But the Pain Didn’t Start Until Later: The Medical Reality of Delayed Symptoms After Trauma
DELAYED DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY MEAN UNRELATED A collision occurs on Monday. The patient declines ambulance transport. By Tuesday morning the neck is stiff. On Wednesday the patient reports headache, dizziness, or back pain. Months later, that chronology may be reduced to a single argument: “If the accident really caused the injury, why was the symptom […]