What is wrong with my TOE??!?!
Question: What is wrong with my TOE!?!?!!?
Okay i desperatly neeed help!!! Last night i stubbed my toe agianst the side of a (sharp!) cabinet!! Some of my toenail fell off and it began to bleed! It was hurting really bad and getting swollen so I put ice on it! Then after about 30 minutes, I slapped a bandaid on it and went to bed! When I woke up this morning it was really swollen and purple!! It is purple from the knuckle to the area right in front of my toe! And it is the toe on my right foot next to my pinky toe( FOURTH TOE!) !! I don't know if it is broken or what!? (It doesn't hurt to walk on!)
Whatever help you can give me would be great!!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Whatever help you can give me would be great!!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
I did exactly the same to the same toe and it sounds like it looks the same too!. If you look underneath the toe (very hard to do and very painful) it will look worse! The pain when you stubbed it would be like liquid fire, yes!? I know what people mean by blinding pain! BUT it was remarkably better after a sleep!.
You have most likely broken the phlange which is the long thin bone which makes up the toe!. Kind of pointless getting it X-rayed TBH!. You may find that using elastic medical tape (elastoplast) and taping the toe to the toes either side of it may support it more and help with any pain!.
It will heal in a few weeks and you should notice the bruising start to fade in 5-6 days!.
You may wish to seek advice from a doctor or nurse, in some cases, you may get an antibiotic with a suspected bone fracture, but I didn't!. It healed quick and the pain was very bareable within a short time!. You can take any standard painkiller if you need to!.
I did the same with a finger I slammed in a door!. Just taped it up!.!
You'll probably feel more stupid and embarrassed than anything else!. I know I did!. lolWww@Answer-Health@Com
You have most likely broken the phlange which is the long thin bone which makes up the toe!. Kind of pointless getting it X-rayed TBH!. You may find that using elastic medical tape (elastoplast) and taping the toe to the toes either side of it may support it more and help with any pain!.
It will heal in a few weeks and you should notice the bruising start to fade in 5-6 days!.
You may wish to seek advice from a doctor or nurse, in some cases, you may get an antibiotic with a suspected bone fracture, but I didn't!. It healed quick and the pain was very bareable within a short time!. You can take any standard painkiller if you need to!.
I did the same with a finger I slammed in a door!. Just taped it up!.!
You'll probably feel more stupid and embarrassed than anything else!. I know I did!. lolWww@Answer-Health@Com
Pinch the pad of your foot below the toe!. If that hurts, then it's broken!. However, a broken toe is no big deal!. I break mine all the time!. If it's not out of place, then it's nothing to worry about!.
Sounds like you stubbed it pretty good!. It's just bruised!. The toenail will grow back!. Just keep it bandaged!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Sounds like you stubbed it pretty good!. It's just bruised!. The toenail will grow back!. Just keep it bandaged!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
If you can move it it's not broken!. My daughter hit my foot with a softball and by big toe got really swollen and purple and my toe nail ended up falling off, but it healed just fine!. It may look ugly for awhile, but if it doesn't hurt to walk on it, it will be fine!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Probably not broken but keep ice on it!. no band aid!.!.!. it needs to breathe!. If it is bleeding than use the band aid!. If by tomorrow it is bad, go see a doctor and maybe though could prescribe some medicine to keep the swelling down!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
You can certainly just give it time to heal or if you really want to know exactly what is going on go see a doctor, preferably a podiatrist!.
Good luck!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Good luck!.Www@Answer-Health@Com