I promised my worried wife that I would ask you all about this... (She, too, is convinced that there's nothing this forum's members don't know!)
In the attic on Sunday afternoon, I laid my arm down on top of a wooden chair and immediately felt a sting -- kind of like a bee sting. I looked around and didn't see anything (but lighting was not good). There are often mud wasps up there, but I think they're all gone for the winter.
Within about a minute it was a little red dot, about 1 mm, surrounded by a welt like a mosquito bite. After a while the red dot went away. I woke up itching that night and by morning it was a slightly swollen rash about 2.5 inches long and 1.5 inches wide. By last night it was about 3.5 inches long and 2 inches wide. And this morning it's about 4 inches long and 2.75 inches wide.
The rash is just a little puffy, seems to be fading, and it doesn't hurt -- just itches like mad. The place where the red dot was is slightly off-color now... maybe a little gray -- but not an open wound. No other symptoms.
I think it's probably just a random spider bite and the rash will go away in a couple days. She's starting to think I should go to the doctor. I'm wondering what I doctor would even do -- especially since I can't even identify the cause...
Thoughts? (I know she'll be reading this, BTW... )
In the attic on Sunday afternoon, I laid my arm down on top of a wooden chair and immediately felt a sting -- kind of like a bee sting. I looked around and didn't see anything (but lighting was not good). There are often mud wasps up there, but I think they're all gone for the winter.
Within about a minute it was a little red dot, about 1 mm, surrounded by a welt like a mosquito bite. After a while the red dot went away. I woke up itching that night and by morning it was a slightly swollen rash about 2.5 inches long and 1.5 inches wide. By last night it was about 3.5 inches long and 2 inches wide. And this morning it's about 4 inches long and 2.75 inches wide.
The rash is just a little puffy, seems to be fading, and it doesn't hurt -- just itches like mad. The place where the red dot was is slightly off-color now... maybe a little gray -- but not an open wound. No other symptoms.
I think it's probably just a random spider bite and the rash will go away in a couple days. She's starting to think I should go to the doctor. I'm wondering what I doctor would even do -- especially since I can't even identify the cause...
Thoughts? (I know she'll be reading this, BTW... )
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