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Broken Toe?
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I have fallen over a picture and the edge of the frame has sliced through the joint at the top of the middle toe. It will stop bleeding...I can bleed for Ireland so that is usual but...the top joint, where the nail is, is wobbling and pointing upwards. I believe hospitals don't bother with breaks like this so if, when it stops bleeding , I tape it straight and tightly will that do, do you think....anyone? :-(
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I work in A&E and there isn't a great lot that anyone would be able to do, probably just xray it and clean the wound but then it would just be strapped to the 2nd toe like you suggested. If it will go straight then it sounds like it isn't dislocated. If in doubt you could just go to an out of hour GP or GP tomorrow. From what you've said, strapping it next to the 2nd toe sounds the best option.
There was a woman who had a severely broken foot - in the toes. A bone from a dog's foot was used to mend it.
One day the woman was out walking in a Kettering park and met her doctor along the way.
The doctor asked her, "How are you getting along with those toes of yours and the dog's foot bone used?"
The woman replied, "Just fine, though I have a hard time keeping it down when I pass a tree."
One day the woman was out walking in a Kettering park and met her doctor along the way.
The doctor asked her, "How are you getting along with those toes of yours and the dog's foot bone used?"
The woman replied, "Just fine, though I have a hard time keeping it down when I pass a tree."
I kicked the living room door a few years ago and broke my right little toe. It was pointing off to the right so I wasn't going to mess with it. Went to A&E and had it xrayed. They straightened it and taped it to the next toe. Couldn't wear shoes as the break was right across the joint and any shoes I wore pressed on it, agony I can tell you.