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Dermatology (Expert Forum)
'Bite' like swelling
Answered by
Alan Rockoff, MD - dermatology, Child Skin Problems
The Rockoff Dermatology Center
Brookline - MA
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'Bite' like swelling
by frambo, Dec 20, 2003 12:00AM
Hello,
I’m 42 years old out of shape an over weight and have never had any kind of allergy before….About 5 weeks ago at home in So. Fla. I had what I thought was a cold in my right eye (with no bite like sensation) that spread to my left eye it was very mild with slight swelling and a clear runny liquid. My right eye cleared up in a day or two, then while I was at home I felt like what I thought was a mosquito biting the right rear/top of my head the “bites” got very swollen and lasted a few days then cleared up, all was fine when a few days later my left eye and forehead got several of the same “bite” like itchy spots that got very swollen the more I rubbed them……I started to watch what I ate and avoided the nut’s and shellfish and aspirin I was eating/taking……everything cleared up and we traveled to Maine when after a few days I got another bite like spot in the corner of my eye that swelled up the next day like the others, that cleared up when about a week later…another spot on my left forehead and eye area with swelling around my left eye the “bites” are dime size itchy and slightly reddish and hot…other than the hives? I feel fine… any ideas? Sometimes I feel a weight? or pressure? in my sinuses but there’s no discharge of any kind?
Thank You!
I’m 42 years old out of shape an over weight and have never had any kind of allergy before….About 5 weeks ago at home in So. Fla. I had what I thought was a cold in my right eye (with no bite like sensation) that spread to my left eye it was very mild with slight swelling and a clear runny liquid. My right eye cleared up in a day or two, then while I was at home I felt like what I thought was a mosquito biting the right rear/top of my head the “bites” got very swollen and lasted a few days then cleared up, all was fine when a few days later my left eye and forehead got several of the same “bite” like itchy spots that got very swollen the more I rubbed them……I started to watch what I ate and avoided the nut’s and shellfish and aspirin I was eating/taking……everything cleared up and we traveled to Maine when after a few days I got another bite like spot in the corner of my eye that swelled up the next day like the others, that cleared up when about a week later…another spot on my left forehead and eye area with swelling around my left eye the “bites” are dime size itchy and slightly reddish and hot…other than the hives? I feel fine… any ideas? Sometimes I feel a weight? or pressure? in my sinuses but there’s no discharge of any kind?
Thank You!
Doctor's Answer
by Alan Rockoff, MD, Dec 21, 2003 12:00AM
, Dec 21, 2003 12:00AM
I'm afraid I don't know. Scattered spots like the ones you describe could be hives, I guess, or they could be bites, but the geographic change makes bites unlikely. If they're hives, they'll go away on their own. I suggest you show them to a doctor, or take a photo in case they aren't there when you go. But food or other allergy seems very unlikely, since allergies don't look like what you're describing.
Best.
Dr. Rockoff
Best.
Dr. Rockoff
