Facial Injuires

Signs and Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment

Signs and Symptoms

Facial injuries can cause a variety of symptoms, which differ depending on their location and severity. These may include:

• Difficulty breathing, seeing, talking or swallowing
• Facial swelling or misshapen face
• Cut or puncture wound on your face
• Facial pain
• Bruising or discoloration behind your ears, eyes or under your tongue
• Widening of the distance between your eyes, which may indicate injury to your eye sockets
• Facial numbness or tingling
• Skin infections or rashes

Reviewed by health care specialists at UCSF Medical Center.
Last updated May 8, 2007