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What Causes Red And Swollen Toe?

hi my son has hurt his foot im unsure of what happened, but his big toe is red and swollen and there is a red line going up the arch of his foot away from cut, moving up to his leg, he is in a lot of pain with it, but he wont let anyone near it, my first thought was thaat he broke it now im thinking its septic???
Mon, 6 Apr 2015
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Hi,
Thanks for writing to HCM.
I understand ur concern see severe pain is possible in both the conditions either he broke it or its infected. Red line is a line of inflammation.
If he has injured it and its highly swollen than probability of fracture is much more.
I advise u to go for a xray of affected part asap and that will rule out the fracture.
Start a good antibiotic like cefixime or amoxicillin clavulinic acid.
Along with this start diclofenac plus trypsin and serratio peptidase combination.
If swelling continues to increase or if he suffers from fever that treat it on urgent basis.
Thanks
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What Causes Red And Swollen Toe?

Hi, Thanks for writing to HCM. I understand ur concern see severe pain is possible in both the conditions either he broke it or its infected. Red line is a line of inflammation. If he has injured it and its highly swollen than probability of fracture is much more. I advise u to go for a xray of affected part asap and that will rule out the fracture. Start a good antibiotic like cefixime or amoxicillin clavulinic acid. Along with this start diclofenac plus trypsin and serratio peptidase combination. If swelling continues to increase or if he suffers from fever that treat it on urgent basis. Thanks Hope I answered ur queries.