Toe Fractures
Toe Fracture, also known as broken toe, is a usual injury that happens because of falling something heavy on the foot or beating the toe.
Fortunately most toe fractures cure well during 4-6 weeks. In some cases toe fractures can get infected or enhance the risk of osteoarthritis.
Symptoms and signs
- Beating pain in the toe
- Hearing the sound of bone breaking
- Bruised or changing the colour of harmed skin
- Having trouble while putting weight on the toe, walking, or standing
- Dislocation of the toe in a bad break
Causes
- Beating and stubbing toe into anything hard or dropping anything heavy on it
- Walking barefoot
- Kicking heavy and hard objects
Treatment of toe fractures in Dubai
Nonsurgical treatment of toe fractures are:
- Taking medications like ibuprofen, naproxen sodium, painkillers and … .
- Reduction
- Injection
- Immobilisation
- Taping the injured toe
- Wearing thick-bottomed shoes
- Wearing walking cast
In some cases, it is obligatory that an ankle surgeon in Dubai retains the appropriate position of the bones during healing by applying pins or plates.
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