So long story short; I broke my toe. My whole left foot (the broken one) has been absolutely freezing in comparison to my right foot for the past few days. I don’t have a cast on or anything so I can feel my foot against my leg at night sometimes and it feels like I’m putting ice directly onto my leg whenever they touch. My right foot feels like a normal temperature and it doesn’t bother me at all to touch it against my leg. Apparently this is a pretty common thing for broken bones and when I went to the doctor one of the initial questions they even asked before going to do an x-ray was whether or not the area felt cold.
Why is this? Is it to reduce swelling in the area?
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You’re thinking of it as if it’s an intentional bodily response to an injury as some sort of way to help heal it better. I think it’s more of a side effect. As an extremity, your toes naturally get cold sometimes. The way we warm them up is by circulating warm blood to the area. Think when your feet are cold and you wiggle your toes to try to warm up. When you injure a body part you tend to stop moving it around which reduces circulation. Thus, your toe gets cold and stays cold.
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