The difference between a broken toe and a sprain

For patients with toe fracture, the continuity of bone is mainly interrupted due to external force, manifested as pain, swelling, affecting the normal activities of patients, pressing bone rub or bone rub feeling, and even showing deformity. Sprain is generally simple soft tissue injury, manifested as swelling, pain, and limited activities, this is the difference. In addition, there are differences in treatment. Generally, conservative treatment can be selected for simple sprain, pay attention to rest protection, less local stimulation, adhere to daily scalding after 48 hours of injury, topical plaster for activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesic drugs and blood circulation and removing blood stasis drug treatment can be done. For the treatment of patients with toe fractures, it is necessary to choose the corresponding treatment plan according to whether there is dislocation of the fracture. The general treatment principle is to first reset, strictly protect the brake, and then exercise assiduously.