Patients suddenly appear swollen toes, and accompanied by local skin itching, hardening, the reasons are as follows: 1, may be caused by trauma or overexertion, such as patients with strenuous sports, causing toe joint injury, there may be swollen toes, pain; 2, long-term engaged in heavy physical labor, can appear joint injury, aseptic inflammation of the joints, there may also be joint Swelling, skin hardening, abnormal skin sensation; 3, there may also be gouty arthritis caused by patients suffering from gouty arthritis, due to abnormal purine metabolism, in the sudden intake of food with a high purine content, may cause an increase in blood uric acid, thus triggering gouty arthritis, patients often appear sudden swelling and hardening of the toes, in addition to some patients will also appear severe pain in the toe joints. In this case, it is important to take rest, avoid straining and elevate the affected limb appropriately to avoid aggravating the swelling, in addition, you can take oral Chinese medicine to activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis for treatment. If the symptoms are not relieved, further examination at the hospital is needed to clarify the diagnosis.