Insect bites whilst riding!!! The chase?

YeehaaMcgee

How would you get that from wearing tight clothing?

VWsurfbum

OCLV74

looks like a tick bite to me, I've had a few over the years, mind as I've got older, found the old midge and mossie bites come up like mad welts these days. Fucidin cream or ointment is the cure, sorts that nastiness out tout suite, if I have a bite now I just stick that stuff on 3 times a day for a few days and problem solved.

stubs

OCLV74 wrote:

looks like a tick bite to me, I've had a few over the years, mind as I've got older, found the old midge and mossie bites come up like mad welts these days. Fucidin cream or ointment is the cure, sorts that nastiness out tout suite, if I have a bite now I just stick that stuff on 3 times a day for a few days and problem solved.

I am the same look like I have bubonic plague when I have been bitten. I also take a Piriton tablet before I ride these days and drown myself in Avon skin so soft, particulary if I am riding in North Wales. Snowdonian midges arent taking any prisoners these days, the little bastards could teach the tartan midges a thing or two.

sloppycowpat

right avon skin so soft, check!!!, for next week,

stubs

sloppycowpat wrote:

right avon skin so soft, check!!!, for next week,

You smell a bit weird and people look at you funny while your slapping it on in the car park but the Royal Marines use it on excercise so its sufficently macho for me

gregwari

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

How would you get that from wearing tight clothing?

Not 100% sure, doctor said infections from bacteria that normally live on your skin. All I know is I take off my liner shorts as soon as I finish (ie don't drive home in them) and I've not had them since.

sloppycowpat

yeh i used it on the ilse of skye when i was geological mapping up there for 6 weeks in midge season so i know it works
the locals used watered down diesel tho :shock:

Briggo

What is that in pic 4 that's fallen/come out? Your brains?

Raymondavalon

OCLV74 wrote:

looks like a tick bite to me, I've had a few over the years

I disagree, tick bites don't quite fester like that, being a resident of Africa for a few decades and doing few years in the army as a medic, I've not seen tick bites look anything like that. I had a record 7 ticks on my neck after a night under the stars in Southern Angola..
It does look like some form of parasitic insect bite though, or a very bad reaction to a bite of some form..

angry_bird

gregwari wrote:

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

How would you get that from wearing tight clothing?

Not 100% sure, doctor said infections from bacteria that normally live on your skin. All I know is I take off my liner shorts as soon as I finish (ie don't drive home in them) and I've not had them since.

Provides a nice environment for the bacteria, good temperature, generally quite sweaty... but generally they'll need a bite, or cut to get or where clothes have been chafing. That said normally infections from these bacteria aren't much to worry about really. Will usually clear themselves up nicely enough assuming they're just in the skin. Fusidic acid (fucidn cream) works well against them but it's not really necessary at the end of the day.

The OPs thing looks manky though, good luck with it.

Also, yeah, I'm with Raymondavalon, doesn't look much like a tick has caused that, but my opinion's worth a bag of dolly mix.

cashy16

well all fixed now but have 5 scars that wont heal................. back on the bike and loving it........

thekickingmule

POIDH

angry_bird

cashy16 wrote:

well all fixed now but have 5 scars that wont heal................. back on the bike and loving it........

Arse you've just reminded me that I've still got to learn about wound healing before wednesday

thekickingmule wrote:

POIDH

But this ^ want to see how bad these scars are