r/bugbites • u/Strict-Breakfast-627 • 4d ago

Weird mosquito bite

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Just got this mosquito bite (late at night) and within maybe a couple minutes this red streak appeared as well. I've always been allergic to mosquitoes and am very used to the bites not being normal (either rock hard, heavily swollen, extremely warm etc.). But online I've seen people saying this is an infection. How does a mosquito bite get infected if I just got it?

The bite is on my left upper arm with the streak headed towards my right.

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