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What Can Be The Reason For The Bite Like Appearance On The Skin?

Hello, I m an 18 going on 19 Female. About 4 days ago I had a mosquito bite, 5 of them on my arms. Two on the left, one on my right near my elbow, atop my right shoulder, and my right middle finger knuckle (I m totally scared of bugs and I can never kill them. It kept flying around me every time I was on my computer morning or night.) The next night I had 2 more bites both on my left arm. Over time the bite itching got worse, I know you re not supposed to itch them but nothing was working. My left arm beginning bites looks HORRIBLE like a rash or someone had punched me and left a big mark and a tiny mark. My parent s think is the pills allergic reaction on my skin, but I have just been itching it. I KNOW it was a bug bite, and luckily I was smart enough have took pictures for evidence of the start(since I don t usually have this many bites) So just yesterday I got Benadryl cream and applied it to all my bite marks. I was careful around my elbow bite since it had this yellow bubble thing and I was afraid to pop it and have it turn out like the other 2. It pop somehow anyways and I noticed how it seems to have gotten bigger. Well, I m not really sure how to explain this but last night I had the most horrifying experience. After I was on my computer for a little while was around 12:00 my right arm got this stinging pain. It started to get weak and around the bite, near my elbow, felt really hot. Then the pain would subside and I can use my arm again, back to normal. Not to long, probably like a few 20mins I suppose, there comes this hot feeling then like a stinging around the bite like someone was pinching me or using the tip of a sharp knife on it. My arm went completely numb and weak and I woke up my mom because I got too frightened. It was 3AM and she seemed a bit worried since I never wake her up this early for anything. She thought it was because I was on my computer for too long, which was true. We talked for a little bit about it then decided I should get some sleep, and in a few days call the doctor if things start to get worse. I was in my bathroom washing my face. The water was running and my eyelids were coming off slowly as I put water on it, then I felt this need to rubb my left eye a bit, when I did I do remember vaguely there was this black dot like thing around my eye. Sort of like, after taking off mascara and it has that little back line in your eyes. I thought it was just another eyelid that was on my eye and tapped it out with my finger. I remember taking my finger out and this gross thick small black(deep black)worm or something was on the tip of my index finger. I swear on this part even if I had it on for not even a 5 seconds, I remember it so clearly. It sorta squirmed and tried crawled into a ball. Before I had a chance to see what it was, I threw it somewhere and screamed (hoping I put my finger under the sink) I kinda regret doing that but I was scared it could have dug into my finger. I got my senses back and tried to search for it. My mom came in and ask what happened I told her and she just shrugged it off saying it probably was a bug that fell on my eye. I KNOW I wasn t seeing things, I looked up everything having to do with a little back thick worm or bug or anything. I couldn t find the same exact one that was on my finger, so at around 6am I passed out. I don t know what to do and I usually have that happen to me. Im really scared even till now I m shaking, which is about 2pm(I sorta just woke up and that numbing tired feeling I had on my right arm again after I woke up) I m not schizophrenic, but the day before I got my bite s, or Im not even sure anymore.. I got my sleeping pills(Ambien zolpidem tartrate 10mg TAB), depression pills(fluoxetine hcl 10 mg caps), and a yest infection pill(fluconazole 150mg) after seeing the doctor. I have been taking them but not the sleeping pills to this day. I don t know If it was the mosquito babies around the house, a parasite, lyme disease, something I don t know about, or was I just hallucination.(which it it was it would have been my first time) There is so many possibles and pretty much scared right now, I don t know whether or not to see a doctor now or wait it off and observe things to see if they start to get worse, let alone WHICH doctor to see. I m sorry I this was a bit long to read, I am just to scared and this never happened to me before, Please help!
Thu, 12 Oct 2017
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hiii.welcome to our site.you have insect bite dermatitis.
1.dont scratch the area.
2.apply antibiotic creams like fusiderm ointment twice daily for 7 days.
3.take levocetrizine tablets twice daily for 7 days,if you have itching.
4.take analgesics like tablet ibuprofen twice daily for 7 days, if you have pain.
kindly consult your dermatologist if you find no improvement in symptoms.
hope my answer would have helped you.
thank you.
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What Can Be The Reason For The Bite Like Appearance On The Skin?

hiii.welcome to our site.you have insect bite dermatitis. 1.dont scratch the area. 2.apply antibiotic creams like fusiderm ointment twice daily for 7 days. 3.take levocetrizine tablets twice daily for 7 days,if you have itching. 4.take analgesics like tablet ibuprofen twice daily for 7 days, if you have pain. kindly consult your dermatologist if you find no improvement in symptoms. hope my answer would have helped you. thank you.