One big F@cking zit

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Fullmetal Chocobo

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Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
I'm thinking shens.

I've had something like this happen. Although it was naturally occurring (no spider bite), and it was on my elbow. When my ship sorteed out for a hurricane, my elbow suddenly had a massive fluid build up. It was huge, and they filled 2 of those huge syringes when draining from it after it had started going down and I was able to get to medical back on base.
 

Dr. Detroit

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I've had numerous of these bites with major infections but nothing as bad as this guys.

I could easily fill up a teaspoon with the amount of pus/blood that would come out of each one. I would use a hot shower or hot wash-cloths for about 20-minutes to soften it up and then push gently to extract what I could without causing a large wound as I did not want to scar. I also would take Keflex which is a mild antibiotic that is good for soft tissue infections.

I ended up in the emrgency room once, had a giant one on my back and one on my forearm. The one on my back I thought was a zit but when my arm started to swell and became painful to move I had to hit the hospital. This was my first time with a bite like this and had no idea what I was dealing with. Hospital tech scrubbed out the sore on my back with it ended up looking raw like hamburger, I have a big scar from that. I took my antibiotics and all was fine.

Since that one I have had numerous but none in the last 7yrs, no idea why they stopped happening but I did move to California.


 

Eli

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Originally posted by: Fmr12B
I've had numerous of these bites with major infections but nothing as bad as this guys.

I could easily fill up a teaspoon with the amount of pus/blood that would come out of each one. I would use a hot shower or hot wash-cloths for about 20-minutes to soften it up and then push gently to extract what I could without causing a large wound as I did not want to scar. I also would take Keflex which is a mild antibiotic that is good for soft tissue infections.

I ended up in the emrgency room once, had a giant one on my back and one on my forearm. The one on my back I thought was a zit but when my arm started to swell and became painful to move I had to hit the hospital. This was my first time with a bite like this and had no idea what I was dealing with. Hospital tech scrubbed out the sore on my back with it ended up looking raw like hamburger, I have a big scar from that. I took my antibiotics and all was fine.

Since that one I have had numerous but none in the last 7yrs, no idea why they stopped happening but I did move to California.
Jesus Christ. :Q

Your place must have been infested....lol

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