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What bit me?!

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Ifeelinclined · 08/09/2018 03:07

Can anyone help me figure out what bit me? I know I was bitten Monday night (Labor Day grill out in the US) and it was crazy itchy. I put some anti- itch medicine on it. But then today, it's gotten crazy painful. There are little blisters, and its starting to swell and becoming painful to walk. We are going to the beach tomorrow, so I would really like to get it feeling better soon. TIA!

What bit me?!
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MouseholeCat · 08/09/2018 03:17

eek that looks nasty! Did you definitely feel a bite? It looks more like a contact rash from poison ivy with the little blisters.

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Ifeelinclined · 08/09/2018 03:23

Well, I thought it was a bite. I was standing on our deck talking to my husband while he grilled. And it was past dark. So I'm not sure I could have come into contact with poison ivy. That night when I got into bed, it was just insanely itchy

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MouseholeCat · 08/09/2018 03:34

DH said if it's itchy to look at Chigger bites. Now my skin is crawling a little!

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Woofmy · 08/09/2018 03:35

Where are you op?

Looks like a brown tailed moth rash.

Woofmy · 08/09/2018 03:37

Where is it? Also looks like shingles.

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Ifeelinclined · 08/09/2018 03:40

It's ok the top of my foot- close to the ankle bone

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Ifeelinclined · 08/09/2018 03:40

I'm in the southern US

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therealimposter · 08/09/2018 04:05

It looks like blisters, I'd go with contact with an irritating plant. If you were a child I'd say hand, foot and mouth as it looks like the same blisters.

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Ifeelinclined · 08/09/2018 22:32

Update: It's shingles. I got the anti-viral meds, but I'm still fucking miserable. Thanks for everyone's help.

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aperolspritzplease · 08/09/2018 23:45

Looks like shingles more than a bite, nasty!

aperolspritzplease · 08/09/2018 23:46

I'm clearly a great doctor! Hope you feel better soon, shingles is horrid.

delphguelph · 08/09/2018 23:48

Crikey. It looks mega painful. Feel better soon Flowers

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Ifeelinclined · 09/09/2018 00:57

Thank you all! I never knew they were this damn painful!

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glagdy · 09/09/2018 01:59

Thought it looked like shingles. Sorry op! Heal up soon!

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