How to cure swollen ear lobes after insect bite?
Patient: Hello, My name is Samantha. Sometime between sunday afternoon while being outside to Monday morning something bit my ear lobe area. My gland behind the ear is swollen and my earlobe is swollen and red. I took a few antibiotics i had on hand and tylenol. Today is the third day of the symptoms. what should i do? Doctor: Hello,Welcome to HCM,I can understand your concern for insect bite. After reading your query it appears that you have developed insect bite hypersensitivity. This basically caused by hypersensitivity to the insect bite which can cause acute aggravation of the problem and flare up of the lesions.Thank you.As you are not getting relief from the steroids an antihistamine so I suggest you to meet a dermatologist and get your skin examined to get proper best treatment. You can apply steroid creams of higher potency for the early resolution of the lesions. You can take oral anti histamine like loratadine or levocetrizine under medial advice.If you have pain and irritation then you can take a tablet paracetamol or diclofenac.Do not scratch or rub the skin as it can lead to further aggravation.Thank you.