Leading Brain Injury Attorneys & Spinal Cord Injury Lawyers

Cullotta Law Offices 847-562-5801 are Leading brain injury attorneys & IL spinal cord injury lawyers because of their medical, legal and trial experience handling multi-million dollar cases and personal injury settlements . Our Greater Chicago Brain Injury Attorneys selectively choose their cases to aggressively fight for and obtain maximum damages for their clients.

Common Brain Injury Symptoms

Headaches | Post traumatic headaches
Dizziness | Vertigo
Vomiting | Nausea | Change in smell
Lack of motor coordination | Difficulty balancing
Light sensitivity | Seeing bright lights | Blurred vision | Double vision
Confusion | Disorientation
Difficulty focusing attention
Loss of consciousness
Post-traumatic amnesia
Slurred or incoherent speech | Word finding loss
Changes in sleep patterns
Difficulty with reasoning, can't concentrate or perform daily activities
Loss of interest in favorite activities
Tearfulness | Displays of inappropriate emotions Changes in concentration, memory, speech

There are a wide range of brain injury symptoms after car crash or fall. The brain injury symptoms depends, in large part, on where the brain has been injured. Below is a list of common physical and cognitive symptoms depending on the brain damage to specific areas of the brain:

FUNCTIONS OF BRAIN BASED ON BRAIN INJURY SYMPTOMS

Frontal Lobe

Loss of simple movement of various body parts (Paralysis).
Inability to plan a sequence of complex movements needed to complete multi-stepped tasks, such as making coffee (Sequencing).
Loss of spontaneity in interacting with others.
Loss of flexibility in thinking.
Persistence of a single thought (Perseveration).
Inability to focus on task (Attending).
Mood changes (Emotionally Labile).
Changes in social behavior.
Changes in personality.
Difficulty with problem solving.
Inability to express language (Broca's Aphasia).

Parietal Lobe : Back of head

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Inability to attend to more than one object at a time.
Inability to name an object (Anomia).
Inability to locate the words for writing (Agraphia).
Problems with reading (Alexia).
Difficulty with drawing objects.
Difficulty in distinguishing left from right.
Difficulty with doing mathematics (Dyscalculia).
Lack of awareness of certain body parts and/or surrounding space (Apraxia) that leads to difficulties in self-care.
Inability to focus visual attention.
Difficulties with eye and hand coordination.

Occipital Lobe

Defects in vision (Visual Field Cuts).
Difficulty with locating objects in environment.
Difficulty with identifying colors (Color Agnosia).
Production of hallucinations.
Visual illusions - inaccurately seeing objects.
Word blindness - inability to recognize words.
Difficulty in recognizing drawn objects.
Inability to recognize the movement of object (Movement Agnosia).
Difficulties with reading and writing.

Temporal Lobe : Side of head

Difficulty in recognizing faces (Prosopagnosia).
Difficulty in understanding spoken words (Wernicke's Aphasia).
Disturbance with selective attention to what we see and hear.
Difficulty with identification of, and verbalization about objects.
Short term memory loss.
Interference with long term memory.
Increased and decreased interest in sexual behavior.
Inability to categorize objects (Categorization).
Right lobe damage can cause persistent talking.

Increased aggressive behavior.

Brain Stem

Decreased vital capacity in breathing, important for speech.
Swallowing food and water (Dysphagia).
Difficulty with organization/perception of the environment.
Sleeping difficulties (Insomnia, sleep apnea)
Dizziness and nausea (Vertigo).
Problems with balance and movement

Cerebellum

Loss of ability to coordinate fine movements.
Loss of ability to walk.
Inability to reach out and grab objects.
Tremors.
Dizziness (Vertigo).
Slurred Speech (Scanning Speech).
Inability to make rapid movements

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