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Strange rash around insect bites
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Where were you when the bites occurred? Were you around vegetation or water or an overnight?
Outdoors in a warm climate at a certain time of day?
Are you certain they were bites. Did they itch at
the time immediately.?Are you otherwise healthy? History is important for your diagnosis. Take some photos in the event they persist and need further evaluation. Steroid cream under calamine is a good first
treatment. Hope it just goes away and you don’t get
exposed again.
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@seniormed thanks for the reply. They did not itch immediately, so I suppose I am not certain they are bites. I noticed small slighty itchy bumps, similar to mosquito bites after a walk at night (a very urban area/footpath). The previous day, I did go on a bush walk down to a lake with a couple of people, but no one else has any bites or anything similar, and I didnt notice any bites that day.
The day after noticing the first couple of bumps, there were many more visible inflamed and raised bumps. Now today, a few days later, they have the red rash I mentioned. I recently recovered from a bad flu followed by pneumonia about a month ago, so I dont know if that would impact anything. Other than that I am healthy.
Thank you 😊