I know this sounds like a stupid question but last night when I was getting ready for bed I bent down and I felt some pain behind my knee. when I touched it I felt a large bump. It kind of felt like when you have a bad sore throat and your glands are swollen. I looked at it and had my husband look at it and we saw two small holes. It's a bump about a little larger then a pea and the area around it is a bit swollen. If you touched it, the top of it felt like when you have a blister and the skin is kind of soft and you can feel liquid inside but the rest of the bump is harder. It does not itch AT ALL and I felt no pain if I was really bitten by something. Today I was trying to get some of the liquid out and I did but it also poped and some thick pus like stuff came out. It seems like after I get some liquid out of it, it will get a little smaller but then it will fill up with more liquid. The pain that I feel is only around the bite and feels like when you workout to much and get sore.
2006-09-11 04:14:23 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
If this lump produced pus there is obviously some sort of infection present whatever caused it. The small holes could be a spider bite and if it is, it probably won't get well on its own and you need medical attention.
Bites like the brown recluse spider often do not hurt when they happen, but the toxins injected with the bite cause damage to the tissues and as these die, you can be left with a huge wound and a bad infection. Don't squeeze it any more! You need antibiotics and may also be given steroids, The small bump can turn into a hole several inches across and quite deep if not treated properly and my even need skin grafting.
Even if this is just an ordinary boil, it's very near your knee joint and you may need treatment to prevent spread to that area. YOu really need to have this seen as soon as possible.
I've had a brown recluse bite and it started out as a tiny bump I noticed just before leaving for work, which was the size of a quarter in just a couple of hours and had pus in less than another hour when I saw a doctor. Even starting treatment that soon I ha a nasty sore and have a nickel-sized scar. A coworker of mine had a bite on his calf he decided to treat himself that got to be the size of his hand and required several days in the hospital and eventually a skin graft, He lost some of the muscle tissue as well.
Please get seen as soon today as you can.
2006-09-11 04:26:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, see a doctor. I live in an area that has all sorts of strange spiders and have been bitten before. I had a large area on my leg that was quite hard and finally began itching like crazy. My husband was bitten and got blood poisoning. Spider bites are nothing to play with. Better safe than sorry.
2006-09-11 04:22:04 · answer #2 · answered by clarity 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
like above, i've had numerous brown recluse spider bites and my family has as well. they are very common here in east texas. you do no feel them when they bite you and they are dangerous. not only does the toxin eat tissue, if it makes it's way into the blood stream it can be fatal. absolutely DO NOT try to get the pus out, as this sends some of it deeper into the tissue. get to the doctor to have it dug out and/or get antibiotics. don't wait! (although it takes a good while for a serious amount of tissue to be lost or for it to reach your blood stream, you don't want to waste time and get a secondary infection.)
2006-09-11 05:26:06 · answer #3 · answered by hiddenhotty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would recommend having a doctor look at it, especially if it's refilling with liquid (which may indicate an infection). Spider bites can be NASTY and have some really bad effects, and it's better to be safe than sorry.
2006-09-11 04:22:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like it. Treat with first aid cream and STOP picking it!
If you're in an area with poisonous spiders go see your doctor, especially if there are black widows or brown reclouse in your neck of the woods.
2006-09-11 04:18:34 · answer #5 · answered by HillbillyJimbo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's possible. I woke up the other day and had 4 bites on my leg. You could see the trail the spider had left by his bite marks. They got very red and eventually became itchy.
2006-09-11 04:18:46 · answer #6 · answered by Sammy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You very well might and unfortunately most people have to go to the doctor for antiobotics, or even the emergency room. So go.
2006-09-11 04:16:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
go see a doctor...and you shouldnt have popped it...probalby made it worse...infections etc etc- soem peopel are allergic to bites..and can swell up to the point of pain and even worse...again go see a doctor...
2006-09-11 04:21:19 · answer #8 · answered by Jack Kerouac 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of insightful answers here
2016-08-08 14:45:54 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like it. I would get it checked out, immediately.
2006-09-11 04:18:14 · answer #10 · answered by MARIA K 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋