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imgoingoffmymedicine · 01/09/2026 07:05

I’m asking in AIBU purely for traffic.

I’m on holiday in France and woke up yesterday with a bite. Initially it didn’t look that bad, but over the course of the day yesterday it developed a blister and was stinging a lot. I have Gentalyn Beta 0.1% which I got given last year for a similar bite in Italy.

I applied that yesterday but this morning the redness around the bite has spread and the blister seems to have popped. I’m a little lost about what to do - do pharmacies here do the same as in the UK and prescribe antibiotics etc? I don’t really want to shell out for a doctor, because I’m already going to have to claim on my insurance for this trip. Any advice would be welcome!

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PlutarchHeavensbee · 01/09/2026 07:08

See if you can get some Fucidic Acid - it’s a great topical antibiotic cream. I had a mosquito bite on my eyelid last year that was a mess and this sorted it out in three days. It’s prescribed but you should be able to get some from a pharmacy - you can in the UK anyway.

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