• conditional_soup@lemm.eeEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Also worth nothing that many “spider bites” in my experience as a paramedic have turned out to be MRSA.

  • makeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    This guide is so bad that I might actually call it harmful

    1. Bee and mosquito bites manifest pretty differently across people, but I can forgive that

    2. Spider bites vary wildly depending on species and depending on your location you should know if venomous spiders are in your area and how deadly they are

    3. That is not what tick bites look like, that’s what Lyme disease looks like. If you see that you should be concerned because you likely have a lifelong affliction. Also, identifying tick bites is stupid, they stay attached to you

    4. The most characteristic part of bed bug bites are a series of bites in a short line/grouping. They stop feeding in response to micro movements and relocate to feed again

    • nieceandtows@programming.devEnglish
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      6 months ago

      The best way to get answers on the Internet is not to ask a question, but to make an incorrect statement about your question.

    • humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Also mosquito bites really might look differently on different people.

      My gf has huge red marks with a red halo, while I receive nothing but a tiny red spot

    • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
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      6 months ago

      That is not what tick bites look like, that’s what Lyme disease looks like. If you see that you should be concerned because you likely have a lifelong affliction. Also, identifying tick bites is stupid, they stay attached to you

      Came here for this. If your tick bite looks like this you need to see a doctor ASAP. If you get infected with Lyme disease then you want to act fast, otherwise it can become basically untreatable and you’ll be stuck with opioids & crippling pain for life.

  • reric88🧩@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I am posting this comment before checking myself because I’m worried I’ll forget what I was doing and not make the post.

    Isn’t that tick bite indicative of Lyme’s disease? (The bullseye welt.) Most tick bites end up looking like amped up mosquito bites, or a small wasp sting from my personal experience (small/medium welt with puncture in center, inflamed red circle radiating outward, no white ring)

    Also, what is the bug in the tick image? Doesn’t look like a tick. And the bed bug silhouette looks like a stink bug.