If you have heart disease, high blood pressure, kidney disease, or have had stomach ulcers or bleeding, talk with your health care provider. Do not give aspirin to children. Do not take more than the amount recommended on the medicine bottle or by your provider. Your provider may prescribe a stronger medicine if needed.
Self-care at Home To take care of your injury at home: Buddy taping. Wrap tape around the injured toe and the toe next to it. This helps keep your toe stable. Place a small wad of cotton between your toes to prevent tissues from becoming too moist.
Change the cotton daily. It may be painful to wear a regular shoe. In this case, your doctor can provide a stiff-bottomed shoe. This will protect your toe and make room for swelling. Once swelling has gone down, wear a solid, stable shoe to protect your toe.
Activity Slowly increase the amount of walking you do each day. Ice your toe after activity if there is any pain. But for the average person you stub your toe, it hurts, tape it to the other toe. That'll support it, give it time, wear some hard-soled shoes, something that's going to give your foot some support where your toe's not moving around a lot and you'll be fine with that.
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And, as Dr. National Library of Medicine. While most breaks are not too serious, neglecting to correctly treat a badly broken toe in a timely manner can result in improper healing and issues down the road, Dr. Guss says. Bayes adds. Here are a few signs and scenarios that require immediate attention and specialized medical treatment like going to urgent care or the ER instead of, say, waiting to see your primary care physician the next day.
Breaking your big toe—which has a lot to do with your balance, strength, and gait—is a more complicated injury to treat, Dr. Kolodenker says. Big toe breaks may need a cast or a splint to heal, according to the U. National Library of Medicine explains.
Other severe breaks are those that cause the toe to look crooked, according to the U. If a toe break is displaced i. King says. There are things you can do to treat it at home.
Do not worry if you're not sure if it's broken or just bruised, treatment is usually the same for both. You may need further treatment in hospital, such as a boot, cast or surgery. They can tell you the right place to get help if you need to see someone. Go to
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