Half-submerged big toe?

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About a month ago, I had a bit of a freak accident while I was splitting wood... specifically, a chunk of timber caught me right in the big toe when I was pulling the axe out of the log. It wasn't a direct hit on the skin, though; everything happened through my boot and sock, so I'm fairly certain nothing actually punctured the surface. It was painful at first, but I iced it down, and after that, the pain pretty much vanished. Looking at it now, there’s no way any blood could have escaped. I've seen some similar threads online, but I can't tell if my situation matches up. I'm wondering if I should try poking at it with a needle, since it looks like the whole thing has dried up...

Can anyone confirm if this will just clear up on its own given enough time? And more importantly, what should I do to make sure this doesn't turn into something serious? The only thing I know for sure is that I had a similar incident on my other foot once before, where the area just kept swelling and pushing outward until it finally resolved itself—that took maybe three or four months, or perhaps longer. With this one, I'm not quite sure... nothing has changed so far, but I'm hoping it follows the same path and just disappears after a while...

(Just a heads-up, seeing a doctor isn't really an option for me; I simply don't have the time to make an appointment, and to be perfectly honest, I highly doubt they'd have anything useful to offer me anyway.)

A nail with a pulsing subungual hematoma happens because the blood has nowhere to go while the injury is still fresh. It sounds like you aren't particularly worried about it, so you probably view it as a lingering bruise that should just reabsorb over the next few months
as the nail grows out. Bottom line: don't sweat it, you're fine 😉.

Thanks, hopefully everything goes smoothly.