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Fire Ant Bite Makes Hole In Skin

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Dr. Rakhi Tayal MD

she said she got bite by an ants today,what should i do to reduce the swollen because its not only by the ant bite its the whole foot ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rakhi Tayal ( OBGYN)
Dr. Sumanth Amperayani MD

daughter was playing outside and came in with two pimple looking bites on her arm. swelling, pain and very slightly warm to touch. ant bite? snake bite? I can't tell ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sumanth Amperayani ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Albana Sejdini MD

Hi Dr, I Think I was bitten by a hopper ant a few days ago in the vagina area. Its embarrassing and quite pain full as there is swelling and hardening of the the area on one side of the vagina. I ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Albana Sejdini ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Rhea Chanda MD

my friend thinks she may have been biten by an ant in Bali on her foot and now a few hours later she is in much pain and her foot has swollen .. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rhea Chanda ( OBGYN)
Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha MD

An ant bite x2 is still itching and a little swollen, on my toe and foot. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha ( Internal Medicine Specialist)

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Dr. Geetika Paul MD

i work on a ranch in texas.i was cutting trees and was bitten but one ant...the ant is called cut ant .not anything like a fire ant...cut ants feel more like a bee sting and have... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Geetika Paul ( Dermatologist)
Dr. Ramesh M.Vachharajani MD

, round nickle size mark on my stomach. The actual bite felt like a fire ant bite. Now it itches and the lumps are growing in size. I ve heard the lumps are actually larvae deposited... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ramesh M.Vachharajani ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Arun MD

while working in the yard I ran into an ant nest, not fire ants tho, and they were all over my hand. Then suddenly the vein in the pad of my middle fingers swelled and turned purple with intense... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Arun ( Infectious Diseases Specialist)
Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi MD

my two year old granddaughter got about 10 fire ant bites on her foot. Her foot is now very swollen. She had one bite last year on her foot and one on her hand and they both swelled. They gave her ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  T Chandrakant MD

size of a dime). I felt a bite last night and today found the blisters when they were rubbing on my shoe. It felt and looked like a bug bite last night. Spider bite? Maybe fire ant? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. T Chandrakant ( General Surgeon)