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· 29 Jul 2022

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Injuries from a car crash

Car accidents have been the most common and the most heartbreaking form of accidents. With recent development in technology and science, every other person in the developed and developing countries are traveling by car and this not only increases the rate of pollution but also the frequency of car accidents worldwide.


Studies show that there are nearly 20-50 million car accidents taking place in the world, every year.

Injuries from a car crash can be of two types broadly.
 
They are - fatal injuries and nonfatal injuries.

Here in this article, we are going to look into some of the major injuries from car crashes, all over the world:


1. Bruising Bruises

mostly fall under the nonfatal form of injuries from a car crash. The seat belt can cause bruising in a car crash while saving you from worse damage.
A bruise on an accident victim can cause internal bleeding, which we will come to in the next point. If a bruise is on the head, it needs special attention.


Signs that a bruise may signify a greater injury include:
Numbness or weakness in the body parts
Thready pulse and heart rate
Loss of strength in the legs
Accidents to the head
Abdominal contents injury


2. Internal injuries

If a bruise gradually develops into a hematoma or a blood clot, one needs to understand that it could signal more significant injury beneath the bruise. When during a crash, the body gets hit by an object, or the body goes flying and hits hard objects like debris, damage to internal organs is likely to happen. Internal bleeding caused due to these types of injuries during car accidents requires emergency medical treatment in the hospital.
Scars can cause other long-term psychological problems such as depression and anxiety, which brings us to our next type of injury.


3. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Not all car accident injuries are visible by our naked eyes. A person might suffer from mental and emotional injuries too because of a car accident. The person is usually unable to continue his routine work and might suffer from anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Some scars and bruises contract as they heal, make a permanent mark, and limit the movement in the affected area. Sometimes, a scar grows into a keloid or even an ulcer. They can either be infected or infected and thus require additional medical help and medication.


 4. Crush injuries

Usually, during an accident, some part of the body may get caught between two hard objects being pushed together under pressure and the person can suffer from crush injury. This usually doesn't lead to any severe damage and usually ends up in Minor bruises, muscle or bone damage that can be curable in most cases.


5. Bone fractures

Broken bones as a result of heavy collisions, such as road accidents are usually detectable due to severe pain. They sometimes are completely curable and sometimes leave a lifelong change in the human anatomy of the person.
For example, the facial bones may break or get fractured and sometimes cannot heal properly, which may lead to facial disfigurement and thus loss of self-confidence.


These road rash accidents are abrasion and are not only fatal to the life of the person undergoing the accident but also to his family and friends.
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