Comments on: Insect Bites – ID Help

By: ti

ti — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:56:14 +0000

i woke up on Thursday morning with a blackish dot on my cheek. i just thought it was a strange pimple. that night i pricked it and blood oozed from it. it is not a raised lump but in fact a deep one. the next morning it was sore and was a huge bump under the skin. by that afternoon it started to swell and the swelling has risen into my lower eyelid. its sore to the touch and when pricked, blood just pores out. what could it be? the large bump is not discolored , however where the head of the bump is, it is red and black (blood color)

please help.

By: tiffany farris

tiffany farris — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:20:41 +0000

I noticed a red bump that i thought to be a pimple on my chest. I tried over and over for 2 days to pop it but it wouldn’t pop. now it looks like a tiny bite on the middle and its red around. i squeeze it and clear liquid comes out of a few different places. i hope its not a spider but im not sure what else it could be.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:14:08 +0000

Can anyone help identify what keeps biting me? It is something in the house but I never see it.

By: Racheal

Racheal — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:44:41 +0000

I think I have an insect bite. Its on my pinkie finger. My finger started itching so I scratched it a little. Then realized what I was doing decided it was a spider bite or mosquito bite and left it alone. By 10am my finger was starting to swell and I was having a hard time bending it. I cleaned it with peroxide that evening.I did not have the time to go to the doctor to have it checked out so I decided to ignore it, if it changed color then I would go in. Monday morning it was even more swollen. Reddish in color and tender (still kinda itched). By noon it was starting to get hard in the center. Today is Wednesday and it is half an inch in diameter, dark red, hard, and looks like it is coming to a point. Should I go to the doctor or wait it out?? Thanks for any advice. Sent a pic to the email address provided.

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:44:56 +0000

I got a spider bite in my house. It’s red/pink on the outside, with a little white circle in the middle. It doesn’t itch, but burns as if it was a fresh cut. And when you touch it, it hurts ten times worse. I tried putting on neosporin, but that hurt too. But the pain from the neosporin eventually died down.

By: Gabrielle

Gabrielle — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:23:33 +0000

I was bitten during a car ride, I started to become extremely itchy. To the point where I was scratching so much my skin was wlepping up. It is about the size of a softball and black and blue, it is slightly tender, and I’ve been having total body itching. I’ve been taking benadryl to try and control the itching. Somebody help! I think it was a spider bite. I was bitten 4 days ago today. And it still looks like this. It’s awful.. any help will be totally useful (: Thank you.

Gabrielle

By: Will

Will — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:41:49 +0000

About 3 months ago, while visiting family in Southern Ontario, I was bitten in my sleep by mosquitoes. Seemed normal enough, only as the bites faded away, small circular bruises took their spots. They came a month after the initial bite and haven’t faded or shown any signs of going away. (This is true for every bite, 7 on my legs and one on my side)

I was wondering if they were in fact mosquitoes and if the bites would eventually fade. (Hopefully they came from the open window and not the bed itself, otherwise I’m scared of sleeping there again)

By: theodore sinavage

theodore sinavage — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:47:18 +0000

i came inside the door im from Florida and i got bit by something it left like a bruise and it at first burned and caused a muscle spasm in my upper leg around the crotch although the bite was on my calf and now about 4 hours later its like a numbing feeling and i need a guess or something right away im in pain!

By: Monica

Monica — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:46:05 +0000

Have had little bites which seem like mites under my skin and itching on and off for six months. Went to 3 doctors, finally they gave me permithrin cream and it stopped. Then it came back a bit and I have washed all the clothes, changed linens, buying a new matress and am afraid to sleep in my room. Used nix in my hair and then the cream all over body. But then it seems I get itchy again. Little welts on my forearms tonight, a few on the top of my feet and around ankles. In the am my palm itched and then i peeled the skin off and tonight it is healed up. Its so strange and I can’t seem to live my life without fearing more bites or whatever it is will come back. I want it to go away for once and for all. My forehead itches alot as well. I also used a room purifier which kills all mites, and dust particles, etc. Any ideas?
They didn’t think it was scabies, but the permithrin really did help, but I was told I can’t keep using it as it is dangerous to use it more than twice. Please send me info. I also put clothes in garbage bags for 6 days to kill anything. Washed everything in hot water and hot dryer. Any suggestions.

By: Brannie

Brannie — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:35:51 +0000

This morning I woke up with a small, white bump, pretty flat, with a red ring around it. It sort of looked like a burn, but I hadn’t burnt myself the night before. As I went through the day, little tiny blisters appeared. Later, the little tiny blisters got bigger, and they merged into one larger blister. The blister is now about 1/8 of an inch across, and the ring is a little thicker. I don’t really have headaches or anything, but I have been slightly itchy all over today. Should I get this checked out?