If you bruise your toe, what should you do in this case? This question is asked by almost every second person, because bruises in this area are a common occurrence.
Despite the small scale of the injury, a stubbed big toe is as serious an injury as injury to any other limb or body part. With severe trauma, the consequences can be quite serious: from unbearable pain to dislocation and tissue necrosis, and death of the nail. Any symptoms of a bruised finger should alert the victim.
Scientists conducted an experiment and proved that the speed of a finger hitting an object is comparable to the speed of a car involved in an accident and is about 50 km per hour. Therefore, the injury can be compared to the same injuries that a person receives when colliding with a pole during a car accident.
Even if the victim does not feel severe symptoms, it is necessary to treat a bruised toe with full responsibility. Lack of proper attention to injury can result in damage to tendons, bones and joints, the formation of hematomas and subsequent arthritis and arthrosis in the joint of the injured finger.
Symptoms of a bruise usually develop in the first seconds after the injury; they can occur after several hours and even days due to painful shock. A stubbed toe releases a large amount of natural painkiller in the body, which temporarily hides the symptoms.
A bruised thumb most often occurs as a result of a heavy object falling on the foot, a person landing painfully from a height, or being hit by an object. Injury to the little finger always occurs due to an impact with a surface.
The first symptom of any bruise is severe pain at or near the site of injury. It occurs in the first minutes after the blow, is sharp, but over time it can become aching and go away completely. Returns upon palpation and during movement, putting on socks and tights.
If the damage is severe, treatment may take some time. As a supporting agent, you can use chestnut tincture with camphor oil. About a dozen ripe chestnut fruits are crushed and infused in a glass of camphor oil. The liquid for treatment is prepared over several days. All this time, the oil with chestnuts should be kept in a dark place. Then it is mixed with the crumb of dark rye bread and applied to the damaged area.
Other symptoms depend on the extent of the injury. The bruise can be mild, moderate or severe, accompanied by joint dislocation, soft tissue damage and even bone fracture.
With mild damage, the skin and subcutaneous tissue are affected. The bruise is accompanied by the following signs: slight bleeding, scratches and other damage to the skin, slight bruising and swelling, various disorders of the structure of the nail. Minor bruise injuries occur when a person trips or touches an object with their finger.
Moderate to severe injuries occur when a large object falls on the leg during a strong impact. It can also be part of a leg injury.
If the injury is severe, there may be a temporary loss of sensation in the injured finger. Then she comes back in severe pain. A hematoma appears on the nail and skin of the finger. Over time, the nail may come off. There is also a change in the color of the finger and nail itself. This is due to the occurrence of subcutaneous bleeding.
In some cases, severe swelling appears. This indicates the severity of the injury. Swelling may indicate a possible bone fracture or dislocation. If the injury is severe, you must immediately go to the emergency room. With the help of an x-ray and visual examination, they will help to exclude such serious consequences of injury as fractures, sprains and dislocations.
The first aid for a bruised finger is cold. In the first minutes after the blow, you need to apply something cold to the injured area. This could be any metal object, a towel, a cloth soaked in ice water, or food from the freezer. Cold will help temporarily relieve pain, prevent swelling and hematoma.
If the pain is severe, you must take any painkiller. This could be analgin, no-spa or another drug.
After all surgical procedures, it is necessary to carefully examine the sore leg. This will help assess the number of fingers damaged and the extent of the injury. If the structure of the nail is damaged or there is bleeding, you must carefully apply a bandage. Especially carefully you need to examine the site of the bruise in children.
If possible, you should immediately seek medical help. Before arriving at the emergency room, you need to secure the injured finger with a special bandage or sterile dressing. This is necessary if the possibility of a fracture is being considered.
Any treatment begins with first aid. If a finger is severely bruised, one should not forget about complex treatment. It can be prescribed by a doctor.
If the injury occurs outside the city, in the forest, in the country, while relaxing on a lake or river, or while hiking, you can turn to folk remedies for treating a bruised finger. Cold water will help relieve severe pain shock. It is enough to immerse the injured limb in water. If clean drinking water is not enough, you can use natural springs and immerse your foot in a river or lake.
Treatment of toes can begin with a special compress, which effectively helps with bruises. For this you will need clean boiled water, vinegar and vegetable oil. All ingredients are mixed in equal quantities. You need to moisten a clean cotton cloth in the resulting liquid and wrap the resulting compress around the injured finger. To enhance the effect, the leg can be placed in a plastic bag. A preparation based on vinegar and vegetable oil will help quickly relieve inflammation and speed up the healing of damaged tissue. This method is especially effective in the first days after injury.
You can treat a bruise with other folk remedies.
Cold herbal compresses are excellent for promoting healing.
Dried flowers of calendula, tansy, celandine and wormwood herbs must be mixed in equal quantities and poured with boiling water. Then the mixture is boiled for several minutes and cooled.
The liquid from the broth must be drained; you only need a well-wrung out cake. It must be put in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours. A cold mixture of herbs is applied to the bruised area for several hours. It is necessary to ensure that the herbs do not dry out completely and change the bandage every half hour.
A few days after the injury, you can begin rubbing the bruised area with alcohol. This will help prevent infection of the damaged tissue, and the resulting heat will help the finger heal faster.
The causes of the bruise may be different, but after its treatment it is necessary to undergo a rehabilitation course. In the process of restoring a damaged finger, it is necessary to apply anti-inflammatory ointments and creams to the bruised area. After some time, cold compresses can be replaced with warm ones (based on alcohol or vodka). They improve blood circulation, which speeds up tissue restoration.
During treatment, you must wear open shoes, without ties, preferably made of natural fabrics or leather. In winter, it is better not to wear tight boots. Women should forget about wearing heels for a while, as this can put additional pressure on the injured toe and aggravate the injury.
Foot compresses can be herbal or oil. Decoctions, infusions, and less commonly, tinctures of medicinal plants are often used as a solution for herbal compresses. For a warming compress, take several layers of gauze, soak in a warm medicinal solution, squeeze out and apply to the affected area, then cover with oilcloth or parchment paper, and place a layer of cotton wool on top. It should be 3-5 cm wider than gauze and oilcloth on all sides. Bandage the compress prepared in this way tightly to the sore spot and keep the warming compress until it cools down.
Parsley and dill compress
2 tbsp. spoons of parsley and dill, 1 liter of water
Pour boiled water over parsley and dill, put on fire and boil for 10 minutes. Moisten a gauze napkin in the resulting broth, apply to the feet, wrap in a plastic bag and put on socks on top. Leave the compress for 15 minutes.
Raspberry and plantain compress
5-6 leaves of plantain and raspberry, 1 glass of water
Pour boiled water over plantain and raspberries, put on fire and bring to a boil, cover with a lid, leave for 20 minutes. Moisten a gauze cloth in the resulting infusion, apply it to the feet, wrap it in a plastic bag and put socks on top. Leave the compress for 3 hours.
1.5 tbsp. spoons of pine needles infusion, 30 g potato peelings
Boil potato peelings, drain the broth, add pine needle infusion. Immerse your feet in the prepared hot broth for 20 minutes. Afterwards, rinse your feet with warm water and lubricate with rich cream. Repeat every day for 2 weeks. This procedure will get rid of old calluses on your feet.
3 teaspoons thick sour cream, 1/2 cup rowan
Wash the berries, pour boiling water over them to soften, and grind using a meat grinder. Add sour cream to the resulting slurry and mix. Place the compress on a gauze napkin, wrap your feet, cover with a plastic bag, put on socks on top and leave for 25 minutes. Wraps should be done 3 times a week.
Compress to combat calluses
2 cloves garlic, 500 g wine vinegar
Infuse garlic in vinegar for 14 days. Moisten a gauze napkin in the resulting infusion, apply it to the callus, wrap it in a plastic bag and put socks on top. Leave the compress for 9 hours. Repeat the procedure in the morning. It is recommended to apply a compress every morning and evening until complete healing.
Oil compresses help fight corns and calluses. To do this, thoroughly soak thin cotton socks with any vegetable oil and carefully put them on your feet. Wrap the top of your feet in a plastic bag, and then put on another thicker pair of socks. After a few hours, remove the compress and rinse your feet with warm water. It is useful to rub castor oil into your feet at night - it perfectly softens the skin, relieves fatigue and heals small cracks.
In those places where sanding with pumice is too rough, scrub the skin with a special foot scrub.
1.5 cups raspberries, 2 raw potatoes, 25 g vegetable oil
Grate raw potatoes and mash raspberries. Mix potatoes with raspberries, add oil. Soak a gauze cloth in the resulting slurry and apply the compress to the skin of your feet for 20 minutes. At the end of the specified time, wash your feet with warm water and lubricate them with nourishing cream.
2 onions, 40 ml vegetable oil, 3 tbsp. spoons of water
Peel the onion and grate it. Place the onion pulp on a gauze napkin, squeeze out 20-30 ml of juice, add oil and water, stir. Soak cotton pads in the resulting mixture, apply to irritated or cracked skin of the feet and leave for 10 minutes. At the end of the specified time, wash your feet with a decoction of peppermint, dry and lubricate with nourishing cream.
Honey and lemon compress
Juice of 1 lemon, 3 teaspoons honey, 2 teaspoons table salt
Mix lemon juice and honey, add table salt. Apply the resulting mixture to your feet, wrap in a plastic bag, put on socks and leave overnight. After 8 hours, rinse with warm water. Repeat the procedure for 7 days.
1 teaspoon of soda, 4 teaspoons of honey, 1.5 cups of milk
Heat the milk, add soda and honey, stir. Apply the resulting mixture to the heels, wrap in a plastic bag, and put on socks on top.
Raspberry and burdock leaf compress
2 burdock leaves, 1/2 cup raspberries, 2 cups water
Cut the burdock into pieces, add half the water, put on fire and bring to a boil. Leave for 20 minutes, strain. Pour the remaining water over the raspberries, put on the fire and bring to a boil. Leave for 30 minutes, strain, mix with burdock infusion. Soak a gauze cloth in the resulting infusion and apply the compress to the skin of your feet for 30 minutes.
Cabbage juice compress
250 g cabbage leaves
Scroll the leaves through a meat grinder and squeeze out the resulting juice. Soak a gauze napkin in the resulting mixture, place it on the soles of your feet, wrap it in a plastic bag, and hold it for 20 minutes. At the end of the specified time, wash your feet with warm water.
Compress for heel spurs
15 ml lemon oil, 10 ml lavender oil, 2 teaspoons flour, 30 g honey
Add flour to the bowl with oils and honey and stir thoroughly. Apply the resulting slurry to the soles of your feet, wrapping it in a plastic bag and topping it with a towel. Leave for 30 minutes, rinse with warm water.
1 tbsp. a spoonful of sour cream and cottage cheese, 10 ml each of pine and wood oil
Pass the cottage cheese through a meat grinder. Mix the ingredients and apply to the feet for 20 minutes. Wrap your feet in a plastic bag and a towel on top. After the specified time, rinse with warm water.
Do a similar procedure every week. This will help get rid of heel spurs.
Compress to combat corns
4 teaspoons each of flaxseed oil and flaxseed, 1.5 liters of water
Pour boiling water over flaxseed and cook for 20 minutes. Then pour the prepared broth into a bowl of warm water.
Immerse your feet in the resulting bath for 15 minutes. After this, wipe your feet, lubricate with linseed oil and put on socks. Wrap the top in a plastic bag and put on woolen socks. After 3 hours, remove the compress and rinse your feet with warm water. Before going to bed, massage the oil into your feet for 10 minutes.
Softening the heels. Parisians say: a real woman's heels should be as soft as a baby's cheeks. The easiest way to achieve this is to boil potato peelings and apply them to clean feet for half an hour, then the skin on the heels will become soft, cracks and corns will gradually disappear.
Foot scrubs are special cosmetic products that help carry out preventive procedures. They have a larger granule size than similar products for the face, body and hands. They should have sharper edges, which allows them to more effectively clean their feet from scales and dirt. Since the skin of the feet is the roughest on the entire body, foot scrubs contain a high content of fruit acids, which soften the stratum corneum of the skin.
Antifungal components, antiperspirants, and herbal ingredients are additionally added to foot products to help relieve swelling of the feet. Often used are horse chestnut, crushed peach or apricot pits, and horsetail. Foot scrubs are useful for exfoliating dead skin on the feet, as well as preventing the appearance of an unpleasant odor. Such products not only exfoliate, but also moisturize.
A vodka compress for a bruise is considered one of the most common remedies to help cope with existing pain and swelling. Vasodilation promotes rapid blood flow to the affected areas . Due to its properties, vodka compress reduces pain from various injuries, removes swelling and relieves inflammation. As usual, vodka is replaced with ethyl alcohol, diluted in a 1:3 ratio with distilled water.
Most often, in case of sprains and other injuries, a fairly tight bandage is applied to the sore joint and removed at night. Therefore, to relieve pain at night, various compresses using tinctures of medicinal herbs in alcohol are used.
A compress made from alcohol has a healing effect. There are cases when it is prescribed even to children. Most often, an alcohol compress is used when:
As mentioned above, this method of treatment is advisable to use for inflammation of the joints, to eliminate negative complications after bruises or dislocations. It should be noted that this can only be done after some time has passed after the injury occurred. A compression bandage helps because it eliminates the compaction formed in the tissue area, which appears as a consequence of the injection. In addition, there are other indications for which this treatment is prescribed.
Experts recommend applying a compress before bed or in the evening. The main thing is not to leave the room in the first few hours after removing the compressor bandage. This will prevent the warmed areas from being cooled down.
Sometimes treatment with a vodka compress promotes chills rather than warming up. This means that the compress was not applied correctly. Therefore, in order to properly carry out home treatment, you should know a certain technology for performing a vodka compress for a bruise.
Before applying a bandage to the leg, the vodka must be brought to a temperature of 37-38 degrees by heating it. It is not advisable to use a warming compress by applying a cold alcohol solution to the skin. The alcohol is usually heated in a steamed bottle with a lid or in a special container filled with hot water. It is not recommended to heat alcohol in a regular cup on gas, because it is highly flammable.
Then you need to soak the gauze or cloth in vodka and leave it for a while. Afterwards, the soaked gauze is applied to the affected area of one of the legs and covered with oilcloth on top. A row of cotton wool is placed on top, and the compress is fixed with a bandage. The therapeutic effect is achieved 4 hours after the procedure. An alcohol compress should not be left on the body for a longer period of time, as this can lead to a chemical burn.
In other words, a vodka compress is made as follows:
One of the most serious injuries is the situation when a person has a complete rupture of the ankle ligaments. In this case, a simple effective remedy can also help - a vodka compress. To do this, soak gauze in vodka and place it on the sore spot. Next, everything is wrapped in polyethylene, then in a bandage. You can put a wool cloth or a warm scarf on top of this bandage.
Despite the enormous effectiveness of this therapy, it should not be used without a doctor’s prescription. After the examination, the therapist will be able to assess the overall clinical picture and decide whether this compress is needed. In rare cases, a compression vodka bandage with a warming effect can aggravate the ongoing disease.
The result of a bruise in most cases is the rupture of blood vessels and the appearance of a hematoma. At the same time, pain is felt when touching the affected area and swelling. For minor soft tissue bruises, a visit to a therapist is not necessary, since it is possible to eliminate the consequences using simple folk remedies. Significant joint damage or soft tissue bruise requires you to consult a specialist and undergo a medical examination. For the treatment of various bruises, in order to reduce the pain symptom, it is advisable to use compresses and lotions in alcohol with the presence of effective medicinal herbs.
On the first day, apply cold to the bruise. The next day, it is allowed to use compresses and wraps that have a warming effect. Alcohol has just such an effect and absorbs healing substances from the plants infused with it. In this regard, compresses made from alcohol tinctures are considered a pain reliever that relieves inflammation. It should be noted that you do not need to use pure medical alcohol to make them, as it can cause a burn. For these purposes, it is recommended to treat the bruise site with a tincture made with vodka.
To make a vodka compress tincture you will need? l vodka, 20 g of medicinal herbs (flowers of meadowsweet and blue cornflower, leaves of bearberry, hernia, knotweed, horsetail) and 30 g of corn silk, dried bean pods, birch buds. The herbal mixture must be ground and mixed well. Next, pour 4 tablespoons of the mixture with vodka. The resulting mixture should be left for 3 days to infuse. Before use, the infusion must be strained. When treating a diseased joint, a compress soaked in this tincture should be left for no more than 4 hours.
What therapeutic effect does a vodka compress have? After applying the alcohol dressing, moisture forms under it and the temperature rises. For this reason, all metabolic processes in the tissues of the body proceed much faster, thereby normalizing blood flow.
The healing components of the solution, which have antimicrobial and disinfectant properties, are soaked into the skin area and resist inflammation. After the procedure is completed, the area where the vodka compress was applied should be lightly wiped with a clean, soft towel. Then the skin area needs to be insulated again with thick natural fabric. As noted above, you should not go outside after removing the compress. For this reason, it is more advisable to make a vodka compress at night. Important: the bandage should not be left on the body until morning.
The main thing is to know all the intricacies of treatment with this procedure and be able to correctly apply a vodka bandage to the bruise. For example, in case of inflammatory diseases of the throat, it is necessary to leave the area of the neck where the thyroid gland is located free. The compress is applied to the back and side surfaces of the neck. For otitis media, a compress is applied around the concha of the ear. It is important to know what contraindications such a remedy has. First of all, these are: any cancer, pleurisy and chronic purulent otitis media.
You should not use a vodka compress for severe inflammation of the skin, accompanied by the appearance of a rash. First of all, you need to consult a doctor, and then use the compress as a remedy. In this way, unwanted consequences and negative side effects can be prevented.
If the compress is applied correctly, the person will feel warmth in the area where the bandage was applied, and not cold.
When applied correctly, there is no leakage of vodka from the cotton wool, so the surface layer of the dressing remains dry. In addition, the positive effect of the compressor bandage is determined by the pink tint of the skin area. If red color predominates, this indicates a burn.
A bruised toe is a common household injury that often results in soft tissue damage. Usually damaged are muscle tissue, skin, ligaments. When receiving a bruised toe, the first question that interests the victim is what to do at home. Later in the article we will look at this and many other questions.
Classifying damage is quite simple. The first classification involves the following types depending on the location of the damage:
Depending on the type of damaged area, one can distinguish: soft tissue bruise, muscle tissue bruise, joint bruise. Based on the degree of damage, the following are distinguished:
Treatment of damaged tissue requires individualized treatment depending on the severity of the injury. To diagnose, it is best to visit a specialist who, after diagnosis, will prescribe competent treatment.
The injury code according to the international classification of diseases ICD 10 is represented by S90.1. This is a bruise of a finger or toes, excluding damage to the nail plate. If there is an injury to the nail plate on the toe, the bruise refers to classifier code S90.2.
A bruised little toe is the most common injury related to foot damage. Very often, injuries to this and other fingers occur for the following reasons:
Symptoms of a bruised big toe, little toe, or other area of the foot usually include the following:
These symptoms are more common than others. All of them indicate that the help of specialists is necessary. Without a normal diagnosis, it is impossible to prescribe competent treatment. In addition to the above symptoms, others can be noted. For example, sometimes a section of the leg, depending on the area of damage, begins to turn blue. Some other symptoms are also observed.
First aid for a bruised toe is mandatory. The victim should be helped immediately after injury. For minor injuries, a person can provide first aid to himself. It is recommended to act in accordance with the following algorithm:
For damage of 1-2 severity, the above actions are sufficient. It is also not recommended for the victim to rest on the leg where the injury is observed for 2-3 days. If swelling and sharp pain persist for 48 hours or more, going to the hospital is mandatory. For grade 3-4 injuries, a visit to the doctor is mandatory. Certain types of injuries are treated exclusively under the supervision of specialists.
If your toe is injured, you first need to assess the severity of the injury. If the pain is not very pronounced, and also if it subsides within 2-3 minutes, most likely it is a minor injury. In the absence of wounds and hematomas, you can do without visiting a doctor.
In all other cases, the patient must be taken to a medical facility immediately after first aid is provided. This will eliminate or at least minimize possible complications.
If the little finger is bruised, first aid should be provided to the victim. It is necessary to make sure that there are no serious problems, and if there are any, the person is taken to the hospital. There, an experienced doctor will examine the patient and prescribe individual treatment:
If the damage is not serious, treatment can be done at home. The most popular means are described below.
It is impossible to diagnose a bruised toe on your own. This can only be done by an experienced traumatologist. The initial examination involves palpation of the injured area to determine the severity of finger bruises. Auxiliary diagnostic procedures that allow you to assess the extent of damage include:
If during the diagnostic process the doctor diagnoses a fracture, the patient is given a plaster cast. If it is still a bruise, individual treatment is selected.
Every person worries about what if it is not a bruise, but a dislocation or fracture. Pain and stiffness of movement are common symptoms. You can distinguish a fracture from a bruise by the following signs:
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A dislocation will be indicated by the presence of displacement of the finger at the joint.
It is impossible to treat a severe toe bruise at home. It is important to consult with an experienced traumatologist, who should prescribe subsequent treatment. This is especially important if the toe is severely bruised.
A bruise of the big toe, like the rest, can be cured by one of three methods:
Medicinal treatment involves the use of ointments and gels. The most common include the following:
All these remedies help to quickly cure a bruised finger. It is important to apply cream or ointments for bruises on the finger exactly in accordance with the recommendations of a specialist. This will allow you to relieve swelling and swelling as soon as possible, get rid of pain and return to normal activities. If there are bruises and hematomas, they are treated with antiseptic agents.
A surgical method is necessary when bone or soft tissue fragmentation is observed. The operation in this case helps restore the victim’s ability to walk.
It is important to understand that prescribing medication or surgical intervention is impossible without primary diagnostic methods, which are selected depending on the symptoms. Restoring or healing an injury at home is only possible with the first degree of severity of the injury. But even in this case, it is recommended to smear the limb injury with gels with an anesthetic effect.
Recovery time is determined by the type of injury and its severity. In case of severe damage, sick leave is given, especially if treatment in a hospital is required. But it is impossible to say exactly how long the injury lasts. A minor injury can go away in 3-4 days, while treatment for a serious bruise requires a longer time.
Treatment at home with folk remedies is allowed after diagnosis by a specialist. Remember, if the nail has darkened, it is better to consult a specialist. Traditional methods of treatment include:
When wondering how to treat a bruised toe at home, it is best to ask your doctor. This will eliminate the likelihood of complications.
If the bruise is not too serious, you can treat it at home. The first thing that is necessary is to relieve pain when you bruise your thumb or other finger. The treatment of the bruised area itself involves the use of medications or traditional medicine. During drug treatment in adults and children, analgesics should be used to relieve pain. If the injured area is swollen or mobility causes discomfort, you need to immobilize the foot to prevent it from turning.
Folk remedies are easy to make at home. The following formulations will help cope with pain and other consequences:
If you bruise your finger, you should not do the following, as this can lead to serious consequences:
Physiotherapy is necessary for severe bruises, as well as in the presence of extensive hematomas. The following procedures are especially in demand: electrophoresis, magnet, UHF. All this speeds up the recovery process.
A bruised big toe can have various complications if the therapy was untimely or of poor quality. Negative consequences can also occur when other fingers are injured:
These are complications after a bruised finger that occur most often. This is the likelihood of developing more serious complications.
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Arthrosis of the big toe is a degenerative disease that is accompanied by the development of a destructive reaction of intra-articular cartilage, which subsequently leads to deformation of the articular surfaces and distortion of the shape of the said joint.
Many people mistakenly confuse the formation of arthrosis with gout. According to statistics, arthrosis affects the joints of the big toe many times more often than gout.
As a rule, in most cases, female representatives suffer from arthrosis of the big toe. Although arthrosis of the toes develops in rare cases, since this disease often affects large joints of the musculoskeletal system.
Progressive arthrosis can provoke the following complications:
The formation of the disease is represented by the following stages of development:
Arthrosis of the big toe develops against the background of the following factors:
Degenerative-dystrophic changes are caused by the development of pathological processes inside the joint.
Arthrosis of the big toe joint is accompanied by the following processes:
As a rule, the above processes are accompanied by pronounced characteristic symptoms that distinguish the development of arthrosis from other diseases.
The following symptoms indicate the development of arthrosis of the big toe:
You can see characteristic changes in the disease arthrosis of the big toe in the photo.
The diagnosis of arthrosis of the toes, symptoms and treatment is determined by the attending rheumatologist, who will conduct additional research and prescribe the necessary tests.
For arthrosis of the toes, treatment should be comprehensive, which will help restore the natural functioning of the lower limb as much as possible and maintain a high quality of life for the patient.
Treatment of arthrosis of the leg joints is based on the following methods:
As we can see, various treatment methods contribute to achieving a certain therapeutic result. To achieve the fastest effect, it is necessary to reduce the load on the joints of the lower extremities, and also carefully select shoes that will be comfortable and not tight for the foot.
When diagnosed with arthrosis of the big toe, drug treatment involves the use of certain groups of medications with different spectrums of action.
For arthrosis of the leg joints, the following medications are taken:
Sometimes, with an acutely progressive disease, arthrosis of the big toe joint, treatment may require more intensive methods of therapy, for example, surgery.
Considering that a small joint of the musculoskeletal system is affected, surgical treatment poses virtually no threat to the health, much less the life of the patient.
The operation involves the use of local anesthesia.
Arthrosis of the big toe is treated with the following surgical methods:
If the thumb is displaced, the rheumatologist may recommend that the patient use special orthopedic devices, which will help reduce excess pressure on the surface of the diseased joint and prevent the formation of other complications of the disease.
Orthopedists advise using the following devices:
Physiotherapy procedures are highly effective in treating arthrosis of the leg joints.
The choice of method of physiotherapeutic treatment, as well as the duration of the course and the number of sessions, is determined by the attending physician or a qualified physiotherapist.
Physiotherapeutic measures can be carried out only at the stage of remission or chronic course of arthrosis of the big toe.
The following procedures are considered the main methods of physiotherapy:
Experts recommend the following recipes for the treatment of arthrosis of the big toe:
Additional information about the development and treatment of arthrosis of the big toe can be found in this video:
Stubbed toe is a common injury among people. There is a high probability of getting it in the warm season, if the shoes reveal most of the leg, as well as at home, when in a hurry they are injured by hitting something.
Most often, a person who has received such an injury does not seek help from a doctor, despite the pain. However, bruises do not always go away on their own.
Stubbed big toe and little toe are the most common foot injuries. The main symptoms of a bruised toe: pain that gradually subsides, increased temperature in the area of impact due to a rush of blood, redness and swelling.
If a toe is severely bruised, a hematoma may occur under the nail. It is characterized by the appearance of blood under the nail plate followed by darkening. The victim feels swelling and pulsation at the site of injury. With particularly strong impacts, the nail plate may crack or fall off completely or partially.
How to distinguish a bruised toe from a dislocation and a fracture at home? It's actually not difficult to do this. Here are a few differences between a bruise and a fracture:
First, evaluate the force of the blow received. The pain from the bruise will be very strong at the very beginning, but will gradually subside. The pain from a mild bruise goes away in a few minutes, but from a severe one it lasts up to 20 minutes. The pain of a fracture only increases.
The functionality of the finger in case of a bruise is preserved, which does not interfere with walking, but in case of a fracture there may be no mobility. With unbearable pain and lack of finger mobility, walking will bring a lot of discomfort.
Tissue swelling and hematoma (bruising) can occur in both cases. However, in a situation with a fracture, swelling occurs almost immediately and does not go away, but only increases. Hematoma and swelling from the bruise appear after some time.
Try to feel the injured finger. If the bones are not interrupted and are in their natural position, then you have a bruise.
A severely bruised toe can lead to a dislocation. With such damage, the toe is in an unnatural position and it is very painful to touch it. When a dislocation occurs, the bones in the joint capsule are displaced. The damaged toe becomes immobile, while the integrity of the bones is maintained.
There are 4 degrees of injury severity:
Only a specialist can diagnose the extent of damage. If you decide not to see a doctor, and the symptoms do not subside within two days, then it is still worth going to a specialist. To diagnose serious injuries, they will take pictures and give you a diagnosis.
If you bruise your toe, what can you do at home:
If the impact causes damage to external tissues and bleeding occurs, it must be stopped. If a large vessel is damaged, it will be difficult to stop the bleeding, so it is better to bandage the injured area with a pressure bandage (if there is no fracture). We need to call an ambulance.
Taking painkillers is contraindicated. If bleeding occurs, Aspirin may make it worse. Pain relief can lead to misdiagnosis, so only a doctor prescribes medications.
There is no treatment for a bruised toe without hematomas and swelling. If the skin is damaged, it needs to be treated. As an antiseptic and hemostatic agent you can use: hydrogen peroxide (not suitable for serious injuries), Chlorhexidine, Zelenka (do not use Iodine, because it has a warming effect), Miramistin.
If there was a dislocation during the injury, then the resetted finger must be fixed. In order to do this, the injured finger is bandaged together with the healthy neighboring one. In cases of severe injury to the thumb, a cast is often applied.
The bruised area needs rest. Place your foot on the pillow so that it is elevated. You cannot wear tight shoes, you need to limit movement on your feet.
After examining the bruise and making a diagnosis, you can take painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs, and use ointments recommended by your doctor. They will help relieve pain and swelling and heal the damage faster.
Ointments that are prescribed for bruises for pain and swelling:
After applying the ointment, you need to apply a bandage that will prevent germs from entering the wound. Herbal infusions and lotions help to quickly cure a bruised toe. Fresh crushed plantain leaves are good for this.
If you bruise your toe, it is prohibited:
To prevent bruising your toes, you should wear closed shoes. It is better to wear soft slippers at home, and at work and in other places - shoes that will protect your feet from injury. You should not wear sandals to events with large crowds of people, as there is a risk of damaging your feet. You need to be careful and attentive when moving quickly around the apartment, especially in the dark.