i was bit by a mosquito and instead of it being a normal bite consisting of a small bump its gotten huuuuge and very very red in the center, the area around it is all red and rashy, anyone have a reaction like this to a damnd mosquito biting you? does this mean its got west nile virus or something, ive never had a bite get THAT bad
2006-09-07 16:33:49 · 12 answers · asked by None 4 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Sounds like a spider bite to me.
2006-09-07 16:36:40 · answer #1 · answered by Rockvillerich 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may have had an allergic reaction to the bite. When I was subing as a gym teacher once, I got bitten outside by a mosquito. I was very concerned because in the north east we have west nile and EEE infected mosquitos. I went to the school nurse and she said it looked so swollen because I had an allergic reaction to the bite - although I had never experienced that before from a bite.
If you're concerned about being infected, the fact is it symptons, such as fever and flu like symptons, don't appear right away and can take up to 14 days to show. Even if you were bitten by an infected mosquito, my doctor said that many times your body can actually fight it off without it being a problem. In rare instances it can make you real sick. Healthy people have a better chance of just fighting it off. I would take some vitamins to help boost up your immune system. Good luck, I hope you're fine.
2006-09-07 16:46:22 · answer #2 · answered by Venus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you absolutely sure it's a mosquito bite? I don't believe that a bite from a mosquito that carries West Nile is any different from one that doesn't. If it's red and rashy in an area around it is it possible you may have brushed up against some poison ivy or something?
2006-09-07 16:41:26 · answer #3 · answered by DawnDavenport 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think you have West Nile. a large bite isn't a symptom.
when a bug bites you, it is not the poison in the bug that makes the itchy spot...it is the histamines in your body reacting to the bite and any chemicals injected into the skin.
it sounds to me like your body reacted to the bite in a major way. are you sure it was a mosquito? it could have been a spider, as someone else said. did you see what bit you?
try taking some benedryl, or better still, get the topical to put on the bite. some hydrocortizone cream is also very helpful!
hope this helps.
2006-09-07 16:47:45 · answer #4 · answered by Weber 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No idea why a mossie bite would look this way, but to stop from being bitten take Brewers Yeast tablets every day, they hate the taste and won't bite you. Need to take them for a while to build them up in your system first, so take other precautions for a while too.
2006-09-07 16:54:40 · answer #5 · answered by SHAZLIA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You never know. Do you live in Calif. near the dessert..Get to the emergency especially with the red target it may be west nile....or a brown fiddle trapdoor spider. Better of going then being dead....
2006-09-07 16:39:01 · answer #6 · answered by Carol H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depending on where you live it wouldnt hurt to call your local health dept to see if your area tested positive for west nile it sounds like you had a bad reaction or you are allergic to the little critters
2006-09-07 16:36:43 · answer #7 · answered by oceanlady580 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure it eas a skeeter? Sounds like a brown recluse bite the way you described it.
2006-09-07 16:40:15 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
staph infection go to the doctor's now don't play around the longer you wait the worse it can get and you'll need surgery. This is not something you want to screw around with it can get into your blood line and end in death no joke please consult your emergency room now this day this night for your own protection
2006-09-07 16:38:55 · answer #9 · answered by yahoo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmm...? west nile? go to alaska in the summer, clouds of mosquitos..nasty things
2006-09-07 16:37:23 · answer #10 · answered by the_masked_avenger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋