Something bit me!... I think it was a Spider?!


Question: Anyways I was out side at night sitting listening to music with my ipod, and then when I went inside on my hand was something that looked like a mosquito bite.. but it was really red and swelling... anyways its been 4 days and its itchy? but the redness went away..


So what bit me? and should I be dead?


Answers: Anyways I was out side at night sitting listening to music with my ipod, and then when I went inside on my hand was something that looked like a mosquito bite.. but it was really red and swelling... anyways its been 4 days and its itchy? but the redness went away..


So what bit me? and should I be dead?

no idea what bit you, but if the red is going away then it likely to get better. unless you feel sick or it swells and your hand gets all puffy and starts to get infected and.... just kidding. it is likely to go away.
if you are still alive thats always a good thing. if it was poisonous you'd know it by now. could have just been one of those saddle mosquitoes you know the ones big enough to put a saddle on, we have them here in aust. they leave a pretty hefty bite.
itching increases the release of histamine and makes it react more, become itchier, redder and swells more. so don't itch it.

I can't exactly tell you what species or insect it was but, I would suggest going to a doctor and having him/her check it out.

If it were a Brown Recluse spider then you would be very sick by now. If the redness has gone away then you are more then likely fine.

First of all, you need to state what region of the US you live in.....Brown recluse, black widow, scorpions and centipedes are all poisonous.....

Draw a circle around the perimeter and keep track of the growth every hour or so...redrawing the growth and writing the time down....talk to your physician about it and show how you have been keeping track IF you start to feel sick or if the bite turns into a wound or sore.

maybe it was a spider... and then you'll turn into spiderman! sweet! :D

yeah, prob'ly a spider. my husband got bit by one and it bothered him for the longest time, it was really swollen though and itchy. i'm glad you're ok!!! :)

doesnt sound poisonous but put some bynadryl lotion on it and it will stop itching.

you're gonna be fine. just put some benadryl or anti-itch cream on it, and avoid scratching it (i know, easier said than done) because scratching activates the "poison" (not poisonis, the the stuff the bug puts in you that makes you itch)

i got a mosquiti bite once and it swelled to like over an inch in diamater and turned all purple, and it was EXTREMLY hard not to itch, but after a few days, the swelling went down and the itch went away. darn bugs!

*starts humming spiderman song*





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