Comments on: Insect Bites – ID Help

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:12:38 +0000

Anyone know what sort of creature caused this?

I was running errands on Sunday and became aware of a painful spot on my leg. I have dogs and cats, and assumed that I’d been scratched, so I just ignored it. When I was driving home from the pet store, I began feeling really, really sick – feverish, chills, shaking like crazy, etc. I got home, piled on blankets and sweatpants and fleece, and still couldn’t get warm. Finally I fell asleep and woke up again a few hours later. I’d taken some Advil so the fever & chills had calmed down a bit. I never made the connection between the fever and the bite, but the next day I realized that the area on my leg had swelled up and felt hard, had a blister in the center surrounded by a red area, and the red area was surrounded by a white ring. Today the blister is even larger and is about to pop. I covered the area with gauze to ease some of the pain from rubbing, but it’s not helping much. It hurts like heck and I’m limping around. At least the fever was gone by this morning.

I’m thinking spider bite. I live in NW Georgia and there are several spider species that could cause a reaction in a person, but I’m just curious to know what this might be. If there’s no improvement by Friday I’ll go to the doctor.

By: sami

sami — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:49:40 +0000

I got bit under my thigh today, it hurt like a bee sting and I jumped up and yelled but there was no stinger. Initially, it looked like there was a circular small bite taken out of my thigh, like an apple bite, but now almost 7 hours later it’s a white bump and very small. It hurt all day, but the pain has dulled considerably. I live in Socal, so if anyone thinks they know what bit me pls let me know! Thanks

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!