

Severity of Traumatic Brain Injury

There are different degrees of severity with traumatic brain injuries. They are:

• Mild brain injury – A concussion may not necessarily require medical treatment, but they can have lasting consequences. Any lasting damage may present itself weeks or months after the injury
• Moderate brain injury – Mental skills, such as speech, learning, and more may be seriously affected with a moderate brain injury. Brain function is usually affected for a very long time
• Severe brain injury – Paralysis, loss of mental clarity, and even death can occur with a severe brain injury

Types of Traumatic Brain Injury

There are two main kinds of TBI:

• Closed head injuries – the result of a blow to the head, which may cause a skull fracture, contusion or bruising at or beneath the point of impact, blood clots and hematomas, lacerations to the brain, and nerve damage
• Penetrating head injuries – the result of a foreign object entering the brain and causing specific damage to the part of the brain the object hits

The damage to the brain from both a closed head injury and a penetrating injury, such as lacerations are the main kinds of damage that can occur. Secondary brain damage occurring some time after the trauma includes:

• Fever
• Epilepsy
• Changes in diet
• Brain swelling
• Intracranial pressure
• Infection
• Anemia
• Changes in cardiac or lung function
• Changes in blood pressure (high or low)
• Changes in personality

A traumatic brain injury that is the result of an accident, assault, fall, or more can have devastating effects on the injured and the family and friends of the injured. Finances, social interaction, physical wellbeing and more may all suffer.

For more information, please see Traumatic Brain Injuries.

If you or a loved one has suffered a TBI in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area, please contact the experienced traumatic brain injury attorneys at the Cochran Firm Wisconsin, LLP for an initial consultation.