HI there!
I got attacked by ants recently (not red ants, little black ones-I live in southern New Mexico) but apparently I'm allergic or sensitive to them and have several on my stomach which are small, red and slightly painful if touched, also a nasty looking one on my arm and a horrible one on my bikini line. The one on my bikini area is really bad; super painful, very swollen & red, and actually getting very dark in color around the swollen area, which is a very hard lump. She was convinced it was filliculitus, however, I got ant bites in October when I was in Texas on my butt (ugh!) and they looked exactly the same. They were so bad, that when i finally went to the doctor they gave me Augmentin. But I went to urgent care yesterday and they gave me clindamycin and also mupirocin. The nurse practitioner told me to take the antibiotic, wait 20 minutes, then put a warm compress on that area and then the mupirocin. But after the second time of putting the warm compress it "opened". It actually feels a little better since that, since all the puss is coming out (yuck-I know!) but my question, after all this info, is can I still put the mupirocin on that wound since it is open now. I know she had said not to poke it and cause it to open, but I can't remember if she said don't put the ointment on it if it does open; but I didn't poke it, it just did it on it's own, after the compress, which is another reason I'm almost sure that it's an ant bite, because I get ingrown hairs all the time (quite a few times a year), and they not only don't look like this, but they don't "pop" no matter if my clothes or undies rub against it. (sorry, i know that's alot of info....lol), but if you could let me know if I should still be using the ointment. I'm not a big fan of pills or medicine of any kind, unless absolutely necessary, so I don't want to do anything that would cause problems, especially because I'm leaving for a trip to California in a few days to see my boyfriend, and I would hate to spend what little time we have at the doctor. Thanks!