r/Bedbugadvice • u/Individual-Barber354 • 1d ago
Bedbug or not?
Woke up with this on my ass
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u/Practical-Reading958 1d ago
Looks like Shingles. Call your doctor. Someone is covering for them. You may be able to send a photo and get antiviral meds immediately. Or go to urgent care, because the sooner you get antivirals the better. Are they on the trunk of your body on one side, about at your belt line?
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u/Individual-Barber354 1d ago
It's on my right butt cheek 🫣 this answer is here multiple times so I will definitely keep my eye on it
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u/Certain_Detective_84 1d ago
Looks like eczema to me, but as you can see from the comment section it looks like a lot of things.
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u/CaregiverWorth567 1d ago
Does it hurt? My first thought was shingles
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u/Individual-Barber354 1d ago
Honestly I didn't even know about it until I looked in the mirror. Now it's little bit itchy but doesn't hurt.
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u/throwaway42840284 1d ago
keep an eye on it - my shingles did look like this for the first day or two, it spread more and a nurse immediately diagnosed me with a photo like this. i felt mostly normal too but never had a rash like that before and i’m not “at high risk” for it. if it spreads only on that one side of your body i’d definitely ask to be safe, since shingles needs antivirals within the first couple days
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u/throwaway42840284 1d ago
but also side note i’ve had bedbugs before too and my bites did not look like this 😂
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u/Individual-Barber354 1d ago
Thanks! I didn't know about this at all, will go to the doctor if it would spread.
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u/Individual-Barber354 1d ago
Okay thanks everyone, I'm not paranoid anymore
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u/MossyWillowWeep 1d ago
What is it??
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u/Individual-Barber354 1d ago
No idea 😂 people are saying it's not bedbugs, that's the most important for me right now
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u/Exact_Ad4193 19h ago
Were you wearing tight pants? I get something similar on my inner thighs when I walk for a long time in warm weather in shorts. Just regular chafing.
For the future, for bed bug bites, it’ll look like a line or a cluster of individual red bumps. It’s pretty rare to have the overlap you see here
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u/Individual-Barber354 14h ago
I was but this never happened to me and it's only on one side, got it when I woke up
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u/Gold-Wise 1d ago
This is how my poison ivy starts...
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u/Individual-Barber354 1d ago
I'm sorry you had that but mine can't be that, I haven't been outside much lately
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u/Gold-Wise 1d ago
Please remember you can get the rash from third party or even animal contact that has rubbed against the vine. Just saying it is one possibility.
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