For an injuried small toe, is there anything that a doctor can do or is there some kind of home remedy. It has been very swollen for a few weeks as a result of banging it.
What have you tried so far? Have you tried icing it?
A few weeks sounds like a rather long time for swelling. If you've broken it, you really should find out.
-- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct. "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders." (Hal Abelson, MIT)
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For an injuried small toe, is there anything that a doctor can do or is there some kind of home remedy. It has been very swollen for a few weeks
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a result of banging it.
Thanks in advance.
David
First aid for a "bedpost fracture" (it's actually called that), is to pull it straight and to tape it to the adjoining toe. If it is a non-union fracture, or is fractured into a joint, and either is possible considering the length of time is has remained swollen, then it's time to seek medical attention, preferably from a podiatrist.
For an injuried small toe, is there anything that a doctor can do or is there some kind of home remedy. It has been very swollen for a few weeks as a result of banging it.
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For an injuried small toe, is there anything that a doctor can do or is there some kind of home remedy. It has been very swollen for a few weeks
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a result of banging it.
Thanks in advance.
David
First aid for a "bedpost fracture" (it's actually called that), is to pull it straight and to tape it to the adjoining toe. If it is a non-union fracture, or is fractured into a joint, and either is possible considering the length of time is has remained swollen, then it's time to seek medical attention, preferably from a podiatrist.
--Rich
Anecdote alert!!!!! I used a Chinese linament called "Zheng Gu Shui" (True Bone Water) for a martial arts injury. This is often available in Chinese grocery stores for about $6-$10 per bottle. I found it helpful.
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For an injuried small toe, is there anything that a doctor can do or is there some kind of home remedy. It has been very swollen for a few
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a result of banging it.
Thanks in advance.
David
First aid for a "bedpost fracture" (it's actually called that), is to
pull
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it straight and to tape it to the adjoining toe. If it is a non-union fracture, or is fractured into a joint, and either is possible
considering
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the length of time is has remained swollen, then it's time to seek
medical
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attention, preferably from a podiatrist.
--Rich
Anecdote alert!!!!! I used a Chinese linament called "Zheng Gu Shui"
(True
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Bone Water) for a martial arts injury. This is often available in Chinese grocery stores for about $6-$10 per bottle. I found it helpful.
Some Chinese medicines are made from tiger bone, which has contributed greatly to the near extinction of the wild tiger. I do hope that "True Bone Water" is not one of these. I doubt that there is a list of ingredients in English on the package.
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"David" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > For an injuried small toe, is there anything that a doctor can do or is > there some kind of home remedy. It has been very swollen for a few
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as > a result of banging it. > > Thanks in advance. > > David
First aid for a "bedpost fracture" (it's actually called that), is to
pull
Quoted message said:
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it straight and to tape it to the adjoining toe. If it is a non-union fracture, or is fractured into a joint, and either is possible
considering
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the length of time is has remained swollen, then it's time to seek
medical
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attention, preferably from a podiatrist.
--Rich
Anecdote alert!!!!! I used a Chinese linament called "Zheng Gu Shui"
(True
Quoted message said:
Bone Water) for a martial arts injury. This is often available in Chinese grocery stores for about $6-$10 per bottle. I found it helpful.
Some Chinese medicines are made from tiger bone, which has contributed greatly to the near extinction of the wild tiger. I do hope that "True Bone Water" is not one of these. I doubt that there is a list of ingredients in English on the package.
--Rich
First off, there IS an English list of Ingredients and NO, there is NO tiger bone in it. In ancient days, perhaps there was. It contains alcohol, polygonum cuspidatum (Bushy Knotweed) rhizome, Camphor wood extract, Angelica root, Moghania Macrophylla root, Zedoary rhizome, and San Qi root (Pseudo Ginseng). No animal products of any kind.
