How to do when your toes are smashed purple

After the toe is smashed, the situation of turning purple must have soft tissue damage, bleeding, there may also be obvious fractures inside the problem, so now the first step should be good protection for the place, do not have to walk on the ground, the injury should be iced within 24 hours to reduce swelling and pain. If there is a contusion on the surface of the skin, you should do a good job of disinfecting with iodophor. Secondly, if the swelling and pain are obvious and even the range of motion of the toe is restricted, you should go to the hospital for a radiograph to rule out the possibility of a fracture. If there is no fracture, bed rest for 3-4 weeks, the above problems can be gradually recovered; if the fracture is relatively light, external fixation in plaster should be performed for 1-1.5 months for protection. If the fracture misalignment is very obvious and the fracture position is not restored by manual repositioning, surgical fixation should be performed.