Limousin Lass Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Sunday night the top of my foot started itching, woke up in the early hours of Monday in pain, my foot felt and looked as though it had been scalded, complete with a big (about the size of a 2 Euro coin) fluid filled blister. What on earth could have bitten me to have caused this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgina Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Yeah this happened to me except I had about four all oozing yuk! Someone told me they were spider bites.[:'(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Or maybe horsefly bite. They seem to be particularly vicious this year, and it seems many people are having pretty bad reactions to unknown bites, just like yours! My friend's leg swelled up to elephant proportion, and she had to have cortisone and anti-histamine injections as well as bandages.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nell Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 That's how I react to mosquito bites. Large painful blister, itches like mad, swells up yuk....[+o(]I end up getting the blister lanced to relieve the pressure and then walk about with yellow muck seeping out through the dressing and the flies following me down the street... Oh isn't summer wonderfull!!!Don't think it would be a horesfly as you certainly feel then b***ers bite you, whereas the little mozzie is much more sneaky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atty Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Definately a mozzie, thats just how I react, it also goes very hard/tight around the blister, and the oozing is nasty. I have been told that vineager is good to stop the itching but not so good on the blister [:'(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witsinfr Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Hmm. Last time I got bit by a mozzie, all I got was suspected malaria. [:@]I'd much more prefer a bit of a lump on the foot.Hope you get better soon.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 [quote user="Atty"]Definately a mozzie, thats just how I react, it also goes very hard/tight around the blister, and the oozing is nasty. I have been told that vineager is good to stop the itching but not so good on the blister [:'(] [/quote]Vinegar is good for jelly fish stings, but then again so is urine [+o(] Never heard of it for mozzies though. Boots sting relief works well, also on hornet stings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nell Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Sorry - should have said on my last reply - As soon as you realise you have a bite use tea tree oil, it really works. I only found this out last year and using this early on the bite, then it dosen't develop into a really bad blister.. I don't know about putting tea tree on an open blister though - ouch [+o(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sueyh Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 This year for the first time (touch wood...!) I have not had a bad reaction to horse fly bites. I have been taking centrum multivitamins performance (it has extra vitamin B) as recommended by a lovely nigerian chemist in the UK. He said that the vitamin B puts the horse flies off. I have to bring a good stock back when I visit the UK. I have also been taking antihistamine tablets every night and I think because that is in my blood stream it is lessening the effect. Last year I was not taking this medication and my legs blew up like tree trunks with weeping sores (NICE..!).Suey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bones Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 I don't know what bit my poor Lola the other night but the rection wasn't pleasant.[IMG]http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h92/bonesey123/lolaeyes.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicos Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Ouch...poor thing- she doesn't look anything like your avatar now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Poor thing is right. Could it have been a wasp sting near the eye?? I hope you took her to see a vet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bones Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Nah, we just had a good laugh about it and locked her in the cellar - in fact she's still there. You do think she'll be okay?? [:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Ah, so you're just havin a laugh with us heh.Really, does she look like this normally? I don't know the breed. It does look as though her eye(s) are swollen? Are they not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Well, if she's been in the celllar, looks like she's ended up like Simone Signoret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I think she is a Dogue de Bordeaux? Lori, I also think Bones is having a bit of a sarky laugh with you. [:)]. Give him a slap!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Yes, I kinda figured that JK. I don't mind.Still, the dog in the photo on the link below doesn't have swollen eyes like that, so I'm still curious.http://www.naturanimal.com/chiens/races/race,chien,Dogue%20de%20Bordeaux,83,1.htmHandsome beast ! Are they generally good natured?? I'd definitely think twice before going anywhere near him/her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 A good natured dog mostly depends on it's owner Lori. If I am correct in that she is a D de B, they are excellent guarding dogs and companions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 http://www.doguedebordeauxclub.co.uk/breed.htmHere is a link in English. Tom Hanks starred in a film with one and sadly they gained alot of popularity since then. I say sadly because many people buy dogs such as these on a whim. They are a right handful and take alot of time and handling, isnt that right Bones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bones Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 They're one of those dogs that you buy on a whim, 'tis true!I think, for once, almost everything we had read about the race before picking her up became true.1) She slobs after drinking, badly. 2) She hates being alone.3) She's as strong as an ox.4) She's excellent with children.Apparently they're good swimmers too, with slightly webbed toes, but she refuses to swim.Adores water, splashes around like mad.The swelling came around very suddenly at midnight. It was disconcerting to say the least.Eyes and mouth, but she was perfectly content throughout.We woke the vet up (for the second time - first time she had licked a toad, again at midnight...).He said it was a common reaction to an insect bite but to keep an eye out for breathing abnormalities, which is exactly what he said about the toad incident. "Perfectly normal, just bring her in if she starts, you know, dying". [:-))]So of course this entails staying up all night whilst she sleeps like a baby!Took well over 24 hours to get back to normal.I had pretty bad allergies as a child and often ended up with eyes swollen shut like that, grass fights on the way home from school didn't help, mother was so very proud. [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Very nice report Bones.She sounds like a big, heavy toddler. [:D]Glad to hear she is better now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosh Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 [8-|] Agrred the horseflys are biting well , i got tagged again the other night whist getting some photos of a murder of crows , blistered and statred to weep within 12 hrs , applied some after bite ( amonia based ) but twas still weeping so popped it a reakl good squzze and tried to get all the gunky liquid owt !!! , certainly stopped the redness spreading and the lump in thee middle has gone [:D][:D] , prob get a little scar but tis better than thee itchiness of joy ..[8-|][8-|] Tip for thee wise , for years whilst fishing been using an avon product called skin so soft in woodland , indeed keeps thee midgis and tother biters off thee !!! http://avonshop.co.uk/shop/product.asp?pf_id=4982 , used deet jungle formula and a few tothers but nowt is as good as thee avon stuff .Whilst walking the banks of the river hull ( a perticular bad area for horseflys ) , i applied the avon and my mate applied the jungle formula , as we were talking of the merits of each a horsefly popped up and bit him on the hand !!! he could not get into my lure bag quick enought to get the avon [;-)][;-)][:)] Tis that good even thee royal marines use it http://www.wyrdology.com/edinburgh/midges/avon.htmlAlso anything with deet in it hates plastic and melts it quick sticks no such probs twith the avon , well worth tagging a few bottles i never go fishing twithout it [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nell Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 I remember many years ago in Greece spraying my feet and ankles with the old Deet stuff. One problem - nice shiny new gold sandles left on while spraying (OH was in the "aren't you ready yet" frame of mind, so I was in a bit of a rush [blink] ). Half hour later sandles stuck to feet - melted Och [:'(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat and Don Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Had something very similar last week. One "bite" after a day or so became more "bites" with the same blistering and itchy pain. Went to the pharmacist, who referred me to a doctor, and it was an allergy to holly in the garden and would have spread more. I've never had an allergy to holly before either? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.