Been Bitten In The Night (Not By A Partner!)

[bond]

I can't understand, I woke up this morning, slight itchiness, by midday, I've got four swollen very itchy bites on my arms, quite symmetrical, one near (inner side) elbow, one at top of shoulder (outer side), on each side both left and right in the same sort of areas. I usually hear mozzies but didn't hear them last night. What else bites/feeds that much? I'm inside a building in a flat.

[burlyshirley]

Do you have a cat or a dog - fleas ?

[ladybirder]

Bet it's a mozzie and she got you while you were asleep.
Been there many times and it's awful. Itches like crazy for a week.

[barry1010]

Spiders

[calmck]

Spider

[barry1010]

The mosquito you hear cannot bite, it is the silent ones that are the biters

[ladybirder]

It's the female that bites and yes you can hear them, it's a high pitched buzz.

[GenuineclAss]

Sounds like the mozzies to me!
I already have 3 of the same bites, myself, bond.
Last year was the 1st time I'd ever been bitten by them - I had 11 bites all in one go and it made me quite ill for a time.
I don't feel ill this time, it's just the itching that drives you crazy.
Try and get some antihistamines. They do help with the itching. The only 'down side' is that they can make you drowsy the next day. I had to have a 'day off' the 1st time I took them, but being an insomniac, they helped me to get a few cheeky hours I wouldn't have had otherwise!

[gollob]

Lycanthrope

[ladybirder]

Gen have you tried Aveeno anti-itch cream 1% Hydrocortisone? Only cream that works for me.

[Musictv2019]

Could it be a moth

[Mozz71]

Bond- //I usually hear mozzies//

Sorry, I'll try to keep it down.

[pastafreak]

I thought spiders also.

[brainiac]

Bedbugs? Buy some Anthisan