{"id":22593,"date":"2026-10-19T09:24:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=22593"},"modified":"2026-10-19T09:24:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:24:05","slug":"my-daughter-woke-up-with-this-huge-spot-on-her-foot-i-dont-know-what-it-could-be-shes-been-in-pain-and-cant-move-her-foot-what-is-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=22593","title":{"rendered":"My daughter woke up with this huge spot on her foot I don\u2019t know what it could be. She\u2019s been in pain and can\u2019t move her foot what is this.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From your description and the photo, this could be a large blood blister from pressure or unnoticed trauma, but the size, color, and pain also raise concern for infection or a severe reaction. Do NOT pop or cut it at home. That can introduce bacteria, worsen a hidden infection, and make walking even more painful.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>Check gently: is the area soft and squishy like a fluid-filled blister, or firm, hot, and very tender even to light touch? If it\u2019s hard, hot, rapidly swelling, streaky, your child has fever, or refuses to bear any weight, go to urgent care or the ER today. If it\u2019s soft, not rapidly spreading, and your child is otherwise well, you can still call your pediatrician or an urgent care now for same-day evaluation and pain relief, so they can safely drain or treat it and stop the swelling and pain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>From your description and the photo, this could be a large blood blister from pressure or unnoticed trauma, but the size, color, and pain also <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=22593\" title=\"My daughter woke up with this huge spot on her foot I don\u2019t know what it could be. She\u2019s been in pain and can\u2019t move her foot what is this..\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22593","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\/22593","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=22593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22595,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22593\/revisions\/22595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}