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Badly broken toe after kicking a wall! . If you’ve ever stubbed your toe hard, you probably know how much it hurts, now imagine the pain this poor guy went through! . Bed posts, furniture legs, uneven flagstone, toys, the world is rife with foot-level obstacles. Far too many for even the coordinated among us to completely avoid. . Toes seem to be among a select group of body parts that can be injured in a relatively insignificant way and yet still broadcast that they've been broken or in some other way irreparably damaged. This is because they are packed with nerves, specifically nerve ending receptors called nociceptors that are good at detecting actual or potential tissue damage. When you stub your toe, you're massively stimulating a bunch of these nerve fibers at the same time. Those signals integrate in your spinal cord, which in turn relays that information to your brain. It's just a really big input, and it hurts like hell. :)

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about 7 years ago

I stubbed my toe yesterday and it hurts! Omg I cant imagine how much pain that man feels 😥

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about 5 years ago

Not broken. Dislocated. Cheers.

about 5 years ago

Haha, Paula, I think "dislocated" refers to two bones separating, and "broken" to a bone cracking and becoming discontinuous.

about 5 years ago

If that is considered "dislocated" in your opinion, I'd hate to see what broken is to you😬

about 5 years ago

Ouch 🤕

about 5 years ago

Bone see h. Proper stich

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