I mentioned this on the covid thread, yesterday I banged my small toe against the metal leg of a stool.
The symptoms yesterday were lots of pain for the first 30 minutes or so which eased off but didnt go away. If I tried to use my toe against pressure such as my finger I had a sharp pain on the outside of it. I was able to walk around probably not normal but could walk.
When I went bed there was immediate relief probably due to the foot been raised, and by the time I woke up I wondered if my toe had mostly healed the pain was so low.
When I stood up after getting out of bed there was a clear increase in pain however throughout the whole day the pain hasnt reached the levels of yesterday, I can move my toe away from the other toes without much pain now. There is still bruises and the base of the toe still feels too low, although without the top of it looking too low so might be down to swelling.
The problem today has been I can no longer walk around without a struggle and if I try to just stand up every 2-3 seconds there is a kind of spasm with the small toe as if it cannot handle the slight contact with floor so I have to react, usually lifting my leg and leaning on something (or sitting down). It has progressively got more severe during the day to the point now I am struggling to stand up and even take a couple of steps. I probably need a toe buddy I guess, and to stop trying to move around, but if any of you guys have ever had a broken or fractured toe, do my symptoms seem too severe for a fracture? The toe from what I can see has no bone sticking out, looks normal to the eye in regards to where its pointing, and no blood under nail or pain under nail although nail is cracked at the top.
I got no idea at the moment how I would get to a hospital for an xray without an ambulance I think would really struggle to get to a car and get inside it. Not keen on going as seems a waste of time unless its a full on break from what I read on the NHS website.
The symptoms yesterday were lots of pain for the first 30 minutes or so which eased off but didnt go away. If I tried to use my toe against pressure such as my finger I had a sharp pain on the outside of it. I was able to walk around probably not normal but could walk.
When I went bed there was immediate relief probably due to the foot been raised, and by the time I woke up I wondered if my toe had mostly healed the pain was so low.
When I stood up after getting out of bed there was a clear increase in pain however throughout the whole day the pain hasnt reached the levels of yesterday, I can move my toe away from the other toes without much pain now. There is still bruises and the base of the toe still feels too low, although without the top of it looking too low so might be down to swelling.
The problem today has been I can no longer walk around without a struggle and if I try to just stand up every 2-3 seconds there is a kind of spasm with the small toe as if it cannot handle the slight contact with floor so I have to react, usually lifting my leg and leaning on something (or sitting down). It has progressively got more severe during the day to the point now I am struggling to stand up and even take a couple of steps. I probably need a toe buddy I guess, and to stop trying to move around, but if any of you guys have ever had a broken or fractured toe, do my symptoms seem too severe for a fracture? The toe from what I can see has no bone sticking out, looks normal to the eye in regards to where its pointing, and no blood under nail or pain under nail although nail is cracked at the top.
I got no idea at the moment how I would get to a hospital for an xray without an ambulance I think would really struggle to get to a car and get inside it. Not keen on going as seems a waste of time unless its a full on break from what I read on the NHS website.
