bites that just won't quit

[danaeris.livejournal.com]

Does anyone else have mysterious bug bites received at Baitcon that still haven't gone away?

I haven't been scratching them, and most of them have gone away but a few are still around, and one in particular took a turn for the worse today.

I *was* using hydrocortisone or lanacaine or after bite on it (depending on what was handy) and taking benadryl at night, but last night I didn't take any benadryl, and today I discovered that it had grown even larger than before! Not cool.

I can only assume that this one isn't a mosquito bite, since I've never had a mosquito bite that looked or behaved like this. :( What else was biting this summer at Baitcon?

Comments

[lakmiseiru.livejournal.com]

Somewhat thankfully, you'd almost certainly know about a widow bite as well. Speaking from personal experience, they are hard to ignore (narcotics are often needed to control pain), even though the cause may not be immediately apparent. So unless anyone had intense pain and muscle cramps lasting for a short while after the bite, you're probably all set on that issue :^)

[dcseain.livejournal.com]

Good to know, thanks for the info; i'd never read anything about widow bites.