Utah Car Accidents and Spinal Cord Injuries
Traffic accidents can result in many serious injuries such as broken bones, traumatic brain injury, and head trauma. Damage done to the spinal cord can be an especially harmful injury with many long-term effects. The spinal cord consists of a large network of nerve tissue that is the core of the central nervous system. Damaging the spinal cord or vertebral column, the part of the body which protects the spinal cord, can be devastating for accident victims. Spinal cord injury can easily be incurred from Utah car accidents and it is helpful to know some basic information about such a substantial injury.
Damage to the nerves of the spinal cord can lead to permanent disability or paralysis. The location of the spinal cord injury often dictates the affects. Some injuries may lead to loss of mobility in the arms and legs known as quadriplegia or tetraplegia. Victims may also suffer paralysis of the lower half of their body, which is known as paraplegia.
Victims of spinal cord injury can suffer different severities of symptoms, depending on the damage incurred to the nerves. Complete spinal cord injury occurs when the spinal cord is severely damaged and usually leads to the total loss of feeling below the area of injury. Less severe damage can lead to partial spinal cord injury, in which the victim loses some, but not all, motor function and sensation below the injury.
For more information on spinal cord injuries, please visit the Christensen Law Firm’s online library. If you have been in a Utah traffic accident and suffered from a spinal cord or other personal injury, you are entitled to receive fair and just compensation. The attorneys at the Christensen Law Firm provide expert representation to Utah accident victims, giving personal attention to their clients and individual cases. For a free consultation on your legal rights, please contact us at 801.506.0800.
