{"id":3451,"date":"2026-10-19T17:20:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T17:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/?p=3451"},"modified":"2026-10-19T17:20:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T17:20:57","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:\/\/nulnews.com\/?p=3451","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>The photo you sent is alarming, and you are right to be worried. A dark, swollen, intensely painful spot on a child\u2019s foot overnight is never something to ignore. It might be \u201cjust\u201d a blood blister \u2014 or the first sign of something far more dangerous. The difference between waiting and acting today could det\u2026 <strong>Continues\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"slr-cta-wrap \">\n<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\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content container is_full_width clear\">\n<div id=\"primary\" class=\"content-area\"><main id=\"main\" class=\"site-main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-117706\" class=\"post-117706 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\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<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-tags\"><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\"><\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<aside id=\"secondary\" class=\"widget-area sidebar\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"colophon\" class=\"site-footer\">\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"site-bottom\" class=\"no-footer-widgets clear\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"menu-f-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The photo you sent is alarming, and you are right to be worried. A dark, swollen, intensely painful spot on a child\u2019s foot overnight is never&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3455,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3451\/revisions\/3455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}