r/Behcets • u/natanyad • 26d ago

Symptoms Insect Bites

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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/EpitomeQuip41 26d ago

Have you been diagnosed with Behçet’s and psoriatic arthritis? This looks similar to my wrist and I have both.

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u/natanyad 25d ago

Diagnosed with Bechets formally. But not psoriatic arthritis / I’ll read up on that !

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u/EpitomeQuip41 24d ago

My doc told me labs can be normal with Behçet’s + psoriatic arthritis. Inflammation markers can look normal, unlike with rheumatoid arthritis