i got bit by something while i was asleep and when i woke up my head was swollen end there was a little red dot in the middle of the swollen area.

Question

I woke up with an odd feeling in my cheek. It feels a bit swollen, & inside, I see 3 small red marks.Did I bite my cheek? Did something bad bite me?

Answer 1

Insect bite...: Can be spider.....depends on environment.....particularly indoor. See a PMD .

Answer 2

Here it is: Here is a link to a nice diagram of the life cycle of a head louse. http://www.headlicetreatmentworld.com/tag/life-cycle/.

Answer 3

3 stages: There are 3 stages: nit (egg), nymph (smaller version of adult), and adult. Time from egg to having another egg develop is one month.

Answer 4

Head lice?: If you mean head lice, start in the back on the head where they head lice eggs are most common. Look for crwling lice or clear eggs attached to the hair.

Answer 5

Check this out: http://www.patient.co.uk/health/head-lice-detection.htm.

Answer 6

Yes: Als, can cause moodswings, memory loss, and difficulty deciding.

Answer 7

ALS: Not directly. Mental capacity is maintained. Depression and anxiety are not unusual for a progressive ultimately fatal disease.

Answer 8

Very rarely: On occasion, a patient with ALS may exhibit symptoms similar to Fronto-temporal dementia. If behavior changes with problems with language, impulse control, organizational skill loss, this aspect should be investigated.

Answer 9

See discussion: Hitting your head won't cause a stroke in the way we generally refer to a stroke-a blockage of a blood vessel in your brain. However hitting your head hard can do some other things that aren't good. A more likely effect would be a concussion, which can have neurological effects on you. Less likely, but a hard hit could potentially cause a bleed in your brain, & this could have stroke-like effects.

Answer 10

Yes but rarely: Most likely hitting your head hard enough to cause internal damage, i.e. Within the skull cavity, will result in bruising of brain tissue, subdural hematoma, extradural hematoma, and intracerebral hematoma. These are not properly called strokes. The only way a stroke could occur would by loosening of a plaque from an arterial wall or compression of a carotid artery in the neck.

Answer 11

Suggests low iron: Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (mch) relates to how much hemoglobin on your red blood cell (see mchc - adds concentration to mch). Forget exact acronym, but RDW measures (via flow cytometry) size of many red cells--normal to have all about one size. If becoming anemic, see wide variation which raises RDW #. Both of these can be due to low iron, but also folate (folic acid) or B12--ask your Dr for context & plan

Answer 12

Suggests low iron: Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (mch) relates to how much hemoglobin on your red blood cell (see mchc - adds concentration to mch). Forget exact acronym, but RDW measures (via flow cytometry) size of many red cells--normal to have all about one size. If becoming anemic, see wide variation which raises RDW #. Both of these can be due to low iron, but also folate (folic acid) or B12--ask your Dr for context & pl

Answer 13

Likely: You are most likely feeling the temporal artery. You should be able to feel it on both sides. A good spot to check is right in front of the ear in the crease.

Answer 14

Could be: Generally normal, but if it is too prominent you should see your primary doctor.

i got bit by something while i was asleep and when i woke up my head was swollen end there was a little red dot in the middle of the swollen area.

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