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Dermatology (Expert Forum)
Bug Bites?
Answered by
Alan Rockoff, MD - dermatology, Child Skin Problems
The Rockoff Dermatology Center
Brookline - MA
This forum is for questions regarding Dermatology issues, such as: skin rashes, acne, birthmarks, skin infections, rosacea, and general skin care.
Bug Bites?
by InChina, Sep 22, 2003 12:00AM
I am presently in China. After 1 week of visiting future family I married. After sex that night, I wiped off the excess fluid off myself. Then laid down to sleep in the open and naked. The next morning, I awoke and took a shower and by mid-afternoon I had what looked like 10 bug bites in a criss cross track like formation. 3 are outside of that "formatin pattern". None of these touch. None where boils. All are on one side. I have no other symptoms except itch at times. They "opened" that day, no puss, and are now starting to heal. Everytime I shower the scab comes off and prolongs the healing. I shower twice a day here because of heat and humidity. I have found what I believe to be antiseptic cream (hard to tell, I don't read chinese but my wife says it is). She shows no signs. We have not had any unprotected sex since (once w/condom since). No new spots are visiable. It has been a week. I would like to know if this is an indication of Herpes or any other STD that laid dormat until the stress of a wedding? Or was it possibly a bug that was attracted to the smell and moisture of "after-sex". I will see my regular doctor when I get back. Thank you.
Doctor's Answer
by Alan Rockoff, MD, Sep 23, 2003 12:00AM
, Sep 23, 2003 12:00AM
These sound like bug bites to me, not herpes. If your wife doesn't have them, then I doubt they are bedbugs, but you may want to examine the bed frame (not the mattress) to see. Meantime, I would apply any antiseptic oitment twice daily, cleanse gently, and avoid picking or scratching until you see your doctor. You should be fine, especially since you don't seem to be getting new ones.
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