Have you ever had shingles on your feet? I have extremely itchy, burning spots on the outside edges of both feet, little toes and ankles, and up my left calf. Could it be shingles?
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posted by tamitang
on Apr 1, 2013 -
12 answers
Can you guess what's biting me?
I've been getting a few extremely itchy red bumps, very much like mosquito bites, but they are not mosquito bites because they follow the pattern that chigger bites do: they're not on exposed parts of my skin, but instead under my clothing. It seems that something small is leaping onto me and then crawling until it finds itself confined by clothing, then settling down to bite. The bites aren't like chigger bites, though.
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posted by artistic verisimilitude
on Mar 20, 2013 -
17 answers
What's the best approach when my puppy growls and snap at people and other animals?
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posted by mintchip
on Jul 19, 2012 -
14 answers
Last weekend in New York State, I got about 200 insect (ie, mosquito or fly? I don't know) bites on the same night. It's been 9 days and they're still bothering me- in fact, they're getting worse. What to do?
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 23, 2011 -
19 answers
I just adopted a rescue dog about a month ago, and after several biting incidents, I am trying to decide whether or not this behavior can be stopped.
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posted by SharkLangasta
on Aug 1, 2011 -
39 answers
My cat's hair is thinning near his ears and I see what look like small red bites. What could this be? pic and more info inside.
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posted by amycup
on Jan 4, 2011 -
11 answers
I stayed in a hotel last night and started feeling a little itchy, like there were small bug biting me. What should I do?
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posted by roaring beast
on Sep 14, 2010 -
13 answers
What kind of bug could be persistently biting my girlfriend but not me? She gets anywhere between 1 and 12 new bites per day.
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posted by Beardman
on Mar 8, 2010 -
19 answers
The other day, I developed 3 itchy red marks (they look like bug bites) on my elbow. They're in a triangle formation, and everything I look up online indicates that they could be bed bugs. However, I got them while I was sitting at my desk at work, 6 hours after I'd left my house, and wearing a long-sleeved shirt. Is there anything else that would cause marks like these?
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posted by cottonswab
on Jan 16, 2010 -
11 answers
I've got some kind of rash on the palm of my right hand, and it's got me pretty confused. Thoughts?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 15, 2009 -
16 answers
Fleas! But different... I'm not intending to kill any fleas, I just want to get them to stop biting me and/or make the bites stop itching!
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posted by nzydarkxj
on Nov 13, 2008 -
14 answers
Is it possible for a person to have natural immunity to bug bites? I haven't had a single bug bite in over 15 years and am starting to think I'm a medical anomaly!
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posted by clpage
on Jun 19, 2008 -
25 answers
We've had a sudden attack of fleas on our pets. That's been dealt with (with liberal doses of Frontline), but it's left me with a huge number of flea bites on my legs. Any suggestions for calming and healing them?
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 22, 2008 -
16 answers
If a teenager is bitten by an armadillo and the skin is broken, shouldn't the animal be trapped to make sure it isn't rabid, or the teen be innoculated?
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posted by misha
on Nov 1, 2007 -
23 answers
So I woke up this morning with a few bug bites on me which isn't unusual in the summer in Manhattan with the window open, but... one of the bites is kinda weird...
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posted by merocet
on Aug 30, 2007 -
7 answers
I very stupidly fell asleep on the beach and woke up with an enormous number of unusual bug bites. 24 hours and a whole tube of cortizone cream later they're still here. What kind of bug did I likely encounter, and should I be worrying about this?
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posted by raygan
on Jul 18, 2006 -
11 answers
I moved to san francisco two months ago and have been bitten by some type of insect about 40 times since then. the favorite spot appears to be my left arm with 17 bites scattered from my hand to my shoulder. i never feel myself being bitten, the bites are very small and they itch unlike anything i've ever experienced. i have not had this reaction to mosquitos before, and usually feel them as they bite me and see them. does anyone have any idea of what could be biting me and any natural remedies for itching and/or insect repellent for the body?
posted by centrs
on Jul 4, 2005 -
18 answers
How can you tell the difference between mosquito bites and flea bites? (Does one heal quicker than the other?)
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posted by WCityMike
on Jun 16, 2005 -
7 answers
It's that time again: summer, and the bugs are out in full-force. Common insect bites and stings, while not life-threatening, can be irritating and uncomfortable. And scratching often leads to infection. What's the best way to soothe mosquito bites?
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posted by kathryn
on Jun 2, 2005 -
23 answers
Yesterday, I discovered a bug bite that itched like a mosquito bite. Today, it hurts. Help me identify the culprit.
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posted by amro
on Apr 12, 2005 -
8 answers
