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In reply to the discussion: A cop with a broken eye socket can fire such accurate rounds? [View all]WCLinolVir
(951 posts)fracture. A concussion is caused by the brain bouncing around in the skull, loosely speaking. One does not necessarily precipitate the other. Actually medical science is full of cases where people were injured and did not know till several hours later. I'm not on any side, but the opinions expressed here are not based on medical science. A blowout fracture can either be severe or mild, or anything in between.
And as a last note, if he was in shock, that would in many cases, make him less likely to notice physical pain.
I have not seen the report, but if he has been diagnosed with a "blow-out orbital fracture", it would usually have to be diagnosed by a radiologist, or other MD. There would usually have to be some kind of physical findings, x-ray, etc. It would not be subjective, or self-reported.