The injuries resulting from a slip-and-fall or trip-and-fall accident can be serious. However, there is one serious injury that may become deadly. You may develop blood clots as a result of the initial injuries that you suffered in a slip-and-fall or trip-and-fall accident. For a victim, these blood clots may prove fatal. This is why it is important that you look for and recognize the signs and symptoms of a blood clot and see your doctor right away if you are experiencing its symptoms.
How Clots Form After an Injury
If you’ve hurt your leg after a slip-and-fall or trip-and-fall, you are probably dealing
with pain, discomfort and inconvenience. In addition to that, this type of injury increases your chances for getting a blood clot. Any time a blood vessel gets damaged, the blood nearby may thicken and congeal to form a blood clot. Some of these clots only affect veins near your skin’s surface. This type of clot may not lead to serious problems.
However, when a blood clot forms deeper inside your leg, it’s known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT). These clots can be dangerous if they break loose and travel to your lungs. This may lead to a deadly condition called pulmonary embolism, which is when a blood clot gets lodged in an artery in the lung and blocks blood flow to part of the lung.
Common injuries that may lead to such a blood clot include a number of injuries that are typically sustained in slip-and-fall or trip-and-fall accidents including broken bones, bad bumps, severe bruises, severe muscle injuries, etc. A study in 2008 revealed that even relatively minor leg injuries – ones that do not require a cast or bed rest – may increase your chances of having deep vein thrombosis. Researchers found that as many as one in 13 blood clots may be caused by small problems such as ankle sprains and muscle tears.
What Are the Symptoms?
Many people may not notice any symptoms of DVT. Spotting blood clots can be tricky after an injury because a bump or bruise may have the appearance of a clot. DVT symptoms are often mistaken for a muscle tear, a charley horse (cramp), a twisted ankle or shin splints.
Some of the common symptoms of a blood clot include swelling, pain or a feeling of warmth in the leg. If a clot moves up to your lungs, you may cough up blood, experience chest pain, have trouble breathing or experience pain when you breathe. It is crucial that you get prompt medical attention if you experience any of these symptoms after a leg injury.
If you have been injured in a slip-and-fall or trip-and-fall accident, it is important to get treatment right away, even if you believe your injuries are minor. Serious complications such as blood clots may arise even from such injuries. It is important that you get the medical care you need during this critical time.
Contacting an Experienced Lawyer
If you were involved in a slip-and-fall or a trip-and-fall accident as a result of someone else’s negligence (carelessness), please remember that you have rights. Some of the damages that victims of such accidents can claim include, but are not limited to, medical expenses, loss of wages and benefits, cost of hospitalization, surgery, physical therapy, past and future pain and suffering, permanent injury, etc.
The experienced New York personal injury attorneys with the Law Offices of Kenneth A. Wilhelm can help you better understand your legal rights and options and also fight hard to recover just compensation for you. For nearly 50 years, our skilled attorneys have established a proven track record of helping injured victims.
Our law firm recovered $1,700,000 for a woman who slipped and fell and received no hospital or medical treatment for one month after the accident. Our law firm also recently recovered $5,600,000 for a bicyclist who was hit by a van, and $2,550,000 for another victim of a truck accident, and $3,000,000 for a pedestrian who was hit by a car, and the full $1,000,000 insurance policy for a pedestrian who was hit by a truck, and $4,625,000 for a driver who was in a car and was hit by a van, and $2,500,000 for a man who fell through an improperly secured hole. Also, one of our clients obtained a verdict for $43,940,000 and another of our clients got a verdict for $23,500,000, both in medical malpractice cases.
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