Wow. That sounds pretty scary. The first thing I thought of was a spider
bite. Your description sounds characteristic of some. Perhaps another kind
of bite (insect). There are specialists in that field, can't think of what
they are called. Sometimes contacting a poison center will help
(toxicology). Oh, I just found this
http://www.calpoison.org/hcp/2004/callusvol2no2.htm, it's the California
Poison Control System. It could be a brown recluse spider bite.
Or, I would go ahead to the hematologist, this sounds very worrisome.
I often watch the show Mystery Diagnosis on the Discovery Health Channel.
The show is excellent and conditions such as this often take several months
(sometimes years), several doctors, and several intervening diagnoses before
the right one is found. The mantra of all the afflicted has TO BE PERSISTENT
and keep going back to the doctor, and change doctors if you are getting
nowhere with the first one.
Laurie Wheeler RN MN IBCLC
Mississippi USA

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