South Carolina Accident Attorneys at McGowan, Hood and Felder, LLC Comment on Brain Injury Study

Columbia, SC (PRWEB) February 14, 2015

South Carolina personal injury attorney S. Randall Hood of McGowan, Hood and Felder, LLC, today said any number of accidents may have dire consequences and result in the need for brain injury treatment, but a recent study may come as a relief to parents whose children suffer blunt head trauma.

According to a Reuters report published by Scientific American, children who sustain minor blunt head trauma and then complain of headache and show no other symptoms have little risk of a clinically important brain injury (Scientific American, Feb. 4, 2015, Isolated Headache after Bump Poses Little Brain Injury Risk for Kids).

The study was published in Pediatrics on Feb. 2, 2015 (Pediatrics, Headache in Traumatic Brain Injuries From Blunt Head Trauma). The doctor who led the study at New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Childrens Hospital noted that a period of observation may be warranted before CT (computed tomography scans) decision-making, according to Scientific American.

Hood, an experienced Rock Hill, SC attorney at McGowan, Hood and Felder LLC, said his firm has handled cases involving brain injury therapy and urges parents to have their children checked by a doctor if the child suffers some kind of blunt head trauma and has a headache.

Its important to get prompt medical attention if you suspect you or a loved one might a potential brain injury, Hood said. While the published study certainly is good news for parents, if your child is struck on the head in an accident, whether its a car accident or a playground injury, dont try to diagnose the injury yourself. We know there are cases in which people feel OK minutes or even hours after sustaining blunt head trauma, but their condition deteriorates with time and may become grave.

In the child brain injury study, researchers looked at children who were admitted for minor blunt head trauma. According to Scientific American, none of the nearly 2,500 children evaluated had a clinically important brain injury when their only symptom was a headache.

The risk of clinically important brain injury increases among children who complained of headaches and showed other symptoms, according to the report.

Chad McGowan, a partner at McGowan, Hood and Felder, LLC, said traumatic brain injuries might occur in any number of accidents, including traffic accidents, work accidents and accidents at home.

Children might sustain a head injury while playing either in the house or at school, but they also are at risk of getting injured in traffic accidents, McGowan said. Wherever the accident occurred, we cant overstate the importance of getting medical treatment for a possible brain injury.

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South Carolina Accident Attorneys at McGowan, Hood and Felder, LLC Comment on Brain Injury Study