I was recently admitted to the ER for a crush injury to my big toe on my right foot. I was told that I had a very small fracture and popped blood vessels under the nail, but that it wasn't bad enough to have to remove the nail or drill a hole to take out the blood. I was told to elevate my foot, ice the toe, take Tylenol as needed, keep it buddy wrapped to my second toe, and wear a hospital shoe until it was comfortable to wear a normal shoe again. It has now been a week and the blood has coagulated. From what I've read, the blood should naturally filter itself out. However, 3 days ago, the same toe was kicked from the front. Unsurprisingly, the toe was more painful to walk on than before, but what concerned me was that at the right base of the toe nail, there is a small, raised red bump under the skin that is very painful when pressure is applied. I'm hesitant to go to another hospital to have it looked at because it's only been a few days and I genuinely don't know if the bump was present at the time of the hospital visit or if it appeared after the toe was kicked. Is it possible that something happened to the base of the nail from the kick? Will my toenail fall off? What is this painful bump? (Note: the skin in the photo is imprinted from the wrapping, there is nothing wrong with the skin.)