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by Deborah
(Flushing MI)
It all began with severe pain and a burning sensation when I walked and stood. My toe felt like it was frozen, yet, it burned and exuded pain. I would sit down and look at my toe and it would be ice cold. It would take about 30 minutes to warm it up...the pain was excruciating as I was trying to warm it just with my warm hands wrapped around it. I would take a bath and the warm water would burn so bad that I had to take my foot out of the water. When I do this, my toe is a dark purple. Now, my toe looks red, raw where skin has peeled away and is extremely sore. I have it wrapped so that it does not touch the sides of my other toes (in gauze bandage). This has been going on for quite some time and it does not seem to get better. I am wondering what could possibly be wrong with my toe...should I go to the doctor or wait a bit longer?
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