Comments on: Insect Bites – ID Help

By: cara

cara — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:55:01 +0000

I got bit stung probably several months ago. I didn’t catch what the bug looked like, I was taking out cardboard at my job and then all I know is it hurt like a son of a gun, and then swelled and turned very white like a bunch of venom was going in me. It was swollen for a couple days. And now its been months and i still have a spot on my hand that itches and feels like a bite, its not swollen tho. I’m poor and don’t want to go to the doctor if i don’t have to does any one know what this might be ?

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:51:04 +0000

I got a spider bite on my ear (kinda’ in the inside). The reason I say it is a spider bite is because you can see the two little dots that spiders usually leave. It is getting swollen and I have pain behind my ear and it is starting to run down the right side of my neck. The only thing you can see if the swollen part where the bite is. There is nothing where I am getting the pain but I am noticing that the pain is growing and hurting more.

By: Stu

Stu — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:25:24 +0000

Rep: Jennifer #620. January 28th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
symptoms sound more like a Tarantula bite, poisonus spider, or centipeed.
I suspect the last. The time table ans symptoms fit the best. Species Ostigmus I think, they can cause vesicles to form, be painful for several hours, nausia and even vomiting. can last up to 48 hrs on average. red could be a rxn to inflamation, chemicals in the bite or even noisom bacteria from the centipeed. I know more about desert varieties..
But to be safe. Did he test you for parasites? If you got bitten with by a mosqueto in tiland you may have picked up a nematode, or a virus, or a bacteria…
If it is a centipeed: Disenfect: I use iodie. Ice and take antihistamines. Good luck what ever you decide.

I wanted to post this picture of a bite I got in northern Thailand. I wasn’t in the jungle or anything. I live in a town called Mae Sot and I was sitting at my dining room table when I think I got bitten. Actually I didn’t notice anything dramatic, but at some point, I noticed something strange on my foot, which i scratched. a few hours later, I started to feel pain all over my foot. That night, the swelling was very noticeable. I got nausea and chills but no fever.

This photo was taken about 36 hours after the bite happened. There is still swelling and redness, with a purple/black center to the open wound site. At 36 hours, the pain was still quite intense, made worse with any kind of activity and the swelling and pain prevented me from bending my foot in any way so i could hardly walk. There were a few red lines starting to creep up my leg and the redness was growing. I went to the hospital in my town, where the doctor told me I had been bitten…. by a mosquito. I was prescribed paracetamol (Tylenol) and ibuprofen. I’ve been icing it and today, day 3, the swelling and pain has gone down and I am getting better. Still, I would very much like to know what other people think because all I know is this wasn’t any kind of mosquito bite!

By: Stu

Stu — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:07:04 +0000

Still trying to figure out what bit my friend.
Rep; angelina #43. July 28th, 2007 at 9:37 pm

But if there is a deep hole in the center literally, a hole then you may have a parasite. Imbeded tick, bot fly, etc. I have seen the things.. If I have understood you the only thing to do is sufficate it. Petrolium jelly, or somthing thick. If it’s a a larvae it will die and fall out if it’s a tick it will suficate. If there is a local UNiversity talk to an entamologist. Most American Doctors literally wouldn’t know a Dr if it bit them.. Either way find some one who knows insects and parasites rather than some one who perscribes antibiotics. But don’t wait! good luck.
angelina
#43. July 28th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Hello I need to know please what’s wrong with me I have this big bite on my shoulders they look horrible I’ve been having this for almost two months now it seems like it grows and grows more I’m also getting it all around and it looks like a swollen worm.

It looks red and swollen please help it look like a ingrown hair or pimple but is not it has a deep hole inside and around it has redness and is swollen please help tell me what bit me please. Also I need to know what to put on my house so they stop biting please. Thanks!!!

By: Carry

Carry — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:50:06 +0000

Hi. Yesterday morning I went out paddling on the river where we live (South Africa), this is something we do almost daily. A few minutes into the paddle, I felt a stinging sensation on my upper leg, just inside my shorts. Didn’t think too much about it. I was aware of it for the whole paddle. When I got home, it looked like a Mosquito bite, but with a noticeable hole in the middle. It was not itchy, but burny. Later during the day, it formed a dark (dark red / purplish colour) mark in the middle, with the skin raised around it (quite a big area, but the raised skin is not red). It burns a lot, and is sore to the touch. I have no idea what this could be. I didn’t get to see what it was that bit me.

Any ideas? Thanks.

By: Christi

Christi — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:54:56 +0000

Something bit while sleeping... it's a little itchy, but not too bad, any ideal what it might be?

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:54:02 +0000

Hi, I found your blog or something online, and it said to email you the picture of the bite to see what kind it is. I think I got this bite yesterday, the bite itself doesn't look bad, just a spot with a bruise but ever since about that time I've been getting dizzy, and my right eye gets blurry sometimes. I don't know its its related, but it seems to be. The picture isn't great, its just through my phone and its hardly showing up. The bruise is much darker. Not like, soo dark but definitely noticeable. The same color as a vein, really. But yesterday, it was a red spot, and a small, but tall bruised bump. Today it is a small red spot again, with a bruise with a weird shape- above & below the spot, and to the left of it. My biggest concern is the dizziness, if you think it could be related. Any input is appreciated! Thank you! -Kathleen

By: Ashely

Ashely — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:52:46 +0000

My husband started getting these small bites and I didn't have any and then suddenly I started getting them to. We aren't sure when we get bitten but it just pops up. Its a slightly raised small round itchy red bite with a tiny needle prick hole on the side of it. They aren't in clusters, just kind of around our body sporadically. I have 1 on my back, my chest and my leg. My husband has most of his on his inner thighs

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:51:45 +0000

I wanted to post this picture of a bite I got in northern Thailand. I wasn't in the jungle or anything. I live in a town called Mae Sot and I was sitting at my dining room table when I think I got bitten. Actually I didn't notice anything dramatic, but at some point, I noticed something strange on my foot, which i scratched. a few hours later, I started to feel pain all over my foot. That night, the swelling was very noticeable. I got nausea and chills but no fever. This photo was taken about 36 hours after the bite happened. There is still swelling and redness, with a purple/black center to the open wound site. At 36 hours, the pain was still quite intense, made worse with any kind of activity and the swelling and pain prevented me from bending my foot in any way so i could hardly walk. There were a few red lines starting to creep up my leg and the redness was growing. I went to the hospital in my town, where the doctor told me I had been bitten.... by a mosquito. I was prescribed paracetamol (Tylenol) and ibuprofen. I've been icing it and today, day 3, the swelling and pain has gone down and I am getting better. Still, I would very much like to know what other people think because all I know is this wasn't any kind of mosquito bite! Thanks very much for your help and advice Sincerely, Jen

By: Brigit

Brigit — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:51:01 +0000

Here the photo(s) of my insect bite. Thanks a lot, I appreciate any kind of information!