Fracture of toe: symptoms and treatment

A toe fracture can occur due to a veryclose shoe, strong impact, turning the foot and so on. But there are also pathological conditions of the phalanges, which arise from certain diseases that cause a significant decrease in the strength of bones. These include osteoporosis, osteomyelitis, hyperparathyroidism, oncological diseases and so on. However, today we will consider only those cases when a fracture of the toe occurred mechanically due to an unsuccessful fall, stroke, etc.

Types of fractures

Currently, fractures of the joints are classified as follows:

• Open (that is, fragments of bone tissue broke through the muscle, ligaments and skin, resulting in them coming out and contacting the environment).
• Closed (that is, the finger bone is broken, but there are no external lesions completely).
• Without bias.
• With offset.
• Incomplete
• Complete.
• Localized (that is, only the nail phalanx is broken, etc.).

The main signs of a broken toe

Of course, not to notice this deviation is prettyheavy. But there are also such cases, that outwardly a person can not independently understand whether his bone has a broken phalanx or is a severe bruise. In this regard, in medical practice, all the symptoms are divided into relative (that is, the fracture is only assumed) and absolute, which accurately indicate that the bone is actually broken.

So, you have a broken toe, if:

• the impact site is very sore;
• the finger is strongly swollen;
• there is a hemorrhage under the skin or nail plate;
• it is very painful to move.

The absolute attributes include the following:

• obvious crunch of bone fragments with pressure;
• the unnatural position of the phalanx with respect to the limb;
• Traffic pathological, different from the norm.

The intensity of the data symptom largely dependsfrom where exactly the toe fracture occurred. For example, damage to the main phalanx is almost always painful, and others - you can generally not notice immediately.

Method of treatment

The method of treating such a deviation in each caseindividually selected personally traumatologist. If the fracture is open or offset, then in addition to the return of bone tissue to the site, and also fixing it (gypsum should be worn for at least 6-8 weeks if a toe is fractured), the patient is often prescribed antibiotic therapy, which helps prevent infection in the wound. It is also worth noting that the method of treatment depends on where the damage is localized.

1. Nail phalanx. With this deviation, an anesthetic injection is made, the fingernail and accumulated blood are removed under the skin, and then the broken fragments are fixed.
2. If the main or middle phalanx is damaged, a plaster plantar plantar splint is put on the foot (wear no less than 5-8 weeks).
3. At a fracture of the large phalanx, a gypsum dressing is applied from the upper third part of the shin to the toe. As a rule, healing takes place within 1-1,5 months.
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