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Help!! What has bitten me?! Is it infected???

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ConstantlyPanicking · 19/07/2022 16:02

Hi,

I was out in my garden clearing some wild wild brambles this week and have been bitten on my leg. It feels like it is burning and so angry and swollen. I have noticed today some surrounding puffiness. Is it swollen? Pic attached.

p.s. please excuse my gross stretch marks

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Moonflower12 · 19/07/2022 16:04

That looks like an allergic reaction rather than infection?
Have you taken any antihistamines?

Wheelyweddingwipedout · 19/07/2022 16:30

Ouch! Get to your pharmacy asap and show it to the pharmacist for effective advice

ConstantlyPanicking · 19/07/2022 16:35

@Moonflower12 it feels like a bit because there is the classic bump that comes with W bite.

I think I will pop to the pharmacy!

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ConstantlyPanicking · 19/07/2022 16:37

Jesus that reply was all over the place. Was meant to say it feels like bite!

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Seeline · 19/07/2022 16:42

I think there are some vicious bugs out there at the moment. I was bitten by something during the night and had a massive swelling. I do react to bites, but not normally that badly! Some hydrocortisone cream helped.

ImJustNotMeAnymore · 19/07/2022 16:44

My guess would be a horsefly bite. Good idea to go to the pharmacy. Better safe than sorry.

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