what is this on my arm

[Heyheyheygoodbye]

Doesn't look much but it's itchy and hot and hurts. Three days ago it was two tiny grey dots. Last night it looked like a scratch. And this morning this.

Fatal spider bite? Shall I get the mag sulph on it?

[Heyheyheygoodbye]

Bump...it's started to throb a bit now and I have developed cold-like symptoms, which of course could be a coincidence. DH shone a torch at it (apparently this is what his Dad used to do) and says it looks yellow

[MrsHathaway]

Biro round the edge of the red so you can see if it grows. Toothpaste on it (honestly) to relieve the itching. Look again in the morning.

[KittyKrap]

Looks like a spider bite. Any chance you could cut your arm off? That's what I'd do!

[TondelayaDellaVentamiglia]

i'd say a bite...maybe spider, do you feel the spiderbabes running about inside yet?

or maybe a horsefly/cleg/Blandford fly type thing....you'll maybe need ant histamines for that...i puff up like a michelin man if anything like that bites me.

[TondelayaDellaVentamiglia]

haha...ant histamines...they would obviously be to feed the baby spiders

it's anti histamines for the fly bites. 3)

[Looly71]

That's just cruel Tondelaya. - I would definitely be chopping my arm off at thought of spider babies

[KittyKrap]

Well it's been left overnight so the spider babies will be multiplying like mad.

It was nice knowing you

[Heyheyheygoodbye]

I quite like the idea of shooting spider babies out of my arm. Surely that would make me some kind of super villain. I await my Marvel movies contract

Getting the biro and toothpaste out now!

[KittyKrap]

I don't think they'll need their teeth brushing..

[PeaceLoveAndDiscoBiscuits]

Was there blood when you first noticed it? A horsefly bite is really nasty, they actually slash you open rather than just piercing you. It will be extremely sore and sort of burn.
I still have a scar from one on my leg