ouch- I have been bitten

[happyjo]

Hi

I was in the garden last night ( 7ish) and was bitten by a midge or something. Nothing unusual there, but normally I just develop an itchy blister and slight redness around the bite which disappears the next day.

However, this morning my foot has swollen quite badly and around 4 inches around the bite is hot red and very hard.

I have put some antihistamene cream on the area and nothing is working.

Any ideas why I have reacted this way and do you think it is infected??

Thanks in advance

Jo x

[Androcles]

See the doc! If you have a serious reaction to this, it could start to develop to something more serious.

[happyjo]

Thanks for that,

am paniking now... what do you mean more serious?? It's a Friday night and no docs open until Monday!!!

[novalis]

If it gets worse/no better head straight for casualty at your local hospital.

[lilacben]

Hi I had that happen to me last year and it was a fly bite. they do go like that but keep an eye on it. If it gets a watery head fo not scratch it.

[chazza]

I've had a few bites like that, the latest one I showed to a pharmacist and a doctor and neither of them knew what it was! It just went away on it's own and anti histimine cream removed the itch!

[midagetrolop]

I have had this for years when bitten, I take prednisolone, have antibiotics on stanby and antibiotic cream - don't know why they like me so much, but was once told by a very dishy spanish doctor that the female of the mosquito or midge can smell when it's good blood. Advice- see your doc, you are having an allergic reaction - don';t worry too much it will go down, but it may itch for days and try to keep your hands off it!!