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Very bad toe / poor circulation

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Alex Bampton Sep 2011 9:41pm, 4 Sep 2011 1,602 posts	Quote Pin Alex Bampton Evening, I am actually more worried about this one than I was before. Yesterday morning I raced parkrun in a racing flat a size too small for me stupidly, it was painful last week but this is different. Today after a cycle I realised that it's not just a pain. The left big toenail is heavily inflamed and the toenail has gone a horrible great colour with big White patches. Whenever I move it throbs through the blood pressure and is very painful so have had to sit down a lot. However it's not just that the whole foot and toe has REALLY swollen up especially when I move and is constantly a much darker colour which must mean there are circulation issues. In fact the whole left leg below the knee is a much darker colour than the right. Pain is only concentrated around the left big toe though and does sting in water. I will see what it's like tomorrow but worried that it is so much worse today than it was yesterday and I'm supposed to be racing a duathlon this Wednesday. Can anyone relate to this or give me a better explanation for this. Possibly an idea of when it will heal? Cheers Alex
Ultracat Sep 2011 9:49pm, 4 Sep 2011 9,427 posts	Quote Pin Ultracat Not sure what it could be but it sounds like some kind of infection to me, have you any cuts in the skin of your feet.
JohnnyO Sep 2011 10:06pm, 4 Sep 2011 10,268 posts	Quote Pin JohnnyO Sounds like infection/cellulitis.
SharonD Sep 2011 11:11pm, 4 Sep 2011 2,875 posts	Quote Pin SharonD Needs a visit to Doctors
Alex Bampton Sep 2011 6:56am, 5 Sep 2011 1,603 posts	Quote Pin Alex Bampton No cuts as such but obviously the big toe is made vulnerable :/
Velociraptor Sep 2011 7:07am, 5 Sep 2011 17,150 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor That's a proper sore leg and you need to see a doctor urgently.
Alex Bampton Sep 2011 7:16am, 5 Sep 2011 1,604 posts	Quote Pin Alex Bampton Sigh - will make an appointment some lucky doctor is going to get my dodgy foot :L
Pestomum Sep 2011 7:22am, 5 Sep 2011 10,835 posts	Quote Pin Pestomum Insist on an emergency app.
Alex Bampton Sep 2011 6:13pm, 6 Sep 2011 1,608 posts	Quote Pin Alex Bampton Followed advice (finally) thanks guys. It was a nasty infection spread from the toe to the rest of my foot and was getting to my leg a bit too. Doctor has given me strong antibiotics to take 1000mg a day off for a week which should kill it off. Lovely!