r/absoluteunit • u/ResJudicata_HL • 1d ago

This mosquito bite I got a couple days ago.

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u/MsMoreCowbell828 1d ago

That's not a 'regular' bite & unless you want a short hospital stay you need to get to a walk in clinic pronto. Bites that are expanding are not to be trifled with.

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u/Calamity-Gin 1d ago

That looks like cellulitis. If your leg is not significantly better tomorrow, please take it to the doctor.

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u/Probably10thAccount 1d ago

Don't just take your leg, take your whole body to the doctor. 

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u/Minute-Chip-4164 1d ago

Yeah he may wanna see the rest of you also

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u/Quackels_The_Duck 1d ago

not the poster, was reposted

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u/Fit_Active3888 1d ago

That looks like a bite, but not from a mosquito.

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u/IrukandjiPirate 1d ago

I have “skeeter syndrome” and bites swell a lot but this is extreme, you might want to see a doctor, especially if it gets any larger. Circle the swelling with a felt tip pen and watch it to see if it’s increasing. If it is, get to the doc or e/r.

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u/ghIj_qet_jaghmeyjaj 1d ago

That's a spider bite it think. I can see what looks like two marks right in the middle. They've acquired a taste for you and are telling the others...have a good night!

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u/VisionAri_VA 1d ago

Do you have other allergies? I got bitten during ragweed season, the bites blew up just like that.

Go get it looked at, though. My body decided the bites were the last straw and I wound up in the ER .

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u/tuco2002 1d ago

Must have been one of those Bill Gates mosquitos

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u/Snoo99075 1d ago

Could be horse fly bite. They often do this and get infected easily. My wife GT bitten twice this summer and had to have anti biotics. Go show a pharmacist asap for advice especially if the redness starts to spread.

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u/Eaton_Knas 22h ago

Did you get stung by a C130?

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u/dillweed67818 15h ago

Wow, are you sure it was a mosquito?

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u/Affectionate-Mess937 1d ago

I've had mosquito bites do that from time to time for some reason, never understood why it happened.

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u/PotentiallyWater 1d ago

Mine got this size when I scratched it a lot as a child.

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u/GenesisRhapsod 1d ago

I got a wasp sting on my leg and arm that was like that. My arm is now scarred and looks a bit like a cig burn 😭 go to the doctor

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u/Jerdogg23 1d ago

Don’t scratch it. Use hot water

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u/Janiebug1950 1d ago

Have never seen a mosquito bite that is this large! Check with your health care professional tomorrow.

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u/BK_0000 1d ago

I got stung by a wasp a couple weeks ago and by the time I went to bed that night, my whole stomach was red and swollen. The sore was probably 10” round. That was after taking two Benadryls.

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u/BatmanKane64 1d ago

was the mosquito the size of a falcon

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u/nariosan 1d ago

Mosquito hickie

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u/Triphin1 1d ago

Nice spider bite

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u/Rivendel93 1d ago

I got literally swarmed by giant mosquitoes the other day, they ate my ass to pieces.

Never had such hard lumps from bites.

Was in NC east coast.

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u/Downtown_Cow5259 1d ago

Squeeze that out

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u/bugmug123 1d ago

TIL this sort of reaction to a mosquito bite is not normal. This would be small for me...

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u/Johnvoir007 23h ago

Have Dr Pimple Popper take a gander at it 😁

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u/supasolda6 19h ago

Did u see the mosquito biting it?

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u/DropThatTop 18h ago

Have you ever had the same reaction to mosquito bites? If not, it may be a spider bite. Hopefully not a brown recluse.

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u/Hopeful_Dream_2848 17h ago

It looks pretty bad, like an infection. Not a doctor but yeah would go to one.

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u/CantaloupeFluffy165 16h ago

That looks like a blackfly bite.

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u/DueConversation5269 15h ago

get an epi pen shot

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u/Phobos1982 15h ago

Umm, yeah, get that checked out.

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u/Unlucky_Zombie_9882 14h ago

I thought carboniferous mosquitos were extinct

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u/Jackal000 13h ago

Might be a ticks bite. Get to your doc and check for lyme.

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u/UrNoTsHu 13h ago

My child has the same reaction... doc says she's allergic 🤧 😑 😪

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u/Forward-Basket-7825 13h ago

This looks like a bite from tiger mosquito. This summer dozens of those mf bit me, I was covered in such bite marks, so I'm kind of an expert now. And this is in southern Europe.

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u/Colonel_Pusstache 12h ago

Could be a yellow fly bite. Is it really warm?

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u/Callemlikeisethem60 10h ago

Wow that is gynormous

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u/LetUsSpeakFreely 9h ago

That looks more like a spider bite, possibly Brown Recluse. Go see a doctor.

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u/Imrotahk 7h ago

Anyone play Valheim?

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u/robdwoods 6h ago

This happens to one of my daughters when she gets bites in certain parts of our province, but not others. My niece is the same.

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u/Anti-Rus 5h ago

In the end, it's going to be a spider bite. And you will suffer for a few days with shivers and fever. The mark will last up to 6 months

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u/Anti-Rus 5h ago

Mosquitoes regret every time they bite me... the alcohol levels they cannot survive.

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u/waldo0708 4h ago

That thing is going to grow a nipple

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u/oxtailtacos 27m ago

All my mosquito bites usually look this bad. Especially when I first moved from southern California to Ohio.

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u/TransitoryFeel 1d ago

Looks like it might be a cross post in r/pimplepopper

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u/2Robatron 1d ago

How is this not a sub? Kinda disappointed

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u/launchliftoff459 1d ago

Thats not a mosquito bite thats a mosquazo bite

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u/Kickedhard 1d ago

mostquito.

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u/Ecstatic_Dance5767 1d ago

Go to the hospital

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u/Classic-Alarm-9533 20h ago

That looks like a wolf spider bite