rear shunt - injury only apparent afterwards
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shost said:
Monkeylegend said:
Yes because we are all trained medical specialists. You don't mess around with back or spine injuries, you seek proper medical help.
I may be due a parrot
I think the OP is after compensation advice/encouragement.
Some people might be medically trained on here....I may be due a parrot
I think the OP is after compensation advice/encouragement.
For legal reasons in the future, it is important to get any symptoms you may be feeling now recorded in your doctors notes, even if you do not intend to make any claim/s now or ever.
Many years ago my car was hit heavily from behind, by a poor bloke whose car had in turn been hit by an utter tw*t who was having a race with another vehicle over the brow of a hill behind us. the bloke whose car hit mine, had to be cut out of his car.
No problem on the day, but the following day I could not move my neck at all, and it was very painful for a number of weeks after the incident. I decided to get it checked by my GP who determined that I had suffered from a whiplash injury, and told me to inform the insurance company. I duly did this, and following examination by a doctor appointed by the tw*ts insurance company, I was awarded a small amount as compensation.
But the important point is that many years later the neck injury has started to play up again.
Whilst having received a compensation payment I cannot claim for the injury again, but if you do not get the situation checked now, and something develops from it, you will not be in a strong position to do something about claiming for any nasty effects it may have on you in the future.
Many years ago my car was hit heavily from behind, by a poor bloke whose car had in turn been hit by an utter tw*t who was having a race with another vehicle over the brow of a hill behind us. the bloke whose car hit mine, had to be cut out of his car.
No problem on the day, but the following day I could not move my neck at all, and it was very painful for a number of weeks after the incident. I decided to get it checked by my GP who determined that I had suffered from a whiplash injury, and told me to inform the insurance company. I duly did this, and following examination by a doctor appointed by the tw*ts insurance company, I was awarded a small amount as compensation.
But the important point is that many years later the neck injury has started to play up again.
Whilst having received a compensation payment I cannot claim for the injury again, but if you do not get the situation checked now, and something develops from it, you will not be in a strong position to do something about claiming for any nasty effects it may have on you in the future.
rainmakerraw said:
As others have said, seek your medical advice in A&E not a forum. I'm really not being disrespectful, rather conscious of your long term health. My wife had an accident at work a couple of years ago, and 'twinged' her back. Two years later she's still off work sick (still employed), as it turned out to be cauda equina, meaning her spinal cord is swelled up and being compressed by her spine. Because it wasn't spotted within 24 hours ('see the GP and take pain relief') she now has life long paralysis, numbness, severe pain and other unpleasant symptoms.
Don't mess around with back injuries OP. Seek professional advice, and let them decide. I'm sure from experience (family who work for the NHS) that A&E staff would rather reassure a genuine back injury than deal with yet another drunk or hypochondriac clogging up the clinic, so don't feel bad going.
just got off the phone 111, they took down my details and said an out of hours service will be in contact with me shortly. They ran me through some questions, and just told me to ice and continue with ibuprofen. Believe it may be my GP doing a home visit tomorrow morning from what I gathered by the out of hours service.Don't mess around with back injuries OP. Seek professional advice, and let them decide. I'm sure from experience (family who work for the NHS) that A&E staff would rather reassure a genuine back injury than deal with yet another drunk or hypochondriac clogging up the clinic, so don't feel bad going.
shost said:
Some people might be medically trained on here....
OP walk in centres might have GPs or Senior nurses. Some hospitals have GP out of hours them.
It's possible you could develop cauda equina but as mentioned above A&E will be happy to check you out. Urgent GP review will be just as good to exclude anything serious. You'd need a quick examination for that. But take pain relief in meantime.
Just got a call back from the out of hours service, they've asked me to come in tomorrow morning to get checked out at the minor injuries unit just to be on the safe side.OP walk in centres might have GPs or Senior nurses. Some hospitals have GP out of hours them.
It's possible you could develop cauda equina but as mentioned above A&E will be happy to check you out. Urgent GP review will be just as good to exclude anything serious. You'd need a quick examination for that. But take pain relief in meantime.
Edited by shost on Saturday 13th February 23:07
Pistonheader101 said:
shost said:
Some people might be medically trained on here....
OP walk in centres might have GPs or Senior nurses. Some hospitals have GP out of hours them.
It's possible you could develop cauda equina but as mentioned above A&E will be happy to check you out. Urgent GP review will be just as good to exclude anything serious. You'd the doctor`s / hospital notesneed a quick examination for that. But take pain relief in meantime.
Just got a call back from the out of hours service, they've asked me to come in tomorrow morning to get checked out at the minor injuries unit just to be on the safe side.OP walk in centres might have GPs or Senior nurses. Some hospitals have GP out of hours them.
It's possible you could develop cauda equina but as mentioned above A&E will be happy to check you out. Urgent GP review will be just as good to exclude anything serious. You'd the doctor`s / hospital notesneed a quick examination for that. But take pain relief in meantime.
Edited by shost on Saturday 13th February 23:07
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