Your digestive system is what allows your body to break down your daily consumption of food. The job of the digestive system is to do this in a way that the food can be absorbed and used or excreted. The digestive system is also the process by which the body breaks down food into smaller components that can be absorbed by the blood stream.

The digestion of food is usually divided into mechanical processing to reduce the size of food particles and chemical action to further reduce the size of particles and prepare them for absorption. Digestion can be broken down into four separate processes which are as follows:

Ingestion – this is when the food is placed into the mouth
Mechanical digestion and chemical digestion – otherwise known as mastication, which is when you tear and crush food as well as the churning of the stomach. This comes with the addition of chemicals (acid, bile, enzymes, and water), which break down complex molecules into simple structures
Absorption - movement of nutrients from the digestive system to the circulatory and lymphatic capillaries through osmosis, active transport, and diffusion
Egestion - Removal of undigested materials from the digestive tract through defecation

There are many different aspects that can cause damage to your digestive system such as a stab wound or industrial lacerations as well as seat belt pressure. You can also cause damage to your digestive system if you are unfortunate enough to contract food poisoning; this is only a real concern if you contract serious food poisoning which can last between two and four weeks and even have a remaining discomfort for several years afterwards. Whether you experience damage to your digestive system as a result of trauma or sickness that was caused through no fault of your own then you could be entitled to make a claim for compensation.

If you are suffering severe damage to your digestive system with a continuing pain and discomfort that should have been avoided, or if you have suffered with it in the last three years then you could be entitled to make a claim for compensation. In order for your compensation claim to be a success you should be able to prove liability to another party for the injuries that you have sustained and if your claim is successful you will be awarded damages for your initial injuries and any medical expenses that you have encountered as well as any loss of earnings that you are now experiencing.

Depending on the severity of the injury sustained to your digestive system you could end up claiming, at the most, up to between £22,600 or £32,400 but this does depend on your individual situation.

If you are involved in an accident that affects your digestive system it goes without saying that you should seek immediate medical treatment. This will also aid you if you do decide to pursue a compensation claim for the fact that you will have a medical record of the injuries that you sustained.

For more information about making a claim for compensation get in touch with a personal injury solicitor today.

Helen is the web master of Accident Consult, specialists in all aspects of Digestive system injuries.