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How common is it for somebody to get traumatic nerve injury?

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Highly variable: In order for it to happen one has to suffer trauma to a nerve or nerve plexus. This can happen from blunt trauma, lacerations, gun shot woulds etc.

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Answered 4/6/2020

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Nerve damage: Traumatic nerve injuries are not that rare, mostly associated with motor vehicle accidents, workplace accidents and falls.

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Traumatic brain injury incident that has occurred about a year and a half ago. The scar is right above my right eyebrow exactly where the nerve would be. I dressed the wound myself no medical attention was sought after. Today I still feel numbness?

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If a person gets blunt eye trauma but rather visits opthalmologist after 15 days of injury.Whats the outlook if they have traumatic uveitis/iritis/hyphema.Can you still recover without permanent damage to optic nerve if treatment starts at this stage?

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Help please. Could dying of massive internal injuries/multiple traumatic injuries be painful?

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