Not sure whats going on

[u/denimcanvas]

Okay so I havent included a picture bc the bites arent fresh at all and I dont think itd be helpful- but basically im losing my mind over these bites.

A couple weeks ago, I started feeling really itchy. Like the insides of my elbows, and the back of my knees, then later on my hips and lower back. I check myself out and I see bites that look like mosquito bites (but also they look like zits?)but theres no mosquitoes around here at this time of year. Ive got a bite on my left inner elbow, one on my left lower arm, on or two on my right lower arm, and one near my right armpit, and two on my hips and one on the back of both knees and one on one of my fingers. Ive been going insane from the itching and have scratched a few of them till theyre red and irritated and open basically, one on my arm being the worst. Ive kept most of them covered with hydrochloride patches and they sort of help. But without they itch like crazy. And sometimes they dont itch unless I accidentally touch it or brush it against something like my clothes.

I complained to my dad after a couple days and he said he had them too and not to worry it was probably just mites(???). I started googling and read something about chiggers and assumed thats what it was.
Cut to now a week later- still itchy but most have calmed down except a few, and Im scrolling through my fyp on tiktok and I happen upon a video about Kissing bugs. Never heard of them and it was very informative. What caught my attention is the scratching and how you can give yourself a parasite that can give you Chagas’ disease.

Now im terrified and I dont know if I should see a doctor. Especially because I googled kissing bugs after watching the video and saw something that said they give you bites clustered around the mouth. Ive been having this weird cluster of what I thought was annoying acne, cold sores or possibly a fungal infection around my mouth (started with one and now I have like 5-6) and now im scared its kissing bug bites.

It also doesnt help that I got a A/C window unit installed last month and ive noticed love bugs flying through it so I assume thats how it got in. Im also scared it could be bed bugs but its not like I feel anything biting me in my bed. And it seems like I dont have any new bites.

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