{"id":14343,"date":"2026-04-15T12:23:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=14343"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:23:04","slug":"my-toddler-woke-up-with-these-angry-red-spots-on-his-palms-and-soles-hes-refusing-to-walk-docs-are-fully-booked-help-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=14343","title":{"rendered":"My toddler woke up with these angry red spots on his palms and soles. He\u2019s refusing to walk. Docs are fully booked! Help needed."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Waking up to a toddler with red spots on their palms and soles can be scary, especially when doctors aren\u2019t available. The most likely cause is <strong>Hand, foot, and mouth disease<\/strong>, a common, usually mild infection with rash, fever, and mouth sores that can make walking painful.<\/p>\n<p>Other causes are possible but less common. At home, monitor fever, keep your child hydrated, and offer soft foods and pain relief if needed.<\/p>\n<p>Seek urgent care if symptoms worsen\u2014like high fever, dehydration, extreme pain, or unusual behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Waking up to a toddler with red spots on their palms and soles can be scary, especially when doctors aren\u2019t available. The most likely cause <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=14343\" title=\"My toddler woke up with these angry red spots on his palms and soles. He\u2019s refusing to walk. Docs are fully booked! Help needed.\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14344,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14345,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14343\/revisions\/14345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}