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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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MixedTocopherols · 24/08/2023 08:07

Wow! That blister pic is dramatic

AlwaysFreezing · 24/08/2023 08:05

I'm going with a spider bite. They can really hurt!

Stickly · 24/08/2023 08:03

If you can't miss work for a GP appointment ask if you can email the photo in? It looks like you need antibiotics

Harrythehappypig · 24/08/2023 08:01

It looks like an bite to me. I’ve just had several very similar to that after gardening. It was only the next day that I noticed most of them, they didn’t swell up right away

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wtfisthis3 · 24/08/2023 08:01

Not the best photo with the lighting/ glare but you can sort of see the 2 blisters in the middle

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wtfisthis3 · 24/08/2023 07:58

Of course it’s so typical that I’ve been off for weeks with annual leave and then this happens as soon as I have something important at work!

it doesn’t feel itchy yet, it’s definitely more on the painful/throbbing side. It’s hot to touch although that’s to be expected

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Bamaluz · 24/08/2023 07:58

Hydrocortisone cream and antihistamines are usually recommended by pharmacists for insect bites.

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wtfisthis3 · 24/08/2023 07:55

Yeah in the photo it looks like it but in real life it’s definitely not ringworm or impetigo.

no pharmacy open this early here unfortunately but I’ll jump out on my lunch hour and find somewhere. I’ve taken antihistamines already but maybe I just need to give it more time

the centre part isn’t one big blister but in the last 15 minutes 2 small blisters side by side have popped up beside each other in the middle. It’s so painful and it feels like someone is throbbing my hand

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Bodyisbuggered · 24/08/2023 07:54

If it has a blister in the middle then it’s probably a spider bite. I’ve been got a few times now. Antihistamine will help.

Crazydoglady1980 · 24/08/2023 07:51

It’s a mosquito/gnat bite. It will be itchy for a while and then go

ScarlettSunset · 24/08/2023 07:49

Looks like mosquito bite to me

CynicalCake · 24/08/2023 07:49

I saw the mozzie bite my hand - it swelled up really quickly, red, hot. Drew a line around it and it was spreading even though I couldn't quite believe it as it seemed so ridiculous

I've just finished a course of antibiotics for an infected insect bite. 🫣

Janieforever · 24/08/2023 07:45

Did you use a hot water bottle?

bigdecisionstomake · 24/08/2023 07:39

Can I just second those who are saying that's not ringworm - DP has ringworm occasionally and it doesn't look or behave anything like that. Hope you get it sorted OP.

Idrankyourbananamilk · 24/08/2023 07:26

Ringworm doesn’t appear within a few hours out of nowhere. That looks like a bite to me, possibly spider or mosquito. I’d mark the ring, take some antihistamines and anti inflammatories and try not to scratch it.

Colourfulponderings · 24/08/2023 07:24

Ringworm maybe

continentallentil · 24/08/2023 07:22

It’s just a ghat or something bite you’ve reacted to.

get some germoline on the way in - it’ll numb it a bit. take an extra anti-histamine

Check in with the pharmacist if it gets bigger.

Thoughtful2355 · 24/08/2023 07:21

ringworm maybe

Blueblell · 24/08/2023 07:13

I think a bite - possibly mosquito or spider

newbie202020 · 24/08/2023 07:12

Impetigo?

Libraryloiterer · 24/08/2023 07:12

Ouch looks nasty, can you pop into a pharmacy on your way to the event?

Jillybloop393 · 24/08/2023 07:07

Is it a blister in the centre? Very odd, hope someone can give you an idea, perhaps better to nip to a chemist and see if they suggest antihistamines. Good luck, hope you're soon better.

HamishTheCamel · 24/08/2023 07:06

Could be ringworm

Changingplace · 24/08/2023 07:04

Take an antihistamine and if it looks like it’s spreading draw around it to show how much/quickly that a happening.

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wtfisthis3 · 24/08/2023 07:04

Yeah, I have a Fexofenadine everyday for hayfever anyway so took that as normal around 30 minutes ago

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