Paralysis is a permanent, catastrophic injury that can change the trajectory of your future in an instant. Paralysis is a spinal cord injury that is generally caused by an immense impact to the back, shoulder, or neck, and traffic accidents, slip and falls, pool accidents, and accidents on the job are often the cause. If you’ve suffered a paralysis injury as a result of someone else’s negligence, consult with an experienced Los Angeles paralysis injury lawyers today.
The Mayo Clinic shares that paralysis injuries can be either complete or incomplete. Consider the following:
Further, paralysis can take one of the following two forms:
The loss of sensation and loss of control over one’s bodily movement is often physically, financially, and emotionally devastating and can be excruciatingly difficult to learn to live with. Most people who suffer from paralysis injuries have a long physical and emotional path toward healing ahead.
Losing movement in one’s body is an overwhelming consequence to suffer, but paralysis is also very closely related to life-threatening secondary health concerns, including the following:
Although paralysis doesn’t curtail one’s bladder from storing urine, the brain will no longer receive messages from the damaged spinal cord. Because the spinal cord is the message center that sends messages from the brain to the body, this damage often leads to issues with bladder control. This lack of control is closely associated with chronic urinary tract infections and can cause kidney infections and bladder stones. Rehabilitation services can teach you new techniques for emptying your bladder according to a schedule and for helping to preserve your overall health.
While paralysis will likely leave your stomach and intestines working about the same way that they always have, you’ll need to learn how to regulate your bowels and optimize their functioning for the sake of your health and comfortable daily living.
Circulatory problems go hand and hand with paralysis, and this can lead to swelling of your extremities and the risk of developing life-threatening blood clots, including a pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis. Paralysis can also lead to a potentially deadly rise in blood pressure, which should be closely monitored.
One of the most dangerous secondary health concerns related to paralysis is respiratory concerns that, if the abdominal and chest muscles are affected, make breathing and coughing far more difficult. Medications and respiratory therapy are often prescribed.
Paralysis can leave you unable to register skin sensations that are intended to relay important messages to your brain, including the experience of prolonged pressure or excessive heat or cold. Paralysis leaves victims far more vulnerable to pressure sores, which can quickly become very serious.
Paralysis can lead to significant changes in one’s muscle tone, which can cause uncontrollable muscle tightening or muscle motion (known as spasticity), or can cause loss of tone, which leaves one’s muscles soft and limp (known as flaccidity).
The loss of movement caused by paralysis often leads to a far more sedentary lifestyle that makes obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease far greater risks.
The abrupt changes and physical pain that accompany paralysis injuries make depression and emotional hardship common. This, coupled with the fact that your injury was caused by someone else's negligence, can represent a very serious emotional hurdle.
If you’ve been paralyzed as a result of someone else’s negligence, you are facing a lifetime of healthcare needs, a lifetime of potentially diminished earnings (if you’re able to work at all), and serious emotional setbacks to come. In other words, your damages can be astronomical and will likely include:
Jonathan M. Kashani is the founder of Kash Legal Group, specializing in personal injury law with a commitment to providing personalized client services and high-quality legal representation. He holds a Juris Doctorate with honors from the University of West Los Angeles School of Law and is admitted to practice in all state courts of California and the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
If someone else’s negligence leaves you with a paralysis injury, the dedicated paralysis attorneys at Kash Legal Group in Los Angeles are committed to employing the full force of their expansive experience and skill in pursuit of a claim resolution that favors your most complete recovery and fullest future. Your case is important, so please don’t hesitate to contact or call us for more information today.
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