Whiplash Symptoms - Common symptoms of Whiplash Injury

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Whiplash Symptoms - Common symptoms of Whiplash Injury -

A neck trauma can cause different symptoms. Some of these symptoms of whiplash may seem totally unrelated to your injury. In some patients, symptoms may be mild they can continue to do their business with a slight discomfort. In others, they may experience symptoms that are so severe that it affects their ability to perform even the simplest of tasks.

What are the most common symptoms of whiplash?

people with neck trauma may have different symptoms, which may also depend on the severity of their injury. What you feel after your injury may be different. You may experience any combination of the following

• Neck Pain
  
  Most people who suffer a whiplash injury complain of neck pain. This may be due to damage to any tissue in the neck, such as the muscles and ligaments supporting the neck. Damage to the neck bones and related structures can lead to severe neck pain.
  
  Your neck pain can be localized. This means that you feel pain in a specific area of ​​your neck. Sometimes the pain can seem to get off your shoulder and other parts of your back.
  
  Often people experience neck pain immediately after injury. However, some people may not have the pain immediately, but feel after a few days or weeks.


• Tenderness in your neck


• Swelling
  
  You may experience swelling if a muscle or ligament in your neck is damaged. A fracture (broken bones) in one of your neck bones can also lead to swelling.


• stiff neck
  
  You can not meet a stiff neck immediately after your whiplash. Because of the pain, you may be afraid to move your neck for a long time. Or you wear a (neck) cervical collar, which helps you keep moving your neck. This can lead to stiffness of the neck muscles and joints.

Other symptoms of whiplash may include

• Headache (near or at the base of the skull )
burning
• pain in your jaw [involvement of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ)]
• Vertigo
• Ringing in the ears (tinnitus)
• Tingling or feeling that moves your shoulder and the arm (impinged nerve)
• weakness arm

Some people, according to the National Institute of neurological disorders and Stroke, may experience symptoms related to mental health or condition psychological, such as

• memory loss;
• vision problems
• Difficulty concentrating;
• Nervousness or iirritability;
• Difficulty sleeping;
• fatigue or
• Depression

Whiplash injuries can cause several symptoms. Some of them occur immediately right after your injury while some are delayed. Do not hesitate to consult your healthcare professional if you

• experience severe neck pain.
• You have pain that moves your shoulder or arm.
• Weakness of upper and lower limbs.
• loss of sensation in your shoulder and arm
• are not sure of the severity of your injury.

See also

• Whiplash - What Whiplash Injury
• home remedies for Whiplash
• First Aid for Whiplash Injury

Sources

• National Institute of neurological disorders and Stroke (NINDS). NINDS Whiplash information page . Accessed July 29, 2012
• MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine (NLM). Whiplash . Accessed July 29, 2012
• Better Health Channel. Neck and Shoulder Pain . Accessed July 29, 2012

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