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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Also this is absolutely not what ticks and bed bugs look like 🤷‍♀️

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

That is Cunningham's Law. (It was named after Ben Franklin.)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

yeah that checks out

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Bee sting is different for me.