After being in an auto accident, seeking medical attention should be your top priority. While some signs of personal injury are obvious immediately, such as cuts and bleeding from broken glass, others appear later. When you experience the symptoms below, you should take action to protect your health as soon as possible.

3 Injury Symptoms Felt Hours or Days After a Car Crash

1. Abdominal Pain

Pain and swelling in your abdomen can signal internal bleeding and damaged organs, but it may not appear until many hours after an auto accident. Dizziness, vomiting, fainting spells, or dark bruises around your stomach area are signs of life-threatening conditions that need immediate medical attention.  

2. Back Pain

The first signs of pain may not occur in your lower back until days or weeks after a collision. Passengers in vehicles involved in rear-end or side collisions often suffer damage to back muscles, nerves, ligaments, or vertebrae that result in inflammation and soreness. If the collision causes a herniated disk, you may feel pain, numbness, or tingling in your hip or leg.

3. Headaches

You may experience headaches hours or days after a collision, even if you didn’t strike your head. Head pain after a car crash can result from whiplash, the back-and-forth movement of your neck upon impact, or it could mean you have a concussion or other traumatic brain injury. Seeking a medical doctor’s care as soon as possible after an accident is the best way to ensure a proper diagnosis and treatment.    

After you receive medical attention for car accident injuries, it’s wise to seek counsel from an experienced personal injury attorney. Attorney Malone Hart, head of the Hart Law Group in Statesboro, GA, offers skill and knowledge backed by a century of his family’s legal experience serving personal injury clients throughout the state. Dedicated and compassionate, this lawyer provides representation that protects each client’s rights and seeks to obtain all the compensation the law allows. To request a free consultation with this dedicated attorney, complete the form on his website or call (912) 764-3122.