Daughters foot - time for A&E or self care at home?

[Chatbotsarerubbish]

DD12 hurt her foot on Monday at school - someone fell into her as she was walking up some steps and she turned her foot (she thinks - bit vague!).

Monday she complained about it and said it really hurt walking home from school.

Tuesday struggled to walk to drive to school where she hopped around all day. Picked her up as too painful to walk. When she does walk she says it hurts less to walk on her heel

Today: appears more swollen. Movement is limited, hurts to flex her foot.
I rung the doctor but no appointments. 111 said self care at home but obviously haven't seen photos of it.

It always seems more swollen in the evening. Have applied cold compress and all that jazz.

What would you do? Photo of good and bad foot.

I fell down the stairs, only 3, and badly twisted my foot. My husband was convinced it was a sprain. Did it on the Sunday morning, by Wednesday it still didn’t feel right so went to urgent care.
Hobbled in and every dr/nurse I saw was of mind that it was just a bad sprain but sent me to X-ray as precaution.
Sent back to waiting room and was called back to be greeted with crutches and a walking boot, I had indeed fractured a bone. One week before we were due to fly to Majorca!
It wasn’t a major break thankfully and I was out of the boot within 6 weeks.

I would go to A&E for X-rays , it could be broken. DM broke her foot and hobbled around on it for days, they said it would have healed much faster if she had it treated straight away!

It's very swollen. Get her seen! And let us know what they said.

I’d get it seen as you don’t know exactly what the damage is. Have a friend who didn’t go after a foot injury; years later is dealing with pain due to the badly healed (broken) bones deciding they’d rather let bone down inbetween themselves. Rebreak and surgery as opposed to get it set properly if needed

Unfortunately my son has broken quite a few bones. I am surprised GP did not say go to minor injuries - gps can not diagnose breaks. We once paid a private gp to come to the house to look at possible foot break on whether we needed to go to A&E hours before we were due to fly - he gave his opinion but was clear gps can’t really be sure.

I can vouch for that @Chatbotsarerubbish
It could cause lifelong issues if not treated properly.

Get it xrayed

Also she needs to follow RICE method - it will swell throughout the day as she is standing on it

DD spent a week hobbling around on a broken foot (base metatarsal break) for a week after seeing a Dr who didn't do an xray (not in the UK). She was in plaster for 6 weeks after it was x-rayed.

This really. Why are there so many posts of parents dithering like this?

Get it seen.
My mum went over slightly on her ankle walking the dog in January. It looked like your dds foot.
Its now May, it's still swollen, she has to ice it 3 times a day.
She's been to urgent care twice, had it X-rayed, had a CT scan, had her first physio session, and is waiting for an MRI scan.

Just to be clear:

We have tried each morning to get to see a GP with no success
I have called 111, and also used their online statement
I have taken her to a pharmacist to get someone to actually look at it

We are now in the minor injuries clinic waiting to be seen. The swelling has gone down over night but based on what has happened it will swell during the day as she walks on it

This

My mum broke a little bone in her foot and the walk in centre was amazing. So quiet and she was seen quickly.

The GP doesn't have x ray vision. A&E stands for accident and emergency, it was an accident, they have x rays. I think that's your best bet.

Just got back - x-ray was all clear so suspected soft tissue damage. Will obviously keep a close eye to see how she recovers (or not) and go back if it doesn't seem to improve. Thanks all for the advice!

Sorry but what do you expect a pharmacist to do? Apply X-ray vision?!

Why are you avoiding A&E or a walk in centre? Your poor daughter!

Well done for taking her at last! At least you know it's not broken.