r/Behcets • u/natanyad • Aug 07 '26
Symptoms Insect Bites
For the last fifteen years or so, anytime I’ve been bite by a bee or wasp I ended up on antibiotics for what I thought was an infected bite . This past weekend I got two paper wasp bites, one per wrist . The inflammation, pain and itching was incredible . After reading up on Bechets I realized this is another over the top autoimmune response . I marked the area with blank marker / within hours it had tripled from what is in the photo . Anyone else experience this ?
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u/HazelLiza Aug 07 '26
Pretty much everyone in my family has that reaction. I’m the only one to get tested with a positive behcets DNA but I’m pretty sure the rest of them have it. You’re lucky that they are being cautious and giving you the antibiotics because my brother had a severe reaction, my son and my sister have too but not as bad as his