So the bite mark may have infection.

Oh, and I agree with y'all about the doctor. Especially if it gets really red or tender.

If you're unsure of how it happened, you may just want to go ahead and get a tetanus shot. You may be uneasy about doctors, but it's better than losing a foot. Seriously.

a reply to: MteWamp

Yeah, but surely it's got to dry you out pretty badly?

Got to be a better way. I imagine a doctor is just going to prescribe some kind of cream.

a reply to: TheRedneck
I am just like you in that regard. I better be dead or have a lot of blood on me before I go to see a doctor.

a reply to: Allaroundyou
If an infection gets too bad, amputation is the resolution.

Good luck.

Sounds like MRSA not a bite.....

At this point this is either just for attention or you generally are foolish.....

If it’s mrsa that won’t clean it only antibiotics will,

But it’s your life just don’t spread it to anyone else and afflict them w it

a reply to: Allaroundyou

There are times when that is a bad thing... like when you're concerned enough to ask about it on the Internet.

Stubborn folk like us are allowed to break down and see a doctor occasionally... I did when I had my last heart attack. Turned out to be a good decision. Or bad, depending on which side of the issue du joir one is on.

TheRedneck

a reply to: Allaroundyou

Can you drop into a pharmacist and ask for advice?

Keep it clean and dry.
A little neosporin.
If the redness spreads more than a few inches, go to a doctor.

a reply to: ManBehindTheMask
I highly doubt that is the cause. I do appreciate your concern though.

originally posted by: skunkape23
Keep it clean and dry.
A little neosporin.
If the redness spreads more than a few inches, go to a doctor. I have a nasty scar on my foot from a brown recluse bite.
I kept the wound filled with salt to absorb the pus and poison.
I'm still here.

a reply to: SlowNail
Some of my best friends are pharmacists. I have spoken to about this. They always advise I see a doctor even though they know full well I don’t like them.

originally posted by: Allaroundyou
a reply to: ManBehindTheMask
I highly doubt that is the cause. I do appreciate your concern though.

All of your symptoms suggest this. And many MRSA infections people confuse as bites....

a reply to: skunkape23
I never knew that was a thing. Thanks for the info.

a reply to: Allaroundyou

Well, I can see you don't like it, but I think you know what you have to do. You'll be fine.

Good luck

Good luck, check back in so we know your not dead.
Watch for fever and other symptoms.
Antibiotics are easy to get at the walk-in.

a reply to: ManBehindTheMask
I never have met someone that has had that so I really don’t know much of it. Let’s say that is the cause. Does that mean I have to see a doctor? Or is there another way?

I'm a don't go to the doctor kinda guy too..they might find something.
I think though you really should, my bud had a problem from a cat bite, might of just been a scratch..unexpectedly turned into something serious, I think they put him on antibiotics

a reply to: Mandroid7
I am not going to a walk in lol But I will check in.

originally posted by: Allaroundyou
a reply to: ManBehindTheMask
I never have met someone that has had that so I really don’t know much of it. Let’s say that is the cause. Does that mean I have to see a doctor? Or is there another way?

It most certainly does and it can be life threatening. Lancing it can spread infection in other areas or cause it to be spread to someone else. So could contact from a carrier left on other surfaces .....

It’s antibiotic resistant so it needs to be medicated through other antibiotics or cut out in a minor in office surgery if it’s progressed too far to medicate

originally posted by: vonclod
I'm a don't go to the doctor kinda guy too..they might find something.
I think though you really should, my bud had a problem from a cat bite, might of just been a scratch..unexpectedly turned into something serious, I think they put him on antibiotics

Cat bites can get nasty. My brother had to take antibiotics and lost most use of his hand for a few weeks due to a cat sinking its fangs into him.
That cat is very dead and fed to the gators.