Just wondering
2007-06-03 09:38:25 · 8 answers · asked by Hayley 3 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
Yes. Have it X-rayed. In the meantime keep your foot elevated. Cold compresses 20min on 20 off. You can tape your bad toe the adjacent toe. Sometimes a removable walking cast or shoe is indicated to keep weight off your toe while it is healing.
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2007-06-03 09:44:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only way to be a hundred sure would be to get an X-Ray. A good way to guess you have a possible broken toe is it is swollen, possibly misshaped and cannot move. Plus you may have heard a cracking sound when it got broke. As I said the only way that you can be is 100 percent sure is to get an X-ray.
Ignore the cyber badazzes who give you that whole bit about they just ducttaped it back up and got on their harley or what ever crock of **** they spew. This is why you pay for health insurance. If you don't have any get some.
2007-06-03 20:29:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's black and blue, then likely you broke it. Go see your nearest podiatrist for a x-ray. If it is broken, you'll likely get a small fracture shoe and the doctor will teach you how to buddy splint the injured toe to the adjacent toe. That's the key - fracture shoe with buddy splinting and within 3 weeks your toe will feel a lot better.
2007-06-03 18:16:36 · answer #3 · answered by pengfoot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I broke my thumb it turned black after about an hour, so a toe might too. Also, tylenol, motrin, etc won't really touch the pain and it will swell, movement is difficult.
Good luck!
2007-06-03 09:42:18 · answer #4 · answered by tsoto_soto 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well...is it swollen? Bruised? Painful to move? If you can't stand on it or it hurst to bend it tehn it is possibly broken.
2007-06-06 18:59:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
can't put any weight on it - it WILL tell you that!
then you go to get an x-ray - that will confirm it
2007-06-03 09:41:44 · answer #6 · answered by tom4bucs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jeez. Just break one of yours and you will get the answer.
2007-06-03 09:41:55 · answer #7 · answered by Leof 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes,it is swollen ,hurts terrible and can't hardly move it
2007-06-03 09:41:18 · answer #8 · answered by caffsans 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋