My big toe has been swollen ever since last October, and 2 doctors I visited don't know what is wrong. It hurts when I lay down in bed, for about 15 minutes, almost 5 out of 7 days in the week. It is still swollen and the hurting is becoming more frequent. This is not a bunion. Any ideas as to what is wrong?
2006-09-05 13:27:49 · 7 answers · asked by Kelley K. 3 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Nope, not ingrown toenails.
2006-09-05 13:31:36 · update #1
Well, the toenail is just like my fingernails in color, and isn't extremley short nor long. I think I might have hit it with a field hockey ball, but the x-ray showed what a normal toe should look like, bone and all.
2006-09-05 13:35:01 · update #2
Pain in a big toe, especially at night, is one of the symptoms of gout. But I would think that the doctors would have already considered that. Do make sure that you see a podiatrist if you haven't already. Go to the link below. Read the paragraph on symptoms and see if that sounds like your problem.
2006-09-05 13:46:58 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to see a posiatrist who is surgically trained and involved in his field. Have any doctor visits related to this sent to him; have all x-rays and such sent to him; make a list of ALL medication, vitamins, supplements, herbs, etc that you are taking; bring in the shoes that you most commonly wear or that seem to aggrivate the condition; and keep a diary of how much it hurts (scale of 1-10), when it hurts, what you did that day or the day before, what shoes you wore, etc.
It could be anything from a splinter that you don't know about to a circulatory issue to a tissue/bone/joint problem. Good luck to you in this. : )
2006-09-05 20:36:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
your feet r really sensitive then.Try taking a bath in hot water.then after that put sum lotion on ur foot and scrub ur foot with a cloth until ur foot is completely clean...the reason why ur foot hurts is because it is not clean. do not wear a sock because all that absorbs inside the sock is bacteria..and that bacteria makes ur foot hurt....if u keep letting bacteria in ur foot,chances are u wont have a foot anymore..so wash it really good and relax like theres nothing wrong and in a couple days ur foot will feel better
2006-09-05 20:35:25 · answer #3 · answered by Mizz Latina 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It could be a bone spur. Did you injure it in any way?
2006-09-05 20:33:39 · answer #4 · answered by Firefly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is it ingrown??? the skin is grown over the nail???
2006-09-05 20:29:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
n abnormal growth of cells? cancerous??? how do u wear shoeS?
2006-09-05 20:36:13 · answer #6 · answered by Jamie C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What color is your nail it is probably a fungus.
2006-09-05 20:33:26 · answer #7 · answered by Happy Mommy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋