So I had a little bump on my leg the other day... and it turned into pic related. I don't remember getting bit by anything. And it's starting to really hurt. Beneath the reddest part is the same bump just much wider than before. And it's hard.
What do? I don't want to go to the doctor for something like this. I was thinking of taking a needle and trying to puncture the bump, bit I don't know if that would just make it worse
Self bump
your location?
San Antonio
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Jokes on you, that is my dick
Infected lymph node. Use ice to numb it, make a small incision and squeeze it out
Definitely an infection. Possibly staph.
I get VERY similar looking bumps on my skin sometimes. the majority go away but that looks so damn inflamed it's probably only going to get worse.
I would suggest you go see a doc who would give you antibiotics.
If you really don't want to do that I'll tell you how I treat mine, I open it up with a sterile pin (boiled in hot water so its clean) then wash with disinfectant and put antibacterial cream on it and cover wiith a bandage/bandaid.
I change this every day and keep it dry and clean. and they usually go down on their own.
might be a Brown recluse bite then. show a pic of the hard bump. I'd go to the doc but I have free healthcare..
My guess is spider bite. Stabbing the bump won't do anything, it's inflammation not pus.
looks like a staph infection. Go to doctor or you will die.
Could be cellulitis or aids
Brown recluse bite. Battle buddy of mine got one going through basic. He waited a week to tell one of the drill sargents and ended up losing part of his calf because it went necrotic. Go see a doctor...which is what you should have done anyways not asking us Sup Forumstards.
Borreliosis?(Lymes disease) I don't think it is, because the pattern looks different. Have you been having any flu-like symptoms, user?
Bold clot. My uncle died cause of one after banging his leg from slipping on a poly pocket.
Close up of the hard part
brown recluse
Staph. Dermatology nurse here.
Go to doctor asap. That shit can get bad fast.
$200 please.
Brown recluse or staph. not lymph node as it seems to be your lower leg, only lymph vesels there. keeping in mind your location probs Brown recluse
Could be a horse-fly bite. I get bitten in my ankle once or twice a year and it looks like this. Sometimes it hurts to the point that I can't put any weight on my ankle.
Fuck man, I was trying not to go to the doctor because of healthcare bullshit...
Wouldn't a brown recluse destroy the tissue faster? It's been like 3 days.
Never had staph before so I wouldn't know about that
This. It's one or the other man. Either way, you need that nurse's advice.
yea 3 days... staph
emedicinehealth.com
IF it is a brown recluse bite, you have a few days before that turns into a necrotic hole in your leg. If it's staff, you have less than a few days before it goes from localized to systemic.
RN/Paramedic: Looks like a spider bite. If it gets bigger, turns black in the middle, the pain gets unbearable, or you're concerned, its prolly time to see a doc. Prolly not gonna kill you, prolly not gonna rot your leg off. Keep it clean (and covered), and keep an eye on it.
Ive had that shit last week. No shit. And im from Europe. It just got away and left a small black bump in the middle. Is it warmer than your leg? Does it hurt you when you touch it?
Staph:
webmd.com
That seems a better fit than brown recluse, as you don't REMEMBER a spider biting you. But one could have got you in your sleep or something, though staph is more likely.
Don't believe this poser. Spider bites are extremely rare. Most of what the public calls "spider bites" are just infected hair follicles.
See a doctor. Sup Forums is just giving you wild guesses.
You have the black plague bro
Its prolly what the others said, but I got stung by a yellowjacket and my leg looked almost exactly like yours
It is slightly warmer than my leg and hurts if I press down on the middle part. It only starts hurting noticeably when I first get up from siting, then the pain goes away. Right now it's more like an annoyance.
Also, unless you want like a cream or something, don't waste your time at an urgent care/minute clinic type place. Go to a hospital, ideally a bigger one, and actually have it checked out.
I had a school counselor back in high school that got mrsa (bad staff)on his leg he had a scar from an inch above his ankle to a few more above his knee the scar tissue was about as big around as a magic marker get that shit checked homie go to a hospital (pic similar but not him)
Forgot pic
Just go to the fucking doctor you idiot.
wouldn't you guess that this was from and american "I don't want to go to a doctor.."
Why not?
Because your shitty health care "system" costs too much? Because your politicians have scared so many people about socialised medicine that they vote for any idiot who will take their health care away?
if you survive user, and I hope you do, think hard next time there is an election and start campaigning for a proper health care system like the rest of the civilised world has.
Pre op be looking like
If it's Lyme disease, it may just be beginning to form into the bullseye pattern.
mayoclinic.org
So it's staph, recluse, or Lyme
If you have insurance go to a doc. If it is staph, your time is short until it spreads. Doesn't look like a spider bite, because it would look like a golf ball is under your skin, but if it is and it's from a bad one, it'll start dying, turning into liquified black rot.
POP IT FAGGOT
looks like a spider bite, if it starts turning yellow and red under its probably a brown recluse, it looks like a necrotoxin bite.
usually happens when you sleep or put on clothes because those little faggots like to hide in warm dark spaces.
Just go to a doctor today before the weekend hits. Probably just a spider bite, but better safe than sorry.
Dont think that is tickbite. He would have noticed a tick on that spot.
Horse flies are bullets with wings. Fucking hate them.
>I don't want to go to the doctor for something like this. I was thinking of taking a needle and trying to puncture the bump, bit I don't know if that would just make it worse
Protip: It will make it worse. Clinically you have at the very least a nasty case of cellulitis and probably an abscess. You need antibiotics.
OP here
I disinfected a needle and punctured the hard part, but only normal looking blood came out.
I'm just going to go to the doctor. Better safe that sorry. I'll just have to live off of ramen for a few weeks
bug bite?
doctor time, op. these guys get it
go to a doctor if he's spreading that fast and is painful my dude, better safe than sorry, even if it's minor, it's easier to get it done now then have it be something huge later