Gemmel Posted 19 November, 2012 Share Posted 19 November, 2012 Just walking in the woods and had a piercing pain on my chest. No sign of a wasp or bee, but it has come up in a huge lump and a very strange redness, that I haven't seen before. What the fook could have biten me if it wasn't a wasp or bee? Feel like a right wimp, but it really foooking hurts and is red hot to touch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dimond Geezer Posted 19 November, 2012 Share Posted 19 November, 2012 Horsefly? They leave a big lump, but I'd have thought it too cold for them, as most insects, so that only leaves a vampire for this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 19 November, 2012 Share Posted 19 November, 2012 Is that one of NC's hired assassins ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 19 November, 2012 Share Posted 19 November, 2012 They're coming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
so22saint Posted 19 November, 2012 Share Posted 19 November, 2012 Horsefly? They leave a big lump, but I'd have thought it too cold for them, as most insects, so that only leaves a vampire for this time of year. I was bitten by a Horsefly in Feb before - saw the bugger do it as well so it could be one of them. Nasty ****s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 19 November, 2012 Author Share Posted 19 November, 2012 Well I am still alive, but only just. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 19 November, 2012 Share Posted 19 November, 2012 Just walking in the woods and had a piercing pain on my chest. No sign of a wasp or bee, but it has come up in a huge lump and a very strange redness, that I haven't seen before. What the fook could have biten me if it wasn't a wasp or bee? Feel like a right wimp, but it really foooking hurts and is red hot to touch Make sure it isn't a tick .Nasty buggers but they're usually pretty visible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 19 November, 2012 Share Posted 19 November, 2012 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_disease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 19 November, 2012 Share Posted 19 November, 2012 I was bitten by something back in June. Bit me on the back of the head and caused an allergic reaction. Ended up in A&E twice having steroids pumped into me. Since then I have seen a total of 18 nurses/doctors/specialists to try and ascertain the cause. Their final conclusion was ' We don't know what it is ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 19 November, 2012 Share Posted 19 November, 2012 I was bitten by something back in June. Bit me on the back of the head and caused an allergic reaction. Ended up in A&E twice having steroids pumped into me. Since then I have seen a total of 18 nurses/doctors/specialists to try and ascertain the cause. Their final conclusion was ' We don't know what it is ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 19 November, 2012 Share Posted 19 November, 2012 There really are some nasty insects out there, even small midge bites now seem to cause me to break out in a horrible red, itchy hot rash around the bite. And they remain at their worst for a week or so while remaining sensitive for a month at the point of bite. Had one around the elbow and I ended up with chest pains, thankfully they passed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack rill Posted 19 November, 2012 Share Posted 19 November, 2012 Mozzy, if you rubbed or scratched the wound its gonna be infected, sore, red around the wound and hot to the touch, your gonna need antibiotics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StDunko Posted 19 November, 2012 Share Posted 19 November, 2012 False Widow spider? There are now very common in the south, I find them in my shed and I encounter them at work all the time, (they love living in the temperature controlled Air Quality Monitoring Cabins that I visit every so often). Their bite is similar to a bee/wasp sting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spudders Posted 19 November, 2012 Share Posted 19 November, 2012 I started a thread like this years ago back when we were on the previous forum. I'd got back to a mates after a night out before him & his mrs, so I crashed down in their garden until they came home. I didn't feel anything bite me, but the next day I had massive great itchy red patches all over me, litrally the size of tea cups! Stick up some pictures for us like I did. I never got to the bottom off what it was, but the suggestion by Deppo that it was something with Aids seems to have turned out to be incorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecuk268 Posted 19 November, 2012 Share Posted 19 November, 2012 Vampire Bat?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 19 November, 2012 Share Posted 19 November, 2012 Some jogger did press ups in Hyde Park was in the press couple of days ago Similar symptoms Turned into one of those Antibiotic resistant flesh eating bugs They told her she would lose a lump of thigh muscle She got better No can't find the link HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 19 November, 2012 Share Posted 19 November, 2012 False Widow spider? There are now very common in the south, I find them in my shed and I encounter them at work all the time, (they love living in the temperature controlled Air Quality Monitoring Cabins that I visit every so often). Their bite is similar to a bee/wasp sting. Yeah guy collapsed in the Southampton Toys'R'us while back after being bitten 10 times by a false widow that had fallen into his hoodie..... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2103818/Father-collapses-bitten-10-times-UKs-venomous-spider-falls-HOOD.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 19 November, 2012 Share Posted 19 November, 2012 [video=youtube_share;vT12MTZmJT0] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1885 Posted 19 November, 2012 Share Posted 19 November, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 19 November, 2012 Share Posted 19 November, 2012 Dont be rediculous, this is the lounge, if you cant give educational and useful answers then dont bother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 20 November, 2012 Share Posted 20 November, 2012 Just walking in the woods and had a piercing pain on my chest. No sign of a wasp or bee, but it has come up in a huge lump and a very strange redness, that I haven't seen before. What the fook could have biten me if it wasn't a wasp or bee? Feel like a right wimp, but it really foooking hurts and is red hot to touch Were you in Sydney when it happened? If so it could be one of these buggers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimond Geezer Posted 20 November, 2012 Share Posted 20 November, 2012 Were you in Sydney when it happened? If so it could be one of these buggers. There's a gag here somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notnowcato Posted 20 November, 2012 Share Posted 20 November, 2012 There's a gag here somewhere. and a curtain pole?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Posted 20 November, 2012 Share Posted 20 November, 2012 So, to paraphrase Rolf Harris - Do we know what it was yet ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 20 November, 2012 Share Posted 20 November, 2012 My missus was sat in the garden breast-feeding baboo over the summer, and the next morning whilst showering a tick fell off her back. The little c**t had climbed up the garden furniture and attached itself when she was feeding junior. A few days later the whole area, about the size of a dinner plate, went bright red. Clear cut case of Lyme Disease. She was then faced with having to take strong antibiotics whilst feeding a month-old baby. Worrying times, but both are now OK. Ticks are grade A c**ts, and can carry a lot worse diseases than Lyme disease, like Tick-Borne Encephalitis. Luckily everyone in Austria is vaccinated against that. In your case, if it were a tick, the little tw*t would probably still be attached. But definitely go to a doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 20 November, 2012 Author Share Posted 20 November, 2012 So, to paraphrase Rolf Harris - Do we know what it was yet ? The only thing that matches the look and symptoms is a false widow spider bite..... Which are actually more common than I knew yesterday. Still painful this morning with intermitent stabbing pains around the actual bite. All very weird, but of great amusement to the rest of the family........... Everytime I mention spider bite, they fall about laughing . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 20 November, 2012 Share Posted 20 November, 2012 The lesser brained seat peeiing fish fiddler, their bite is very septic. Hopefully to be seen around L2, or lower, grounds. Avoid at all costs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 20 November, 2012 Share Posted 20 November, 2012 SPider Bites http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article4644865.ece Looks effing painful to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 20 November, 2012 Share Posted 20 November, 2012 SPider Bites http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article4644865.ece Looks effing painful to be fair. Holy shi t ...that will make more weary of spiders around the house from now on.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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