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Insect bite or sting
Insect bite or sting
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 48-year old asked:
What are the symptomsof an insect bite or sting?
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A 46-year old asked:
What can cause an insect bite or sting to get infected?
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A 37-year old asked:
Please tell me all treatment for insect bites and stings?
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A 43-year old asked:
Please tell me home treatment of insect bites and stings?
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A member asked:
I got stung by some insect (I guessed a bee or wasp?) while riding on my bike two days ago. It was a bit painful for maybe an hour after the sting, bu
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A 65-year old female asked about a 66-year old male:
How long does it take for swelling to go down after a few wasp stings? No allergies to insect stings/bites.
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A 33-year old asked:
What do you use to calm and help soothe mosquito and other insect bites and stings?
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A 17-year old male asked:
My upper left eyelid is swollen. I woke up yesterday with it already swollen, and it stings a little when I blink. No visible signs of insect bites ?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Poss. bee sting/insect bite 1wk ago. Had pain for 2days, itchy 1day, then ok. Woke up yesterday w/ red itchy blotches around sting area. What's wrong?
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A 30-year old female asked:
I have 4 insect bites that have caused my ankle to swell, sting, are oozing. I've taken benedryl and applied Cortaid (hydrocortisone) w no change. What should I do?
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A 33-year old asked:
Bug bite or sting? Big bruise spreading
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A female asked:
I have an abnormal reaction to a bug bite. It doesn't itch or sting, but rather just a larger round rash on my fore arm. ?
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A 44-year old asked:
Sometimes i would feel a brief stinging pain like a bug bite on my skin, this could happen at any one place on my body. Is this bad?
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A 21-year old female asked:
I have small itchy stinging bug bites and itchy stinging eyes. I know its not an ant or spider bite. I live in florida. What could've bitten me?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I woke up with 5 bug bites on upper posterior thigh under gluteus. 2 have large red circles around them and they are warm to touch. Littleitch&sting?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I got a bug bite two days ago on my foot and now two toes are swollen and red and itch and sting, what should I do? I tried itch cream already..
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A 37-year old male asked:
Do bat bites look like bug bites? Felt a sting on ankle when out running 3 weeks ago & developed itchy bump that looked like bug bite. Worried it could've been a rabid bat b/c now having leg paresthesias. Vaxxed against rabies 2007 and boosted 2015?
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A female asked:
Good afternoon, Yesterday I was stung or bit by an insect which I did not get the opportunity to identify. I now have a small wound surrounded by a r?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Hi Im high allergic to insect bites and was advised if a beestings me Id go into anaphylactic shock immediately. Ive been stung by something & the welt has swollen to the size of my hand. Any thoughts on what it could be ?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Bitten by some sort of insect on my arm. It stung badly and was extremely itchy, red, and swollen but went away in a few min. A week later developed a dark scaly rash, dryness, and red spots with swollen lymph nodes on the armpit. what do i do?
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A 42-year old asked:
How can I avoid insect stings?
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A 38-year old asked:
Is neosporin good for insect sting?
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A 30-year old asked:
What is the procedure for treating minor bee/insect stings in a hospital or ems field setting?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I'm 23 yo and have never been stung by a wasp, bee, scorpion, other stinging insect. Does this increase my likelihood of being allergic if I get stung ?
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A 43-year old asked:
How can I tell if I am developing a sensitivity to insect stings?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: insect sting?
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A female asked:
Is a 20 CM local reaction to insect sting exaggerated? and what harm can it cause if left untreated?is this person considered atopic?
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A 34-year old asked:
I have an insect sting what bug could it be? Was in my sports bra.
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A 34-year old asked:
Can an insect sting on the arm cause a line of small spots to appear there?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Is steroid injection neccessary for large local reaction to insect sting(20 cm).and is one at greater risk of having systemic reaction next time?
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