D.O.P.-T. (yesterday)

[weofodthignen]

Something has bitten or stung me on the inside of my left arm - it looks like a wasp sting, in which case I'm glad it stung me, since I react relatively little to those compared to other people. But I didn't see anything.

Comments

[mdehners]

Sounds more like a spider bite. I get them periodically and NEVER catch it "in the act";>...
Cheers,
Pat

[elainegrey]

*shudder*

[weofodthignen]

Yeah I was wondering about spiders. Hopefully not one of those flesh-eating ones that produces necrotizing wounds.

[mdehners]

Well, those pretty much start immediately post bite. If there's a pustule within 24 hrs, get your fanny to the ER. It's one of the few "Good Things" about spider venom, the effects are noticeable within 24 hrs.
Poison: Pain, Illness, Death. Any or all of the above
Tissue Destroying: Pustule, Weeping, Necrosis, Gangrene.

If nothing much beyond itching happens within 24 hrs and you happen to be in the West(and not in a Poisonous Insect Exhibit at a zoo;>), you'll be OK
Cheers,
Pat

[elainegrey]

I hope whatever it was it fades soon.

[weofodthignen]

Thanks. I seem to be keeping the manufacturers of sticking plasters in business lately - this ugly blister will need to be covered up for work.

[mdehners]

That's bothersome. If you haven't gone to an ER yet, draw the boundary of it with indelible ink. If it grows 24 hrs after doing so, GET TO THE ER!!!!!
Cheers,
Pat

[weofodthignen]

Hmm. This is what I get from wasp/bee stings, though. And at least it's stopped itching. I will forbear from taking and uploading a pic, since poor Elaine has enough on her plate as is, but other than seeming to want to push out a new bit of blister at the top and at the side to say "I'm still here!" it does not appear to be doing anything. And it's tiny - 2-3 mm - like a wasp sting. I'm tempted to do the old-fashioned treatment for a painful or itchy blister, a sewing needle sterilized in a flame, but since it's so small and has stopped itching ...

[mdehners]

Then you're OK. By now it would have at least dbled and be oozing pus. Sounds like the one's I get...a couple every month. One of the MANY "joys" of living in such a bioactive region;>.
Cheers,
Pat