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I have an unknown bite. it's red. spread out. looks like a mountain range( the redness) it's swollen. hot. and where the bite is..is a white ring?
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If it....: Looks like a bulls eye then it was probably a tick bite.
Answered 9/17/2013
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See a doctor : I don't know where you live but around here in usa it could be lyme and the earlier treated the better. Antibiotics are needed if it is lyme
Answered 9/18/2013
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