broken toe???
 

this morning i was on my way up the stairs and somehow i hit my toe on the stair and it bent backwards...its swollen up and painfull....

could it be broken??

When I broke my toe it got incredibly bruised (I never bruise), swollen, misshapen (where it broke, it was bent to the side) and painful. All you can do is ice it for a day or so and it'll heal eventually.

Heh, I broke mine 3 months ago and it still hurts.

thanks hun.....i will put ice on it now....but im going out later so will see what happens

which toe is it?
you could pop up to a&e and they'll X-ray it
one of my brothers currently has a broken toe from a motor bike accident, and it's very very painful to walk on, extremely bruised and misshapen.

Unfortunaltey, with toes, if its broken there really isnt any treatment. And most units wont actually xray it. I asume by toe, you mean the bit where it splits on your foot, as opppossed to the bit between your ankel and the end. (if that makes sense)
The best you can do really is raise it, put ice on it for 10 mins every hour and if its really sore, possibly try taping it to the next toe during the day.

Take care
Kim

thanks kim.
will see how it goes.....
its too painfull to walk on atm.
and the swelling is really bad.
im going to elevate my foot for tonight.
nd see how it is tommorow

Ugh I've had my toe broken one time, couldn't really walk for a week or so and still sometimes when I walk long distances the pain comes back, it sure sux.

Marte

You should go get it checked out, definately sounds like it's broken if you can't walk on it.

I've broken a couple of my toes. There's nothing they can do for it really,since you can't splint it because you can't walk with your toes all bandaged up and stuff.
Take some ibuprofen, put some ice on it,and rest it as much as possible, if it is broken,it's going to hurt I'm afraid!

Bitter Angel is right. Tape it to the next toe, ice, pain meds, elevate, and try and stay off it. Warning though do not ice for more than 20 mins at a time then let the area warm, before continuing to ice. Ifyou think the toe is painful, you do not want to add frost burn to it!

For a laugh (true story) I slipped and fell right on my bottom, breaking my tailbone, talk about a pain in the *ss! :laugh: It was not funny at the time, but so many yrs later its funny especially since I saw it as karma for ditching school to go hottubbing with friends and I fell at the edge of the hottub!

My brother's was X-rayed then taped to his next toe.
It is painful to walk and is still swollen and bruised.
Take ibuprofen/nurofen - if you're not asthmatic.

Ah, broken toes, the joy.

Like everyone else has said, A&E would be a waste of time, you could be sat 6 hours waiting to see a doctor, only to get them strapped together and sent on your way.

Toes hurt alot, but there's nothing anyone can do.

Just try not to walk on it much, i walked on the heel of my foot when i broke my big toe. Hope it heals quick x.