Right Leg Mayhem

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First of all don't take this the wrong way but I'm not happy to be back, after thinking I conquered my HA fears once again. 

This last weekend has been Hell on my right leg. For starters, yesterday morning my knee wanted to give me trouble and to a degree, still does now, but the night before I did a kick while dancing to some 80s music videos which I think might have caused it. Last night though while I was leaving the kitchen after dinner, I kicked my big toe onto what I'd soon discover was a toothpick. I thought it just poked it but then thought there might have been a splinter and started squeezing and feeling for a splinter after seeing what looked like a bruise on the tip of my toe. Lastly there's a pain in my thigh which is radiating from my knee. 

I had spent a lot of yesterday and today doing yard work to pass the time during quarantine so maybe that could explain it? Also about the big toe, if it happened to be a splinter that I couldn't removed, am I screwed? Will I succumb to sepsis or any other disease? I want to avoid seeking medical help given the overbooked hospitals and doctor offices locally. 

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Oh no! I'm sorry your struggling so badly. You will not get sepsis or some other disease. It sounds like you hit a nerve in your toe. Try to soak it in hot bath water so if there is any splinter in it that it'll soak to the top and rise out. 

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I'm starting to think it isn't a splinter, but why would I have a bruise there from poking it? Would it be the force? 

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Update: My knee and thigh don't hurt as much. Still sore but nothing I can't manage with rest. 

The toe situation on the other hand is stressing me out. I'm afraid if I have a splinter and it's still painful and red I'm developing an infection and could die from something so stupid.