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I took a hard fall yesterday, what is the best way to treat these injuries?

Asked by DigitalBlue (7102points) July 8th, 2012

Yesterday I was walking down a concrete ramp in the dark, and I did not see two large steps in the middle. Needless to say, I stepped right off of the edge and fell pretty hard. I scraped up my knees and shins, as expected, and I also took a few layers off of the tops of my feet and most of my toes, along with breaking a toenail on one foot.
I know that growing up, I certainly fell down and scraped my knees and elbows (and probably everything in between) and it was no big deal. However, I’m 30, and I haven’t actually fallen down like that in quite a long time. My right foot took the brunt of the injuries, I tore a nice bit from the top of it and it took most of the skin from all of my toes. I expected to be sore today (which I am), but my foot is also red and swollen and pretty painful. (Painful as in: I took one of my husband’s prescription Ibuprofen, when I normally avoid taking painkillers, and still woke up several times through the night because of soreness, but I was also able to walk today without keeling over) There are no other symptoms that make me think that it is infected, no pus or anything like that, but I can’t remember if this kind of swelling and discomfort is “normal.”

I’m assuming this is normal, and I just have a lot further to go before hitting the ground than I did when I was 10 (and probably a foot or two shorter), but what is the best way to patch myself up? Am I too late to ice my injuries?

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