About 20 percent of the amputees have had potentially serious blood clots that formed as a result of the initial trauma.

Symptoms of whiplash may be delayed for 24 hours or more after the initial trauma.

Instead, in the hours after the initial trauma, the brain undergoes a series of changes as it tries to fix the damage.

Additionally, the initial trauma commonly goes unreported, adding to the confusion about how often the syndrome occurs.

This malignant change of the wound happens a long time after initial trauma, usually 10-25 years later.

As her body grew stronger and less devastated by the initial trauma, sleep became an impossibility.

It is sometimes noticed with a "popping" sensation with the initial trauma.

Hypnotherapy is commonly used to identify the initial trauma and to treat this phobia.

The initial trauma causing the infection is often not noticed or forgotten.

In many cases the patient will not notice or remember the initial trauma, as symptoms often do not appear for years.