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Hormones affect your health in more ways than you realize. When you were a preteen, you learned that the body changes associated with puberty were the result of hormones, many of them produced by the pituitary gland. You might not have known, though, that the pituitary gland and its hormones play a role in your health throughout your life, not just during adolescence. Hormones affect your hunger, sleep, body weight, and many other aspects of your life. If you get injured in a car accident, doctors will perform diagnostic tests to see if you have injuries to your bones, muscles, and vital organs. They probably will not check to see if you have injured your pituitary gland, but if you experience symptoms of hormonal deficiency after a head injury resulting from a car accident or other type of accident where you got hit on the head, it may be due to a traumatic injury to the pituitary gland. If you have suffered a head injury in a car accident and are now experiencing hormonal symptoms, contact a Houma car accident lawyer.
A Concussion or TBI Can Mess With Your Pituitary Hormones
Even if you get a prompt diagnosis, it sometimes takes a few days, or even a few weeks, to know just how severe a concussion is. Your severe headache may last only a few days, or it could linger for months. You probably know about the acute symptoms of concussion, such as headaches, dizziness, and sensitivity to light, but hormonal imbalances are also a common symptom. Because the pituitary gland is so close to the brain, it can also be affected by the same traumatic head injury that causes a concussion or traumatic brain injury (TBI). A temporary change in pituitary hormone production is normal after a concussion, but most of the time, hormone levels return to normal after a few weeks.
If your hormones do not stabilize after a concussion or TBI, you may have developed hypopituitarism as a complication of the head injury. Hypopituitarism is when the pituitary gland does not produce enough hormones. These are some symptoms of hypopituitarism:
- Reduced body hair
- Chronic fatigue
- Weight gain
- Excessive urination
- Menstrual cycle changes
- Always feeling cold
Treatment of hypopituitarism usually involves replacing the deficient hormones through oral medications or injections. If you have ever taken vitamin D supplements, contraceptive pills, or corticosteroids (which are used as a treatment for poison ivy and for some autoimmune diseases), then you have taken hormonal medications before. They are usually not very expensive, but the medical bills associated with them count as accident-related medical expenses if your hypopituitarism is the result of an accidental head injury.
Contact the Law Office of Patrick H. Yancey About Car Accidents
A car accident lawyer can help you recover your medical bills and other accident-related financial losses after a car accident in which you suffered a head injury. Contact the Law Office of Patrick H. Yancey in Houma, Louisiana, to set up a consultation about your case.
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