Insect bite

dodderangler

While playing rugby yesterday I got home to find a bad bite on my back leg. Now it's swollen pretty bad and the bite mark is now black. The swelling is like a lump of about 12cm wide.
Any experts. We train near to the dodder about 100metres from the water.

fritzelly

To the doctors with you.
Could be just a bad reaction to the bite but why risk it (hard to see clearly in the small image, can you post a larger image not using photobucket)

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Looks like a typical bite that has been scratched and broken, leading to blackening. Anthisan cream of the like should do it. But medical advice is banned on Boards so if in doubt ask at a pharmacy.

dodderangler

fritzelly wrote: »

To the doctors with you.
Could be just a bad reaction to the bite but why risk it (hard to see clearly in the small image, can you post a larger image not using photobucket)

I don't know now how to unfortunately. Always used photobucket. Sorry.

dodderangler

Joziah Thankful Pasture wrote: »

Looks like a typical bite that has been scratched and broken, leading to blackening. Anthisan cream of the like should do it. But medical advice is banned on Boards so if in doubt ask at a pharmacy.

Haven't scratched it at all. It's not itchy. Just extremely painful.

fritzelly

dodderangler wrote: »

I don't know now how to unfortunately. Always used photobucket. Sorry.

Upload to imgur.com and post the link here in I think

HONKEY TONK

Does it look like a bulls eye?

If it does then it could be a tick bite

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Ice it and look for advice from a professional tomorrow.

dodderangler

fritzelly wrote: »

Upload to imgur.com and post the link here in I think

Not a rash. That's the swelling. It's expanding since the pic was taken.

dodderangler

HONKEY TONK wrote: »

Does it look like a bulls eye?

If it does then it could be a tick bite

I've had a tick bite before. Doesn't look like one I've gotten before. Very peculiar. I've been bitten by a spider before on my leg and it looks similar but I wasn't on the ground so I don't know how it got me. I'll be going to doctor tomoro. I know I can't get medical advice here. So il be going to doctors tomoro morning to get looked at. ðŸ‘ðŸ»

fritzelly

dodderangler wrote: »

but I wasn't on the ground so I don't know how it got me

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

This sounds very like the reaction you had to a bite back in 2014 in the same circumstances, and around this time of year. What did that turnout to be?

HONKEY TONK

dodderangler wrote: »

I've had a tick bite before. Doesn't look like one I've gotten before. Very peculiar. I've been bitten by a spider before on my leg and it looks similar but I wasn't on the ground so I don't know how it got me. I'll be going to doctor tomoro. I know I can't get medical advice here. So il be going to doctors tomoro morning to get looked at. ðŸ‘ðŸ»

Best get it checked out. It’s now tick season so always best to get it checked out

dodderangler

Joziah Thankful Pasture wrote: »

This sounds very like the reaction you had to a bite back in 2014 in the same circumstances, and around this time of year. What did that turnout to be?

That turned out to be a horsefly bite. And a bad reaction to it.
But I havint seen any of them about. But it would explain as I'm not far from water and that's normally where I see them.
All will tell tomoro when I go to the doctors.
Thanks

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

dodderangler wrote: »

That turned out to be a horsefly bite. And a bad reaction to it.
But I havint seen any of them about. But it would explain as I'm not far from water and that's normally where I see them.
All will tell tomoro when I go to the doctors.
Thanks

That's exactly what I suspected. Clean the area with clean warm water, don't scratch and apply a cold compress or ice pack for 10 minutes at a time.

dodderangler

Girlfriend is a nurse. She's cleaned it throughly but still hasn't seen this type of bite before

HONKEY TONK

Hows the leg?

dodderangler

HONKEY TONK wrote: »

Hows the leg?

Swelling has gone down but the redness has spread at least 5 inches on both sides. On 2 antibiotics and a steroid cream.

HONKEY TONK

dodderangler wrote: »

Swelling has gone down but the redness has spread at least 5 inches on both sides. On 2 antibiotics and a steroid cream.

Did they say what type of bite it was?