Fracture of The Orbit Symptoms
Symptoms vary depending on the location and severity of the fracture and may include:
- black eye, swollen and blue and black pigmentation around the eye injury, possible redness and areas of – bleeding in the white of the eye and the inner lining of the eyelids.
- double vision, decreased vision and blurred vision
- difficulty looking up and down, right and left
- abnormal position of the eye (either bulging outward or inward collapse of the orbit)
- numbness in the forehead, eyelids, cheeks, upper lip, upper teeth on the same side of the injured eye, possibly related to a nerve injury caused by the fracture - inflammation due to accumulation of air under the skin near the eye, usually a sign that the fracture has pierced the wall of the sinus cavity, particularly the maxillary sinus, an air chamber located inside of the cheek below the eye
- swelling and deformation of the cheeks or forehead, with an obvious deformity in the area of broken bone.
- cheek that looks abnormally flattened and possibly severe pain in the cheek while trying to open the mouth