Motor vehicle crashes can lead to catastrophic injuries that completely change a person’s life. One of these is a spinal cord injury (SCI), which can have short-term and long-term impacts on the victim and their family.
A person who suffers an SCI may have a lot of questions when they receive their diagnosis. Having a basic understanding of certain things related to SCIs may be beneficial in these cases.
Location and type of injury matters
Two of the most important factors of an SCI are the location and type of the injury. The location matters because these injuries only affect areas of the body below the injury. Because of this, injuries higher on the spinal cord will affect a larger area of the body.
The type of SCI also matters. A complete injury is the least likely type of SCI to heal because it’s associated with full severing of the nerve pathways at the site of the injury.
An incomplete injury is more likely to heal better because there are still nerve pathways that are attached at the scene of the injury. Some of those pathways might be damaged or partially severed, but they still allow messages to pass from the brain to the connected part of the body.
Victims of car crashes who suffer a catastrophic injury, such as an SCI, will need immediate medical care. This is costly, which can be hard for them to deal with if they’re unable to continue working or have to miss work. These victims may decide to seek compensation for the financial impacts of the crash. Working with someone familiar with these matters might be beneficial as they go through this process.
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