A Healthy Brain
To understand what happens when the brain is injured, it is important to realize what a healthy brain is made of and what it does. The brain is enclosed inside the skull. The skull acts as a protective covering for the soft brain. The brain is made of neurons, (nerve cells). The neurons form tracts that route throughout the brain. These nerve tracts carry messages to various parts of the brain. The brain uses these messages to perform functions. The functions include coordinating our body’s systems, such as breathing, heart rate, body temperature, and metabolism; thought processing; body movements; personality; behavior; and the senses, such as vision, hearing, taste, smell, and touch. Each part of the brain serves a specific function and links with other parts of the brain to form more complex functions.

An Injured Brain
When a brain injury occurs, the functions of the neurons, nerve tracts or whole sections of the
brain can be affected. If the neurons and nerve tracts are affected, they can be unable to, or have difficulty carrying the messages that tell the brain what to do. This can change the way a person thinks, acts, feels, and moves his or her body. Brain injury can also change the complex internal functions of the body, such as regulating body temperature; blood pressure; bowel and bladder control. These changes can be temporary or permanent. They may cause impairment or a complete inability to perform a function.

If you or a loved one has suffered a brain injury please contact the law office of John Tiwald to discuss your injury with us. We are here to listen, and we offer highly skilled and experienced legal representation for brain injured persons and their families.

(Should we put a link here to the BILFNM site too?)