Medical Encyclopedia:
Whiplash: Causes and symptoms
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Tension shortens and tightens muscles. Fatigue relaxes them. Either condition increases the likelihood that whiplash will occur and the probability that the injury will be severe.
Sometimes symptoms of whiplash appear right away. Sometimes they do not develop until hours, days, or weeks after the injury occurs. Symptoms of whiplash include:
- pain or stiffness in the neck, jaw, shoulders, or arms
- dizziness
- headache
- loss of feeling in an arm or hand
- nausea and vomiting
Depression and vision problems are rare symptoms of this condition.
— Maureen Haggerty
