Is this pinky toe broken??

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10 year old playing football yesterday hurt his toe. My mum instinct is saying get it x rayed but I'm not sure if there's any point?

So aibu to get it x rayed at minor injuries?? Or just buddy tape the toe myself??

Bless him.
To be honest you won't know it's broken without an x-ray but they do usually only tape them up anyway unless it need surgery.

Looks like my foot when I broke my little toe. I insisted on an X ray as I needed time off work but yes, there is little they can do. Unless you want to sit in A&E on a Sunday.

Yes get it x-rayed. If it’s the actual tow then no there’s not much treatment wise but he’ll need to rest it, no PE etc. But I broke my ‘toe’ when I was a teenager and the actual break was further up the toe bone, more like the foot, and I had a cast. My toe looked like your DS. Also, with the bruising around the toe joint there could be damage to the joint, so it definitely needs an X-ray IMO

It needs x raying, to leave it is neglectful as it needs proper diagnosis.
Try a minor injuries unit. Most have x ray facilities and are much quieter.

They often don’t bother x raying little toes as it doesn’t change the treatment. I’ve buddy taped mine before. However, as it is a child I would get it checked at a minor injuries clinic.

Bless him that looks awful, I'd definitely get it x-rayed.

On a side note- his second toe looks like it's curling under, that needs to be resolved or it could cause problems as he gets older.

There is incredibly little you can do about it but that bruising could indicate a break. The guidelines are limited now for toes, they often don't even strap them anymore. The difficulty could be with it being a child it could effect the healing and growth, or a break elsewhere in the foot or dislocation.

It'll be a long wait but worth it

The NHS suggest home treatment for straightforward broken toes in adults but minor injuries for a child
www.nhs.uk/conditions/broken-toe/

We're going to minor injuries later, just sorting out childcare for other children first.

Thanks everyone.

His 2 brothers have broken 4 bones between them this year so I'm no stranger to minor injuries or a&e waiting times.

Given that every X-ray increases your cancer risk, albeit minutely, I wouldn't bother getting it X-rayed when it won't affect the treatment.

Just strap it up and it will heal by itself.

Minor injuries refused to X-ray as the treatment is no different.

It's buddy taped (he screamed while they did this)

Also the X-ray department was closed so we would've been referred back to a&e if the practitioner wanted it x rayed. If I knew that I would've just gone to a&e

They will have checked for alignment so if it felt out of place or wonky they would have probably referred you to A&E for an X Ray.

Im a nurse in A+E and we dont xray toes unless theres very obvious deformite (dislocation)

The treatment is the same as a bad soft tissue injury - rest and pain killers

*deformity