Thread: lumps on hand
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Old 02-23-2008, 08:49 PM   #14
Ruth
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Location: Watkinsville, Georgia
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It sounds an awful like fire ant bites to me. My daughter reacts in the exact same way. It's painful and puffy with swelling. Fire ants inject a poison that actually kills the tissue there and some people respond with swelling, heat and almost a small pimple on top of it. They don't go away like normal bites and can puff up again days later. Where go you live?

Hugs ~ Ruth
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