Symptoms of nasal frontal sinus fracture

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Frontal sinus fractures can be divided into three types: simple linear fracture of anterior wall, anterior wall collapse fracture, anterior wall fracture combined with posterior wall fracture. So let's share the symptoms of inferior nasal frontal sinus fracture.

Symptoms of nasal frontal sinus fracture

First: clinical manifestations: frontal sinus anterior wall fracture, often with local swelling, epistaxis, ocular subcutaneous blood stasis. In the case of collapse fracture, the forehead may be deformed. Patients with mental changes should be considered with intracranial injury.

Second: diagnosis: anterior wall linear fracture can only have soft tissue injury and local tenderness. It is difficult to make a definite diagnosis of posterior wall fracture by inspection and palpation. Therefore, the diagnosis should be made by X-ray.

Third: treatment: ① the patients with simple linear fracture of anterior wall do not need special treatment. ② If there is no open injury in the anterior wall collapse fracture, the incision should be closed and the infection should be controlled. ③ The patients with posterior wall fracture must be operated.

matters needing attention

Nasal symptoms include epistaxis, frontal swelling or concave limit, retrogression of superior orbital margin, downward displacement of eyeball, subconjunctival hemorrhage, tears overflow and visual impairment. Severe cases may have cerebral concussion, epidural hemorrhage and other brain symptoms.