A week ago my right big toe started to hurt so bad. i could barely walk on it. since thanksgiving it has been, red, swollen and painful. ingrown toe?

Great toe pain: Consider gout, fracture, sprain, ingrown nail, painful hallux valgus (bunion), infection, tumor(less likely, but possible).

Possible: If you can see your nail going into your skin and when you touch your toenail it hurts, then you have an ingrown toenail. If the toe is just red, swollen and painful it could be gout. Go see a podiatrist for further evaluation.

More information: Your symptoms are fairly non-specific and this could represent any number of things. Make an appointment with your primary medical doctor to get a diagnosis and treatment.

Podagra: This may be a sign of gout. I would have your primary care physician draw bloodwork to check your uric acid level.

Needs to be examined: Pain could be as a result of many different things. One would need to do a thorough history and physical exam and possibly some laboratory and radiology exams to determine the exact cause. Causes of pain may include: trauma (fracture, tendon or ligamentous tear, arthritis), infection, metabolic conditions (gout), musculoskeletal abnormality (ingrown nail) or neurologic.