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Wife has a black dot on her shin surrounded by redness, and painful. assume insect bite, do you think? how to treat it?

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Dr. Katharine Cox answered

Specializes in Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Rash: Better to have it seen. It may be a spider bite or it may have become infected. Most bites are itchy, not painful. All the best.

Dr Amico Jr and another doctor agreed

Answered 6/17/2021

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A member asked:

Wife has a black dot on her shin surrounded by redness, and painful. assume insect bite, do you think? how to treat it?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Katharine Cox answered

Dr Amico Jr and another doctor agreed

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