Why is my pinky toe swollen?!
Question: For the past few weeks, my pinky toe has been swollen. I dont think it has anything to do with my shoes becasue my other foot is fine. I drink plenty of water and have tried splinting and soaking it but nothing is helping. Im starting to get freaked out.
Ah.......im full of injuries this year.......
Answers: For the past few weeks, my pinky toe has been swollen. I dont think it has anything to do with my shoes becasue my other foot is fine. I drink plenty of water and have tried splinting and soaking it but nothing is helping. Im starting to get freaked out.
Ah.......im full of injuries this year.......
Here is how you evaluate body symptoms. In fact, this is what medical practitioners do:
Typical Causes:
1) Infection due to a cut or bacteria from nail?
2) Broken bone?
How to Evalute/Inspection for infection:
1) Is the area painful to touch? (Infection)
2) Is the area abnormally warm to the touch (Infection)
3) Is the swollen area soft or hard (Infection Absess)
Serious Symptoms to watch:
1) Is the core body temperature rising?
How to Evaluate/Inspect for Broken Bone
1) Is the area painful and swollen but no obvious infection symptoms?
2) Nature of the injury?
How to treat typical Infections:
- If source of the infection can be found, such as with an infected nail do to bacteria, then you need to open the area. Most of the time this can be done by simply gently pulling back the skin. If you notice a white substance (white blood cells) coming from the area, then this is normally enough to allow the area to drain.
- If source of the infection cannot be found or the specific wound cannot be opened, then external anti-biotics might need to employed. Also, if core body temperature goes up, then bloodwork might need to be done to determine the nature of the infection and the extect of how it has spread.
How to treat Broken Bone:
- Isolate bone area and tape off. A popcicle with some tape works best most of the time for smaller limbs. For larger limbs, a sling or cast is required.
Hope this helps!! Good Luck! :-)
Probably infected...
Do you eat a lot of heavy foods; creamy, fatty?
If so then you could have Gout.
Maybe it is an ingrown nail or your shoe is rubbing.
You feet are not identical. It is possible to have one toe rub and not the other.
Just because your other shoe is fine, doesn't mean the other one is, so maybe use another pair for a few weeks to see how the swelling changes. Also, you may have stubbed your pinky toe into something without realizing it, and it could be broken. Does it hurt excessively?
Better go to a doctor, too, just in case. Good luck!
~Kat
Maybe you're getting Gout. I hope not because I hear that is painful, requires meds, and a strick diet. Gout affects the top of your toe.
Ingrown toenail. See your doctor if polysporin applied twice daily (and bandaged) does not show signs of clearing it up within a couple of days.
3 things:
1. One of everyones feet is bigger than the other. So it could be a shoe problem. You might want to get new shoes or one of those Dr.Scholls things(they're like squishy foot pads)
2. Do you walk around a lot, or are you always standing up? We literaly just learned in science class that if your feet get swollen, you should put your feet up.
3. It could have to do with your toe nails. Sometimes my toe nails dig into my toes(ouchies) and it hurts real badly.
If it remains swollen, you should probably see a doctor :-) They always know whats wrong.
Good luck
~Cao
Its been 2 weeks and your toe is still swollen. Something is definately wrong. Get an xray. It may be fractured or broken. A foot doctor can find out whats wrong and get you better right away. Get well soon.
You probably have an ingrown toenail or hit it without noticing.
See a doctor.