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Toes turning blue in cast and leg tingling?

8 doctors weighed in across 3 answers

Get to the hospital: This is an urgent situation and it requires an immediate trip to the emergency room to have the cast removed. If a cast is too tight it can damage blood vessels and create permanent damage. Nerves can also be injured and they don't take kindly to those types of insults.

Answered 7/3/2015

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Dr. Ellen Wenzel answered

Specializes in Podiatry

Call your doctor: You need to check with the provider that placed the cast and determine if bivalving (splitting it down the sides) is needed.

Answered 6/19/2012

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Inform doc ASAP: The cast may be too tight and may need to be bivalved or removed altogether.

Answered 4/24/2019

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