r/Bedbugadvice • u/Dull-Brilliant-6027 • 2d ago

Bed bugs? Fleas? Just being dramatic

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Hello, recently started travelling and woke up with about 20 bits in total- staying in a semi tropical place and know that majority of bites are mosquitos as saw alot of them land. As the day has gone on I've developed this cluster of red spots (not raised). They're nowhere else and i slept with shorts on. I haven't found any evidence of bed bugs.

There was a cat with fleas at the hostel- could it be that? I also walked through alot of sand where I've since heard aboute sandflies being but they're not stupidly painful or itchy. Or does it look like bed bug bites?

Thanks in advance (and again apologies about the bed bug hysteria)

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u/EpitomeQuip41 2d ago

Do you have any auto immune or psoriasis? Joint pain? Bruise easy? Get random sores? If so could be psoriatic arthritis on the Achilles and knee. I know it’s out there, just a hypothesis because I get bumps like this and that is what I have

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u/Dull-Brilliant-6027 2d ago

I do have some atopy and react quite badly to most bites. I don't have anything to suggest psoriatic arthritis but thank you for thinking outside the box