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Nerve Damage (Part A)

It is possible to sustain several different types of injuries in a single accident. You may have suffered broken bones, bruises, or lacerations. These types of injuries will usually heal over time. But nerve damage is another common accident injury that may persist indefinitely after a serious accident.

Because you cannot bandage or splint nerve damage, this type of injury can last for years or even become permanent. To understand why, we must first learn about how the body's nervous system operates.

The Human Nervous System

If you think of the human body as one big electrical grid, its nerves function as the electrical wires over which messages are transported from the brain to the rest of the body and back again. If a blockage occurs anywhere along this "network," it can not only have an impact on the spot where the obstruction originates, but it can actually alter how the body functions as a whole.

Nerve Damage Types

When signals to and from the brain are interrupted, this is known as peripheral neuropathy, the medical term for nerve damage. There are several types of accidents which can cause peripheral neuropathy, including:

• car, truck and motorcycle accidents
• slip and falls
• construction site accidents
• being struck by a falling object (such as merchandise at a store)
• physical assaults

It is vital that you seek immediate medical attention if you even suspect that you may have experienced nerve damage after being in an accident. The sooner that peripheral neuropathy is identified and treated, the less time you will have to endure pain.

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