The swelling of the toe can be caused by a variety of reasons, depending on the cause of the treatment method is also different. 1, trauma, such as smashing or kicking injuries, resulting in local soft tissue swelling and pain, can be applied externally to reduce swelling and pain, blood circulation ointment or bruising oil, the symptoms can slowly alleviate. 2, nail infection, resulting in local swelling, pain, to reduce inflammation and pain, in the inflammation of the location can be used iodine volts to wet compress. You can also take oral antibiotics to fight the infection, commonly used antibiotics are amoxicillin, cephalosporin antibiotics, clindamycin, etc. If the repeated nail infection cannot heal, it should be anesthetized at the root of the toe and given a direct extraction and thorough debridement in order to solve the problem. 3. Local aseptic arthritis, such as gouty arthritis, rheumatic or rheumatoid arthritis, can be treated with oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, as well as glucocorticoids to eliminate inflammation of the joint.