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Suggest Remedy For Insect Bite On Ankle
3 year old bite by some sort of insect (mayeb spider) on his ankle july 2nd. tremendous swelling and hot to touch. spoke to dr gave him prelone and cold compresses. got it to go down and he seems like he is fine. however his ankle now looks purple/grey almost as its bruised. any suggestions
Mon, 4 May 2015
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Insect bite inject toxin in skin layer and it produces local inflammation and its systemic .
Prelone is a good medicine in such cases and cold copression will releieve swelling .
But chances of secondary infection are higher in such cases so you should be take care of that .you should consult local physician and start antibiotic treatment if you,find sign or symtom of infection like :
increse in pain ,swelling or redness at bite site.
fever,
nausea ,vomiting ,bodyache etc.
if child donot having any of these manifestatin but only purple spot over ankle ,no need to worry as it will heal in 7-10 days of time completely.
Hope you would be satisfied with my answer . Feel free to communicate if any query .
regards,
Dr.Manish Purohit
Infectious disease specialist
Insect bite inject toxin in skin layer and it produces local inflammation and its systemic .
Prelone is a good medicine in such cases and cold copression will releieve swelling .
But chances of secondary infection are higher in such cases so you should be take care of that .you should consult local physician and start antibiotic treatment if you,find sign or symtom of infection like :
increse in pain ,swelling or redness at bite site.
fever,
nausea ,vomiting ,bodyache etc.
if child donot having any of these manifestatin but only purple spot over ankle ,no need to worry as it will heal in 7-10 days of time completely.
Hope you would be satisfied with my answer . Feel free to communicate if any query .
regards,
Dr.Manish Purohit
Infectious disease specialist
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