I wanted to give everyone an update on my ankle. After 2 days of use with the cream my pain is intense (took break thru meds which I haven't done in over 9 months) burning, feels like the bumble bees are back in my foot. I hate this feeling.
Any way tried to call dr. They are closed, do u leave a message with the answering service? I don't know. Wish I knew. Pic enclosed you tell me!
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Originally Posted by mrsD
This resembles a venomous bite of some sort. The venom would be injected into the area which is now darker than the rest.
I had a spider bite on vacation that looked like this. It started off as a little bump like a small mosquito bite and turned into a nightmare in 4 days. PAIN!
The venom remains in the dermis layer and destroys tissue and darkens with time. The redness around it all is the body reacting to the venom.
I went to the local doctor and he gave me 3 things for it.
1) Antibiotic --Zithromax incase of infection
2) Steroids-- high dose oral with a 7 day taper
3) strong antihistamine--Atarax 50mg.
The steroids did the best for me. But I had pain in that ankle for at least 3 months after. I don't have RSD ...so I used cold treatments on it for pain.
All spiders have some sort of venom. So any type can cause a nasty reaction. (the really venomous ones, we know about... brown recluse, black widow, etc). But even little ones not typically dangerous can leave a nasty reaction behind when they bite you. Keep the area clean to prevent infection.
My bite started to improve with 48 hrs on the steroids.
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