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  • #1

    Broken Toe

    Do I really need to go to the doctor for a most likely broken toe? I slipped on the stairs this morning and now it hurts like the dickens. Isn't black and blue but its swollen. I can't even get DH to call me back to get his opinion, not that a NSG is going to be much help.

    Anyone have experience with a broken big toe?
    Wife to NSG out of training, mom to 2, 10 & 8, and a beagle with wings.
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  • #2
    Broken Toe

    If there is a chance that it is dislocated, you should go to the doc.
    If you do go, and it is broken and not dislocated, they likely won't do much. Toes hurt like hell.

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    Heidi, PA-S1 - wife to an orthopaedic surgeon, mom to Ryan, 17, and Alexia, 11.


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    • #3
      Is there a way to know if it might be dislocated? I can partially bend it but not all the way.
      Wife to NSG out of training, mom to 2, 10 & 8, and a beagle with wings.

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      • #4
        Well hopefully you might have just sprained it. Most times bruising will occur later, and even the next day with a fracture or sprain.

        Did you hear it break or crack? Are you unable to move your toe joint? Is your toe crooked? Are there any noted deformities? Is your toe dislocated? If yes to any of these, a trip to your family doctor is in order, because there are signs of a possible fracture.

        Ice Ice Ice baby. Do the 20-30 mins in an icy toe bath to help with the swelling. Keeping your foot elevated and pressure off of the painful joint will help. Motrin is not always the choice for fractures, consult your doc for pain relief. Tylenol is usually safe. Keeping your toe in a stiff-soled shoe can protect the toe and helps keep it positioned.

        Sprains: You usually feel tenderness in the toe and pain when moving, and swelling as well. Ice Ice Ice baby. Motrin is usually safe for sprains to help with the inflammation. Keep off your toe as much as you can, and elevate. If the pain and swelling do not improve in 3 days or so, you might have torn a ligament or have a fracture.

        The only way to truly know if it is a sprain or fracture, is by xray.

        If the fracture or sprain is not severe, some docs will splint the big toe or tape it to other toes, to the next toe mate. You can do this with some bandage tape: It's also called buddy taping. Surgery is only for the more severe cases.

        Hope this was helpful!

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        • #5
          Broken Toe

          Chad says it's a feel thing. Like you feel around the joint. I don't know. You should probably go in, but it's more for confirmation than specific treatment.


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          Heidi, PA-S1 - wife to an orthopaedic surgeon, mom to Ryan, 17, and Alexia, 11.


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          • #6
            OUCH! An Ob/Gyn isn't a great help, either, but in the past he has advised not going in b/c they wouldn't do anything. I didn't know about the possibility of dislocation. No help with that, just lots of sympathy.
            ETA: My post crossed with the others. Looks like you're getting answers.

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            • #7
              My issue is that DH leaves this afternoon for a course in St. Louis so I will be alone with the kids for 4 days. I'm tempted to go to the express care near my house when A wakes up from nap. We'll see...
              Wife to NSG out of training, mom to 2, 10 & 8, and a beagle with wings.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by SuzySunshine View Post
                My issue is that DH leaves this afternoon for a course in St. Louis so I will be alone with the kids for 4 days. I'm tempted to go to the express care near my house when A wakes up from nap. We'll see...
                Arghh...urgent care clinic or ER with small kids...man, I think I've have to LOSE the toe before I'd brave that.

                Feel better soon!

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by GrayMatterWife View Post
                  Arghh...urgent care clinic or ER with small kids...man, I think I've have to LOSE the toe before I'd brave that.

                  Feel better soon!
                  Thanks for making me laugh GMW!
                  Wife to NSG out of training, mom to 2, 10 & 8, and a beagle with wings.

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                  • #10
                    So if I wait until Friday to have it looked at if it still hurts or is swollen is that bad? I have the kids in daycare on Friday...
                    Wife to NSG out of training, mom to 2, 10 & 8, and a beagle with wings.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by SuzySunshine View Post
                      So if I wait until Friday to have it looked at if it still hurts or is swollen is that bad? I have the kids in daycare on Friday...
                      Not that you should do this but my grandmother walked around on her broken leg for 1 week before going into the doctor. In my minimal experience - it is a good thing that you can still bend it, maybe it is only a sprain! (still ugh) ((hugs))
                      Wife to PGY4 & Mother of 3.

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                      • #12
                        Ugh - injured toes are the worst! What a painful nuisance! I'm sorry - I hope you can at least get it looked at!
                        Loving wife of neurosurgeon

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                        • #13
                          Feel better soon! I've heard that broken toes are very painful!

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                          • #14
                            Well since I just read that it can take 4-6 weeks to heal I think it can wait until Friday
                            Wife to NSG out of training, mom to 2, 10 & 8, and a beagle with wings.

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                            • #15
                              Ouch! Toe injuries are the worse (next to tooth stuff)! The only rec. I would have is to tape it to the next toe. I know a couple people who let a broken toe just chill, and it grew over their next toes
                              Jen
                              Wife of a PGY-4 orthopod, momma to 2 DDs, caretaker of a retired race-dog, Hawkeye!


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