Broken toe. DGS holiday.

I've fractured my toes several times :

Carry a stick so that no one treads on your broken toes and causes you more pain .
If you buy some cheap plimsolls /trainers from Primark you can cut the front out to accommodate your swollen toes more easily .

Tea tree oil prevents infection in smashed nail beds .

Ibuprofen - if you can take it reduces swelling .

My broken toes were the big toe and the middle one.

This was last summer

I broke my toe on the first day on holiday, it was painful but I hobbled around as best I coukd. Still went in the sea, and on return went to local hospital was xrayed they found 2 toes broken, and so two lots of two toes were strapped together and nothing more to be done. No mention of return for a further X-ray….really wouldn't worry too much.

Coincidently, my DGS just fractured his big toe while practicing football kicking (at home in bare feet). He saw the ortho doctor who said a boot must be worn for a couple weeks, then another xray before resuming football. Like your GS, he is not happy.

The EU have stricter rules on water quality than the UK currently has ( one of the benefits of Brexit). I would hesitate to swim in UK waters but looking forward to swimming in Crete.

Witzend

Why no swimming? Maybe not in a pool,,but the sea? Salt water is antiseptic!

not always.
from mr google:
Abstract. Marine Vibrio bacteria can cause illness and occasionally death to people who are exposed to seawater. These gram-negative bacteria can be found in ocean water and estuaries and in uncooked marine animals; they can cause primary sepsis, gastroenteritis, and soft-tissue infections

That’s true, Witzend, though he is not as keen on sea swimming as his sister but perhaps this will cause him to rethink.

When i broke my ankle i also broke toe next to big toe. Ankle plastered but nothing done for toe. This toe still causes me discomfort but no issues with my ankle.

Why no swimming? Maybe not in a pool,,but the sea? Salt water is antiseptic!

I broke one (not big toe) shortly before we were due to go on holiday to Greece. It was just a case of strapping it to the next toe, which I gather is usual for a broken toe - and hobbling around for the next few weeks. I did manage to swim in the sea though!

Thank you all. Yes, it is well strapped. I just don’t know why he has a further appointment.
He’s totally gutted. No football for the last ages of the season and no swimming, I presume, on holiday. ( The nail bed is also damaged).

I broke my toe and as others have said it was strapped to the next one.. I went on holiday to France and about 6 weeks later the strapping could be taken off.

When I was 17 I broke my toe. The hospital doctor taped it to the next toe. From recent knowledge, I'm pretty sure that's still the usual practice. Hope the holiday goes ahead as planned.

Yes broken toes are normally just taped together, done it twice
(once wasn’t enough) once taped, second time I just left it to heal and had no further problems

I’ll have to ask her but if I remember right when her son fractured his big toe my daughter just ignored it. I’m sure she spoke to her paediatrician friend about it though. I’ll try to ask her what happened. Hasten to add it isn’t how I would have dealt with it given that I’ve been plagued with foot problems throughout my life!

I have broken a toe. They just taped it to the next toe.

If urgent treatment centre gave him a splint, I would think that would suffice. But I would make sure everyone had travel insurance in case it turns out that he needs something else.

I once had a fractured toe and it just needed to be taped to the next toe, and to wear loose shoes. It took around 5-6 weeks to mend.