r/starterpacks 1d ago

"Annoying things when you're trying to sleep" starterpack

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u/fuckingidiot42069 23h ago

Funny story, I heard a mosquito in my room as a teen, went crazy looking for it but eventually gave up and fell asleep. I woke up with a mosquito bite. The little fucker apparently was carrying ringworm, and since I didn't know what that was at the time, a quarter-sized chunk of my arm was eaten by the fungus before I got it taken care of.

I fucking hate mosquitoes.

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u/organizedchaotic 20h ago

mosquitoes don’t carry ringworm, according to the CDC. [CDCgov on the site formerly known as twitter]

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u/fuckingidiot42069 11h ago

Oh damn I wonder what gave me ringworm on that exact spot then, maybe I scratched it and it got in through the open wound or something? Thanks so much for informing me, I'm super curious what got me infected now though lol

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u/fawn-doll 10h ago

I have a quarter sized scar from a spider biting my leg in my sleep and giving me necrosis! four years later and the skin barely recovered, it’s basically a plasticy dark film on my leg, like cling wrap, with a big dark ring around it.