nick_md wrote:Some advice from the hive mind please: Got an insect bite on my shin last Friday afternoon, somehow through my jeans when I was stood outside (didn't feel it happen, just noticed the itching later). The bite mark developed into quite a large red area, a good 3 inches long / 2 inches wide, or so. The mark's still there today, albeit a more faded red. I'm slightly worried at the a) the size of the bite area and b) that it's still lingering around 4 days later. Add to that that today I woke up with a irritating mild pain in my left eye lid, and a slightly higher temperature that I could totally be imagining, and I'm concerned that I should see a GP. I'm going to get myself to the docs tomorrow, hopefully, but wondered if anyone could offer any possibly likelihood that this is / isn't something to be worried about? I know they say if bright lights start to hurt your eyes then it could be something serious, and whilst I don't *think* lights are hurting my eyes, the fact that I've got a sore eye and a slightly raised temp has me a little worried. ?
yourfavouriteuncle wrote:With a wound site hanging around for so long and being the size you say then it’s quite likely a horse fly bite. They have to slice your skin to get to your delicious blood - hence wound is quite large and open to infection. We live quite close to a river and so insects in the summer are a real problem. I was bitten on my wrist a couple of years ago by a mosquito. Developed cellulitis pretty quick smart, fell into a fever and woke in a hospital bed 2 days later being told I’d been within around 6 hours of - at the least -losing my arm and perhaps worse. I didn’t want to bother my gp with an insect bite as I thought it was a little trivial.
regmcfly wrote:I had mine taken out. It was pretty easy, some stitches and then back to eating steak for every meal.
poprock wrote:On the plus side, you’ll probably be going got the Albion Clinic to get them removed. They’ll give you the good drugs. My old studio was a couple of doors down and we used to enjoy watching all the patients swaying down the street having left before fully regaining consciousness. Or control of their legs.
Diluted Dante wrote:You're almost certainly going to die.
Gremill wrote:My IBS is playing havoc with my life at the moment. Every morning and afternoon is a joy of stomach convulsions like an alien is trying to escape from my body and despite the lansoprazole I’m on eliminating my constant heartburn, every time I eat something it’s the same old misery.
I’m pretty sure a lot of it is stress related - it’s gotten a lot worse over the last 4 or 5 months as things have deteriorated at work. The only thing that really seems to help is weed, the muscle relaxant properties of the herb pretty much eliminates the spasms and removes the nausea too - but unfortunately my work would frown on my being baked at work all day.
To the doctors, I suppose.
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