I've been bitten, but by what?
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About a month ago I got a nasty bite on the middle toe of my left foot, badly blistered, swollen and painfull to walk on.
Made a trip to the doctors and got put on a course of antibiotics.
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Bite on the underside of the toe came up first and then later blistering over the top side.
It took about 5 days for the swelling to go down and 10 days for the blisters to burst and a further week to finally clear up leaving scabs of skin.
I thought that was it, just unfortunate to get a bite from whatever and then..........................last Friday I started with a really bad itching between my toes on my right foot. My thoughts were that it was a bad case of athlete's foot as it's something I've suffered with before. Trip to the chemist and picked some cream up, slapped plenty on and itchiness slowly eased off.
Woke up on Saturday morning to this!!!
Thankfully it's nowhere near as bad as before and I had no problem walking on it, but has anyone any idea what's biting me?
Made a trip to the doctors and got put on a course of antibiotics.
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Bite on the underside of the toe came up first and then later blistering over the top side.
It took about 5 days for the swelling to go down and 10 days for the blisters to burst and a further week to finally clear up leaving scabs of skin.
I thought that was it, just unfortunate to get a bite from whatever and then..........................last Friday I started with a really bad itching between my toes on my right foot. My thoughts were that it was a bad case of athlete's foot as it's something I've suffered with before. Trip to the chemist and picked some cream up, slapped plenty on and itchiness slowly eased off.
Woke up on Saturday morning to this!!!
Thankfully it's nowhere near as bad as before and I had no problem walking on it, but has anyone any idea what's biting me?
Thanks for comments.
It's not a horse fly bite, If it had have been, I would have felt it.
I've never suffered from bites in this way before, so I've been thinking what's changed. For years I've suffered from hay fever and have always taken Claritin or Benadryl through the summer, however of late (approaching 60 now) I've not had the symptoms quite the same
so I've dropped taking them. Could I be right in thinking that the Antihistamine tablets taken daily have helped prevent my body from reacting to bites in the past?
I think for now, I'll take a daily tablet until winter takes a hold, It's worth a try.
It's not a horse fly bite, If it had have been, I would have felt it.
I've never suffered from bites in this way before, so I've been thinking what's changed. For years I've suffered from hay fever and have always taken Claritin or Benadryl through the summer, however of late (approaching 60 now) I've not had the symptoms quite the same
so I've dropped taking them. Could I be right in thinking that the Antihistamine tablets taken daily have helped prevent my body from reacting to bites in the past?
I think for now, I'll take a daily tablet until winter takes a hold, It's worth a try.
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