2006-08-21 19:52:37 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
If it is extremely painful to move it, instantly swollen and dark to blackish blue, its a pretty sure thing.
2006-08-21 20:06:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it hurts a lot, get an xray. If it is broken, yes the toes are taped together. The normal toe acts like a splint for the broken one. However if the big toe is broken you will need something more sturdy, like walking cast with a toe splint that extends to immobilize the toe.
2006-08-21 20:01:14 · answer #2 · answered by purplebutterfly 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I broke my big toe when I was 14. I was running in the sand and when I tried jumping over the bricks to get to the grass, there was too much sand and I hit my toe pretty hard. When I landed on my foot, and I tried to keep running, I wasn't doing anything but limping and I had a horrible pain in my toe. I looked at it, and noticed it was horribly crooked. So we went to the DR & they told me my toe was broke.
So mainly if you can't walk on it..and it hurts to bend back & forth..and if it's crooked, you got yourself a broke toe.
2006-08-21 19:59:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You will definitely know if it is broken becuase it will hurt like hell. I broke my middle toe and it hurt so bad it was hard to walk. It may or may not turn purple--mine didn't. Not much they can do for you if it is indeed broken. I took to taping my toes together to that it took some pressure off my broken toe until it healed.
2006-08-21 20:02:42 · answer #4 · answered by sidnee_marie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you thnk you have a broken toe, go get it X-rayed. It is a lifelone investment. If your toe is broke and is not taken care of properly it will bother you the rest of your life.
2006-08-21 20:00:21 · answer #5 · answered by Rusty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to tell. You can go to the doctor or emergency room but unfortunately there is not much they can do for a broken toe except bandage your foot. Can you move it at all?
2006-08-21 19:58:56 · answer #6 · answered by starrynight1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If its reddish and blackish its surely broken and if it hard to walk well its 90% broken I have a broken toe right now while i'm answering
2013-10-14 10:00:59 · answer #7 · answered by Karrie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it really hurts, and there is some displacement of the toe so that the joint is bent in a fashion it shouldn't be, then it is broken.
2006-08-21 20:15:22 · answer #8 · answered by Buzz s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if its purple and doesn't go away, then it might be broke, however the hospital does very little for broken toes anyway, they wrap it to the next toe.
2006-08-21 19:57:37 · answer #9 · answered by anonymous 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
usually the toe will get purple. Either way there is nothing you can do for it, just time heals it.
2006-08-21 19:58:19 · answer #10 · answered by NeuroRN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋