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Can I still have a serious head injury even if my head did not impact an object during the collision?
When the head is suddenly twisted or thrown forward in a motor vehicle collision, the brain will move around inside the skull. This movement can cause brain injuries in several ways.
Some people do not realize that even the sheer force of a collision can be the cause of severe trauma to the brain. When the head is suddenly twisted or thrown forward in a motor vehicle collision, the brain will move around inside the skull. This movement can cause brain injuries in several ways. First, the brain can strike the inside of the hard bony skull when the head stops moving, but the brain continues its momentum. Second, the brain has billions of nerve cells that communicate with other distant cells through long nerve fibers. These fibers can be damaged when they are stretched during a car accident. This type of injury, referred to as a “diffuse axonal injury,” can result in a coma.
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