What should we do??
Okay, Last night my husband stubbed his toe, and ended up kicking the wall next to his other foot very hard because the backache i guess... Well, he just went on to bed, after when we got up this morning he wanted me to look at it, (It's his big toe by the way) His adjectives toe is swollen to about double the size almost, and it's pretty blue. I can't really tell if he broke it or not, It does look resembling it has a lump between the join and beneath the toenail, (that's also where most of the blue is) , But i'm not good at relating these kind of things...Could it be broken? Also, i know if you break you little toe the docters can not do anything about it, is it one and the same with the big toe? I'm not sure if he should go to the emergency room, or simply get a docter's appointment (which usually takes weeks to get hold of in, or if you say it's an emergency they will try and obtain you in within the subsequent two days.) It is really hurting him so we're not sure what we should do???
Answer: Based on the description and medicine in common... we will probably never know if it is broken with out an xray. So moving on to treatment: ice 20 minutes on and 20 minutes stale for the first 48 hours of the injury.
After that you can try switching to heat 20 minutes on and 20 minutes off or you can try ice/heat psychoanalysis after the first 48 hours of ice therapy. For the first 2 days we are trying to limitation the swelling. So with that in mind he requirements to elevate his toe above his knee, etc so that gravity can help verbs some of the swelling off. The more his leg stays in a down position the more it will swell and hurt.
Obviously stay rotten the foot/toe so that it can rest. Hard sole shoes will probably be the best as they will limit motion of the toe. If he can take it, advil 600mg near a little bit of food will help near pain and will give an anti-inflammatory effect..
There is not much the dr's can do for broken toes excluding prescribe pain medications and gross sure it's not damaged in a instrument that isn't going to heal. I would go to the emergency room and permit them have a look. If he doesn't want to go to the dr's afterwards soak it in ice wet for 20 mins and then 30 mins later soak it within hot water. Keep alternating like that through out the subsequent few days. Good luck! Go see a doctor. That description is good but we kinda need to see it so nobody can answwer this request for information unless they done it them selfs once.
I Suggest you go see a doctor straight away.