{"id":17294,"date":"2026-05-22T16:21:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=17294"},"modified":"2026-05-22T16:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:21:06","slug":"my-husband-just-found-this-painful-dark-centered-sore-on-his-calf-should-we-be-worried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=17294","title":{"rendered":"My husband just found this painful dark-centered sore on his calf \u2014 should we be worried?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">A painf\/ul skin sore with a dark center can look scary, especially if it\u2019s getting worse quickly. While some bites or infections may cause this, many cases turn out to be less serious \u2014 but any fast-changing wound should be taken seriously.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Watch for swelling, darkening color, worsening pain, fever, chills, nausea, or trouble breathing. Clean the area gently, use a cool compress, keep the leg elevated, and avoid cutting or applying harsh substances.<\/p>\n<p>If symptoms worsen or spread, seek medical care as soon as possible. Early treatment is always safe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A painf\/ul skin sore with a dark center can look scary, especially if it\u2019s getting worse quickly. While some bites or infections may cause this, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=17294\" title=\"My husband just found this painful dark-centered sore on his calf \u2014 should we be worried?\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17294","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\/17294","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=17294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17296,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17294\/revisions\/17296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}