7th July - went for a 20mile local jaunt. Lots of overgrown bracken, ferns, knotweed cover the trails in warm humid conditions. Essentially it was tick and parasite heaven. I get back and find something has feasted on my leg. There's a bump, some local tissue hardening, bit of a rash but nowt scary. It becomes a tad itchy but some hydrocortisone cream takes care of it.
A few days later and a chemist and doctor both agree it's going away nicely, (I was at the quacks about an inflamed capsule caused by over-awesomeness on my part).
Over the last few days the rash has come back even bigger with lots of blisters, some the size of a split pea. It doesn't look pretty down there. Lots of hot oozing....and not the good kind. I've got an emergency appointment with the quack in an hour but I thought I would consult the collective brain first.
So then, what have I got? the plague, Lyme disease, good AIDS?
I'll try and do a pic later.
there's 200 baby spiders under your skin feasting on your muscles.
unfortunately it's not good AIDS, its cat AIDS. careful now x
how long have I got?
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*pushes breakfast away, suddenly not hungry any more*
nettle rash
mmmmm.. good to know you're off to the doc, a good friend caught Lymes disease recently... the lesion on her foot was exactly the same as the one in your pic!
Not to worry you, but have you ever seen The Fly?
Not wanting to pre-empt the doc, but...
Can I have your bikes?
I does not look like classic Lyme to me.
Looks more like a reaction to something poisonous like giant hogweed but its a bit too long for that.
Lets us know what the doc says will you
i think the person who suggests the correct diagnosis should be awarded his bikes....
*starts clearing space in the kitchen for more bikes*
It's Ebola Virus isn't it?
I'm going for Giant Hogweed burn.
Ugh, looks like rice krispies growing on your leg.
Didn't Harry Potter go to Hogweeds school 😯
Ebola!......in Stockport!!
Any bets on necrotizing fasciitis?
Have you popped one to see what's in there?
See you on the other side buddy.
Prometheus ?
Ring worm ?.
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Bit of sandpaper will sort that out.
It's been more than an hour?
do you think they've started attacking it with a hot spoon yet?
I predict a diagnosis of impetigo and a course of erythromycin, or amputation, but then I'm not a medical doctor...
Just did a google images search on blisters, nearly vomm'ed.
If it were me I would have waited to rule out anything potentially embarrasing like syphilis or chlamydia before making such a public statement.
What bikes have you got and in what sizes? I don't want to be clearing space for stuff I don't want.
[i]waited to rule out anything potentially embarrasing like syphilis or chlamydia[/i]
did a septic dog try and shag his leg on that ride?
Probably allergic to wheat. Not actually allergic to wheat, but the more fashionable 'probably allergic to wheat'
After all this suspense I hope it serious.
back again!
annnnnd the answer wasssss....... cellulitis, and a big one at that.
The quack looked and then backed off sharpish. I'm on 4-a-day super sized granny strength antibollocks which only a seasoned hooker could swallow in one go. If there's no improvement by Friday then it's amputation.
Your leg has rejected your silly shoes.
I respect it's decision.
Oh and you've got a ruler stuck in it as well.
Could be that.
recovery periods last from 48 hours to six months
I_did_dab was the closest but I'm not ruling out Phil's cat AIDS. For my final meal I'm having another one-a-day antihistamine, 500mg of flucloxacillin, 2x glucosamine 2KCL tablets and a cod liver oil tablet.
Hear me rattle.
Cellulitis? Isn't that fat on bum / legs?
I'm not fat....it's my hormones
...they like cake
Damn, beaten to the punch. I was going to go for cellulitis and a course of fluclox. Although to be honest if it was me I'd have gone for Augmentin as it's probably from a bite.
Draw round it with a biro. If it is bigger than it is now on Friday, go back and see your GP again.
Tide mark drawn 🙂
cellulitis
quacks always say cellulitis when they don't actually know what it is, expect another GP visit, then a long wait for a referal, biopsy, then a proper diagnosis from your local Dermatology/histopathology team
wow.
that's gross. what's cellulitis exactly?
Looks more like Phytophotodermatitis to me
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytophotodermatitis
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Hogweed maybe? If you were cycling through a bit of vegetation? Nasty stuff
Do you have a cold at the moment, have you been sneezing?
Just wondering if snot splatter has been ruled out.
I sneezed the other day and had very similar slime on my hands.
The only cure...
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You get warned about some great stuff caused by Sand Flies in AFG. Not really painful, not really itchy, just a bit red for a bit. Then they blister to hell and back and you need effectively chemo to kill the damn stuff off.
Cellulitis you say? My wife had that after a horse fly bite. Did not look like that. Looked inflamed and red, but not blistered.
Where exactly were you riding Hoops? Just so I can avoid that area 😉
Get wll soon.
Giant Hogweed, 'fer sure. Had it a few times, worst was from knee cap to ankle.
Not to sure what TJ means by "to long" though.
Cellulitis, if it's anything like I had, will make your leg go bright red, swell to an unfeasible size, and be painful to the touch. You'll have a raging temperature, and if you don't sort it, will be admitted to hospital for intravenous antibiotics.
It just doesn't look like cellulitis to me.
Clong - its ten days ago he got whatever it was. I thought but am not sure that hogweed burns appeared almost immediatly
That's two people on an internet forum that think your doctor is wrong. DEMAND a second opinion from that quack immediately, or we will be forced to blog furiously about this injustice.
If we can be bothered.
Agreed. Doesn't look like cellulitis to me either
My mate is a dermatologist. I'll ask him for you...
[i]My mate is a dermatologist. I'll ask him[/i]
I say, that's hardly in the spirit of these things is it!
It's supposed to be a bunch of ill informed amateurs winding the OP up, not trained professionals who know what they're talkign about offering sensible advice (dr_death is excused because of his login name).
I fully expect to be back at the quacks and oh you just know it's gonna be phytophotodermatitis.
And cue six weeks of raging sunshine that I won't be allowed out in 🙁
j3ffo - cheers dude, all help appreciated.
Ok spoke with the dermatologist. He says it's Cat Aids & a slow painful death am afraid 🙂
yay for the dermatologist 🙂
Celluitis would be my guess caused due to the earlier bite.
Giant Hogweed is more aggressive and yes it's very quick certainly not 10 days.
Its george hincapie disease 🙂
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Ah, see what you mean TJ. When I've had hogweed burns, the redness and itching starts at first then the blisters show up after about a week. My calf still has scars from it from about 10 years ago.
Maybe ask roper to double count his inventory just to be sure?
Cat AIDS update: the medieval skin infection is clearing up nicely. The redness is nearly all gone, the blisters are nearly all gone and there's some hefty scaring for the chicks to dig. The only arse pain now is the incessant itching all around my shin. Seriously, I'm having to be physically restrained from the sandpaper cupboard. The antihistamines are taking the edge off but the only thing that really helps is the anaesthetic in germoline.
ooh it's itchy!
I suspect it'll stop when the antibollocks run out.