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Help! Wtf is this?

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wtfisthis3 · 24/08/2023 07:00

Hi
i went to bed last night and was absolutely fine. I woke up this morning with something weird on the side of my wrist and I have no clue what it is, it’s been 45 minutes and hasn’t gone away or improved and I wasn’t lieing on it during the night. It’s a yellowish patch and a red ring around it but not quite a bullseye. There’s also no spot or head in it eg a tick bite. It’s absolutely throbbing, like when I touch it it’s agony

anyone know what this is?

Help! Wtf is this?
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Useyourfork · 24/08/2023 16:54

I would be stripping my bed and vacuuming everything in the bedroom 😳 I ‘ve been seeing spiders all over the place at the moment where we live. Glad the redness is settling down.

fabmaccawhackyrhumbsaloft · 24/08/2023 16:54

Op I've just been diagnosed with Lyme disease after two years of absolute hell.

If you start to feel like you have flu please see a doctor, it's could just be an insect bite but if it is a tick bite they do carry Lyme disease

I was only diagnosed because I went blind in one eye, it that was the last in a very long line of symptoms that have seen me unable to work , clean, walk, get upstairs, or go out

Keep the photos of the bite and if you start feeling I'll (between now and up to 30 days after the bite ) with flu like symptoms see the gp without delay .

Helenahandkart · 24/08/2023 16:40

The bullseye thing is a sign of Lyme disease, which can be incredibly serious. If I was you I would 100% get tested for Lyme disease, just in case.

CoraPirbright · 24/08/2023 16:39

If the blister pops and the wound underneath is very deep then I have had these occasionally over the years. I have had 2 cut out by different dermatologists and they had no idea either! One said it was a very violent reaction- like a grenade going off in the skin. But without seeing who lobbed the grenade, it was impossible to tell what caused it . Hydrocortisone cream on it asap is the only thing that stops it growing and getting worse.

Cosyblankets · 24/08/2023 16:30

Looks like a horsefly bite to me

AngelinaBlack · 24/08/2023 16:21

I thought it looked like a burn. I had a very less dramatic looking but similar thing on my finger and did remember a slight burn on the edge of a roasting tin the day before.

Janieforever · 24/08/2023 16:18

MrTiddlesTheCat · 24/08/2023 15:54

It looks like a burn, but you'd know if you'd done that. But whatever it is, it looks really sore so I hope you get it sorted.

Yes that’s why I asked about a hot water bottle, my daughter had identical and it was from the lid.

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wtfisthis3 · 24/08/2023 15:56

Just went to the pharmacy- all fine thankfully. She said she initially thought ringworm from the description until she saw it and she said it’s not ringworm because of the blister but she’s not really sure what it is. She said to just keep it clean and if it’s worse after the weekend to contact the doctor. Panic over nothing thankfully!

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MrTiddlesTheCat · 24/08/2023 15:54

It looks like a burn, but you'd know if you'd done that. But whatever it is, it looks really sore so I hope you get it sorted.

TokyoSushi · 24/08/2023 15:54

Ooh I'm on holiday and have been thinking of you throughout the day OP, let us know how you get on!

stayclosetoyourself · 24/08/2023 15:49

Looks like a bite.

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wtfisthis3 · 24/08/2023 15:41

I’m going to a pharmacy right now as I’m just out or work - to be fair the redness hasn’t spread and has actually got slightly better but the 2 separate blisters have now merged and become one big yellow blister so it’s still really painful

Help! Wtf is this?
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EweCee · 24/08/2023 10:25

Agree a bite. My dd just finished a horrible course of antibiotics for similar, although her bite site went nasty, raw and weeping before eventually crusting over. Not fun.

Fireandflames666 · 24/08/2023 10:20

That looks like a spider bite, can you see any puncture holes?.

TheMousePipes · 24/08/2023 09:56

Spider bite. Draw round it with a biro, get yourself to the doctors. My dh has just finished a monster course of 14 days x 2000mg antibiotics for something similar. Get there today so you can start treatment before it gets worse.

eurochick · 24/08/2023 09:47

Spider bite. The two side by side blisters where the fangs entered are the giveaway. It looks like you have reacted badly to it.

Hollyppp · 24/08/2023 09:33

This happens to me often. It’s an insect bite that’s got irritated. Mine normally go away after a week

rainbowstardrops · 24/08/2023 08:48

Ooh that looks nasty! I'd say definitely a bite that you've reacted to. I agree re emailing the GP a photo.
I got bitten years back above my ankle during the night. GP said it looked like a horsefly bite Confused Had to have countless courses of antibiotics to get on top of it, so I'd definitely get it looked at if I were you.

mymcdonaldsaintonthemap · 24/08/2023 08:39

I'm pretty sure you've been bitten. We are getting bitten where we live up North which is not usual, thought we had fleas, but on visiting London there are mozzies and we've both got various types of bite all over us! Not sure why this year but it's all kinds of insect bite presenting all kinds of ways including like this. Just got one last night on my leg. Window wasn't even open.

Physicstruck · 24/08/2023 08:22

Oh weird this happened to me a few weeks ago, it was almost exactly the same but on my pinkie joint. The only thing I could think of was I’d stroked a cat that day . It faded but took a few weeks.

FlamingoQueen · 24/08/2023 08:21

Have you brushed past a poisonous plant? (No idea how you would know it was poisonous though!). Hope you can get it seen today.

nancy75 · 24/08/2023 08:20

Agree spider bite, I had one on my leg like that but the size of a side plate. It middle but turned in to 1 blister & I did have to have antibiotics for it

TokyoSushi · 24/08/2023 08:14

Oh OP, that looks grim, I think it's a bite, but a bad one.

Try the anti histamine/germolene etc maybe until lunchtime but you might need to get it seen. In that case it would fall in to the 'more important than a work event' category - your colleagues might say that when they see you anyway.

ickky · 24/08/2023 08:12

Spider bite, two blisters are the fang entry marks, they will probably merge into one blister. I would go to GP or A&E if it gets worse. They can get nasty.

Hope you feel better soon.

Marchbug · 24/08/2023 08:09

Definitely think photo to GP if you can, that red ring around it looks nasty. I'd also definitely draw around it to check for spreading, the blisters and pain look/sound a bit shingle like but not sure the rest matches up or the position of it