Healthy anxiety- help please!

[charlotte1706]

I’ve woke up with a bump on inside of my left arm, it’s not very big but is making my whole arm sting/burn and it’s making me very anxious not knowing what it is or why it’s hurting so much! I know you aren’t doctors but if anyone’s had anything like this before please feel free to clue me up! Thanks

[Mariapalmer]

I’ve had this even once on my face I think it’s a little bite it will go away xxx

[charlotte1706 in reply to Mariapalmer]

Ok thank you. Wonder what I’ve been bitten off xxx

[Mariapalmer in reply to charlotte1706]

I still don’t know myself if I’m honest but I’ve had a couple exactly like that before and they just went away xxx

[charlotte1706 in reply to Mariapalmer]

Thank you xxx

[Mariapalmer in reply to charlotte1706]

Your welcome xxxx

[charlotte1706 in reply to Mariapalmer]

My partner just said he feels like he has a bite on his leg also which is itching. Also when I shine the light on my bite it’s got a little red dot (when I googled this is off blood sucking) as I’m typing this my dog is itching like mad. I think I’ll be going to the shop to buy some flea treatment soon and washing my bedding xxx

[Mariapalmer in reply to charlotte1706]

Ahhh yes the little red dot to me confirms you’ve had a bite! That’ll be it ! Bedding on a hot wash and anything your dogs been laying on etc xxx

[charlotte1706 in reply to Mariapalmer]

He’s a swine, he lies on everything so it’s going to be a long day washing haha! 😂 xxx

[Mariapalmer in reply to charlotte1706]

Hahaa I know that feeling my cat used to lay everywhere he brought fleas home a couple times the little bugger 😂xxx

[charlotte1706 in reply to Mariapalmer]

Oh no! We’ve just moved recently so I’m thinking he’s probably picked them up whilst exploring 😂 xxx

[Mariapalmer in reply to charlotte1706]

Ahhhh yes more than likely that’s when my cat got them the last time from when we moved he made friends with other cats and I think he kept getting them from his “ friends “ haha xxx

[gggg123]

It could be anything !! Hardly anything serious and could be a bed bug bite or a slight allergy symptom or even a spot. Nothing at all to worry about, try not to be anxious over it and just see it as something pointless and if it get worse, which I doubt it will, but if it does you'll go to see a doctor about it. Personally I'd say it will be gone in a couple of hours or so.

[charlotte1706 in reply to gggg123]

I’m trying to ignore but it’s so sore haha. But some sudocrem on to try and ease the stinging.

[gggg123 in reply to charlotte1706]

Sudocream best stuff around !!! Good idea.

[charlotte1706 in reply to gggg123]

Works for everything haha!

[gggg123 in reply to charlotte1706]

It does ! To be honest it looks like a bed bug bite. Get some bicarbonate of soda and sprinkle it on your mattress, it kills bed bugs off, hoover it off. All done.

[charlotte1706 in reply to gggg123]

Thank you I’ll go out and buy some today. I’ve had bed bugs before off a hotel and they didn’t hurt like this, maybe it just caught me wrong. My partner has now said he thinks he has a bite on his leg which is itching. My dog is also scratching. So will get bi-carb and flea treatment and will put the bedding on a hot wash haha.

[gggg123 in reply to charlotte1706]

Sprinkle the whole tub on your mattress, only a quid a tub, leave it on for an hour, then Hoover !. Like brand new.

[charlotte1706 in reply to gggg123]

I will do, thank you for the tips!

[gggg123 in reply to charlotte1706]

Funnily enough in the Guardian today

theguardian.com/uk-news/201...

[charlotte1706 in reply to gggg123]

How strange! Because I’ve just checked my dog and there seems to be no signs of creepy crawlies on him! It’s not that long since I treated him, about a month or so! So it does make me wonder if it is bed bugs. That was an interesting read! I’m off out soon to buy some bi-card and put the bedding in the wash

[veganese]

It looks like a wasp sting. I was stung, just yesterday, on my side, and it was pretty sore. Had a tiny puncture hole, red risen area around it, and a red rash area, beyond that. It was stingy for hours. It should fade over next couple of days. It didn't itch. I still have a little redness, this morning.

[saturn2k]

Oh you poor sweetheart. It really does look like a simple bite. That area where you have the bite is quite a sensitive zone. If it was something serious I am sure you would know by now and have sought treatment. A good simple quick treatment is Bicarb of Soda. Mix a teaspoon into enough water to turn it into a paste and put it on the bite. My sister reacts like that to bites, could be anything really, something simple as a flea bite. Not the nicest thing to think about but it will eventually go away.

[saturn2k]

How's the bite going ? any improvement ?