What are the symptoms of an orbital blowout fracture?
The most common symptoms are bruising, tenderness and swelling around the eye; renbess of the eye; double vision (diplopia); numbness of the cheek, nose or teeth; nose bleeds (epistaxis) [See figure 1]. Symptoms that typically indicate a more serious injury are pain on eye movement, double vision, air under the skin around the eye, and numbness of the cheek/mouth/nose on the side of the injury. Severe trauma may cause facial bone fractures, injury to the eye itself, and injuries to the skull/brain.
