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Suggest Treatment For Toe Injury

I fell Friday night. Metatarsal close to big toe was extremely painful. Toes hurt and sometimes ankle hurts. Pain is much better. Swelling is better. Was not able to bend toes until this morning and range is much improved.. been using ice and aleve. Should I see doctor? If so what type of dr?
Fri, 27 Feb 2015
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Thank you for posting your query in healthcaremagic.com
This is Dr. Swarnava dattagupta answering your query.

I understand your concern.
Well its a good sign that you are improving. Generally trauma to foot may be associated with bony injury as there are so many small bones in this area. Anyways, hopefully there is no such injury in your case.
I would suggest the following-
Continue ice and aleve
Take antacids or PPIs like pantroprazole as NSAIDs like aleve causes gastric problems
Take chymoral forte if there is swelling
Rest and immobilisation of foot for 3-4 more days
If there is still pain and swelling after 3-5 days, get an XRAY ANKLE JOINT AND FOOT RIGHT/LEFT SIDE AP & LAT VIEW done
See an ORTHOPEADICIAN with the reports


Hope i have answered your question.
If you have any further questions i will be happy to help.
Regards
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Suggest Treatment For Toe Injury

Hi, Thank you for posting your query in healthcaremagic.com This is Dr. Swarnava dattagupta answering your query. I understand your concern. Well its a good sign that you are improving. Generally trauma to foot may be associated with bony injury as there are so many small bones in this area. Anyways, hopefully there is no such injury in your case. I would suggest the following- Continue ice and aleve Take antacids or PPIs like pantroprazole as NSAIDs like aleve causes gastric problems Take chymoral forte if there is swelling Rest and immobilisation of foot for 3-4 more days If there is still pain and swelling after 3-5 days, get an XRAY ANKLE JOINT AND FOOT RIGHT/LEFT SIDE AP & LAT VIEW done See an ORTHOPEADICIAN with the reports Hope i have answered your question. If you have any further questions i will be happy to help. Regards