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red itchy mark - could it be a spider bite?
The other day i was laying in bed when my back started itching. When i looked i had this huge red swollen mark on my back. Its not just a bump it has lines its like a unusual shape it is really itchy and sometimes sore especially when leaning on it. It is near my left shoulder blade. My hip/leg on my left side was hurting a bit earlier. What could this be?
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Hey there. I will as that you read all of this to point you in the right direction. I do not know much about spider bites because I'm afraid of spiders and I do not want to look them up or anything to do with them. What you described sounds like erythema nodosum. This is an inflammatory condition characterized by the inflammation of the fat cells under the skin that results in tender, red lumps on the skin. This problem should resolve itself in about thirty days. To ease the pain, take warm baths or take iburprofen! I really do hope I helped, thank you for your time!
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When it comes to individual bumps, itchy or not, or swellings on the skin or any patches of rash like conditions, there isn't just a one or two possibilities but very very many different things, depending on how it looks, what it feels like, and so on. You really need to have it looked at.
There is free advice sites on line, on line Drs. to answer your questions. But what they will tell you is to go in for an appointment to have someone look at it, maybe take skin sample, or any other samples to run tests. On line advice even from a Dr. will be more for what you can do to help a sprain, other things to do to lower a fever besides a fever reducing medicine, that sort of thing. But sorry, something like this, even though all of us have had flea, spider, bee, ticks, and myriads of different rashes or changes to the skin that aren't normal, all have to be diagnosed by a Dr. See you main Dr. first and if he can't diagnose, you'd be sent to a skin specialist.
For now, have Mom look at it to see if it looks infected. Have her check it every day and if it won't shrink or go away on its own, it'll be time for her to take you for an appt. to check it out.
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