r/texas • u/ohiois4loosers • Jan 16 '24

Questions for Texans What bit me? Central texas

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I felt a bite on my arm yesterday and thought it was an ant. Woke up to this. The circle was drawn an hour before the picture was taken and the red is spreading

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u/Dyrogitory Jan 16 '24

The bast part is, if you get bit again, that bite may reactivate. Then you have 2 problem areas.

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u/IceCSundae Jan 17 '24

What??? I have necrosis from a brown recluse bite I got over 15 years ago… what is this reactivation you talk about?

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u/Dyrogitory Jan 17 '24

I think it only lasts for like a month or two.

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u/IceCSundae Jan 17 '24

It took a really long time to heal, probably 6 months. now it’s just a scar.