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by Kristi
(Usa)
Over a week ago, I closed a door over my pinky toe. In the process of pulling my foot up and out of the way, I heard/felt a crack and felt immediate pain in my toe. Within an hour I had dark bruises and minor swelling. The skin along the 5th metatarsal toe and foot went cold and numb. The numbness went away the next day. One bruise was on the bottom of my 5th toe...mostly under the intermediate and proximal phalanges of the 5th metatarsal, and inside of the toe. That bruise cleared up in a week, but the pain is still a problem if I don't have it wrapped. The second bruise is on the top part of my foot...kind of between the tendons running from the 4th and 5th toes. That bruise has all but disappeared, except for a strange lingering pin sized mark a little further away from the toe. Overall, the size of my toe is now consistent with my pinky toe on the other foot, which I've broken twice and remained enlarged since the second injury years ago. I didn't go to the doctor as she was out of town. I knew that whether sprained or broken, I could do what a doc would've done with tape and ice.
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