{"id":32833,"date":"2012-11-03T15:50:04","date_gmt":"2012-11-03T15:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/mild_traumatic_brain_injury_a\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T15:45:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:45:20","slug":"mild-traumatic-brain-injury-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/mild-traumatic-brain-injury-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Serious Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

The term \u201cmild\u201d traumatic brain injury<\/a> is very misleading. While the descriptor \u201cmild\u201d typically refers to the severity of the trauma that resulted in the injury, oftentimes in a personal injury context it does not come close to describing the severity of the consequences of the injury. Even though the trauma may be mild, the long term consequences of the injury may be anything other than mild and oftentimes are quite serious.<\/p>\n

The vast majority of people who experience a mild traumatic brain injury recover. This is the good news. The bad news is that there is a percentage of persons who suffer trauma who never recover. The Centers For Disease Control has indicated that up to fifteen percent (15%) of patients diagnosed with a mild traumatic brain injury may have persistent and sometimes disabling long term problems.<\/p>\n

Each year in the United States approximately 1.5 million Americans sustain traumatic brain injuries. 50,000 people die and over 230,000 people are hospitalized. More than 1 million are treated in emergency departments for traumatic brain injuries. It is estimated that over $56 billion is spent in direct and indirect costs as a result of TBIs. 80 – 90,000 Americans experience such significant problems that they have to go on disability.<\/p>\n

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The term \u201cmild\u201d traumatic brain injury is very misleading. While the descriptor \u201cmild\u201d typically refers to the severity of the trauma that resulted in the injury, oftentimes in a personal injury context it does not come close to describing the severity of the consequences of the injury. Even though the trauma may be mild, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-32833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-injury-wrongful-death","tag-personal-injury"],"yoast_head":"\nMild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Serious Problem — Trial Attorney Blog — November 3, 2012<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The term \u201cmild\u201d traumatic brain injury is very misleading. 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