Before anyone says it, I've already talked to the VA nurse hotline and they are going to try to get me an appointment tomorrow unless I need to go to the ER right away, but I'm curious if this is normal for a potential spider or bug bite, and I'll try to keep it relatively short.
I woke up Saturday with a really sore neck that was also goving me a bit of a headache. It definitely felt like I slept without moving at all throughout the night as it felt just like that and like I had a pinched nerve that was emanating pain and tingling throughout my neck and the right side of my head all the way to the back of my right jaw bone, but it's also sensative to the touch in those areas and it feels warm and possibly swollen.
I wasn't surprised when it lasted until Monday, but this morning it felt just as bad or worse than the days before to where I had to take IBprufen to help with the headache and aching/stiffness in my neck. I also noticed some pain to my throat and in that area 4 or 5 redish rashes or bites started to show and they are pretty well individually pronounced at this point and sort of look like hives, and when I lightly touch the largest one with little pressure I can feel fluid coming from it like water. After noticing those though I started to feel the back of my neck and head and I felt a small bump that feels like a bite right in my hairline, but there's a pretty good size knot in the right of the back of my skull now where it starts to contour down to your neck and it's only like that on the right side.
After that I automatically assumed it was spider bites as I live next to a river so I get a lot of spiders in my place and deal with them regularly, but I've been bitten numerous times throughout my life and never had one last multiple days and cause any type of real painful symptoms besides some itching. We have poisonous spiders in Wa but they are rare and you pretty much never see a recluse or Black Widow unless you go looking for them.
Not looking for a diagnosis on here, but has anyone been bitten by anything before that caused pain, sensitivity, and tingling like that? It could be something else entirely, but curiosity has me wanting to know if anyone else has experienced something similar.
I woke up Saturday with a really sore neck that was also goving me a bit of a headache. It definitely felt like I slept without moving at all throughout the night as it felt just like that and like I had a pinched nerve that was emanating pain and tingling throughout my neck and the right side of my head all the way to the back of my right jaw bone, but it's also sensative to the touch in those areas and it feels warm and possibly swollen.
I wasn't surprised when it lasted until Monday, but this morning it felt just as bad or worse than the days before to where I had to take IBprufen to help with the headache and aching/stiffness in my neck. I also noticed some pain to my throat and in that area 4 or 5 redish rashes or bites started to show and they are pretty well individually pronounced at this point and sort of look like hives, and when I lightly touch the largest one with little pressure I can feel fluid coming from it like water. After noticing those though I started to feel the back of my neck and head and I felt a small bump that feels like a bite right in my hairline, but there's a pretty good size knot in the right of the back of my skull now where it starts to contour down to your neck and it's only like that on the right side.
After that I automatically assumed it was spider bites as I live next to a river so I get a lot of spiders in my place and deal with them regularly, but I've been bitten numerous times throughout my life and never had one last multiple days and cause any type of real painful symptoms besides some itching. We have poisonous spiders in Wa but they are rare and you pretty much never see a recluse or Black Widow unless you go looking for them.
Not looking for a diagnosis on here, but has anyone been bitten by anything before that caused pain, sensitivity, and tingling like that? It could be something else entirely, but curiosity has me wanting to know if anyone else has experienced something similar.
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