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What Causes Big Red Hard Knot Like Under The Skin Of The Inner Leg?
My niece has been bitten by something?....her inner leg by her groin has a big red blotch and there is a big hard as a rock knot under her skin . She is in terrible pain and cant hardly walk. Do you think this is a spider bite? Do you think she should be on the safe side and go to e.r. thank you for any info.
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Tue, 1 Jul 2014
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Hello,
After reading your query I suggest you to meet a doctor at the earliest possible. As there is big red blotch and there is a big hard as a rock knot under her skin so it is quite possible that she might have got infection in the area.
In my patients I treat it with antibiotics and pain killers. I suggest you to not delay the things and meet a doctor.
For the interim of the help you can give her a pain killer tablet containing paracetamol or Ibuprofen or diclofenac.
All the best.
After reading your query I suggest you to meet a doctor at the earliest possible. As there is big red blotch and there is a big hard as a rock knot under her skin so it is quite possible that she might have got infection in the area.
In my patients I treat it with antibiotics and pain killers. I suggest you to not delay the things and meet a doctor.
For the interim of the help you can give her a pain killer tablet containing paracetamol or Ibuprofen or diclofenac.
All the best.
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