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I stubbed my big toe on a door. i have rings of dark bruising around the joints, light bruising across the top of my foot, and mild swelling. broken?
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Hard to tell: It is difficult to tell if a bone is broken without an xray. It can swell and feel quite painful just from a bad bruise. if it is very swollen and bruised and if it is painful to touch over any part of the bone then you may want to get an xray. If you do not get one right away and it is getting better then it is probably not broken. If the pain gets worse or is not going away, then xray is needed.
Answered 5/10/2015
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