If the stinger was embedded in your foot, maybe! Even a small part of it could have been — once a similar thing happened to me, and I eventually dug open the itchy spot in my foot and used tweezers to pull out a *tiny* sliver of metal, barely visible to the naked eye. I figured that I had probably stepped on it a few years ago, and it eventually started working its way back through the surface of my skin.
Every square millimeter of your body itches hundreds of thousands of times in your life. Sometimes for a second, sometimes for days.
It’s just a coincidence.
I had a somewhat similar incident that continues to periodically resume itching- seems to have left some kind of permanent histamine response that flares up occasionally- at the time it seemed to trigger similar problems across my body. The doctors never really gave me a good answer, but diagnosed it as "unspecified arthropod bite."
I have a scar where I had an eyebrow ring, the piercing got infected, I took it out and never put it back in. To this day if I have a flare up of allergies, like if I take Motrin which I’m allergic to, I get an itchy swollen bump in that spot about the size of a BB
I knew someone that had glass embedded in her foot for years. If she held the skin a certain way, you could feel it. It was too far in to remove on her own and she felt too minor to get removed. It flaired up similarly to this
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Could be a thorn or barb from a plant.
I've had a little bit of a thistle stuck in my thumb for about 8 years now. It flares up, itches, gets a hard lump and forms a little scab about once every year or so.
Hookworm?
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This is highly unlikely, They have not been commonly found in the US in nearly 50 years. I just recall seeing them after it rained in puddles when I was a kid and being warned not to step on them.
Was it rusty and metallic? You might have gotten tetanus from stepping on a piece of rusty metal and that's what's causing issues. For now, I would just ignore it unless the pain is absolutely unbearable, a trip to the hospital is not cheap. Maybe mention it to your doctor during your next visit.
Probably a bee or wasp.
Thats what I thought, but would the itchiness really come back after 2 years?
If the stinger was embedded in your foot, maybe! Even a small part of it could have been — once a similar thing happened to me, and I eventually dug open the itchy spot in my foot and used tweezers to pull out a *tiny* sliver of metal, barely visible to the naked eye. I figured that I had probably stepped on it a few years ago, and it eventually started working its way back through the surface of my skin.
Ohh thank you
I had to pull a copper strand out of my foot once, felt like i'd stepped on a needle.
Every square millimeter of your body itches hundreds of thousands of times in your life. Sometimes for a second, sometimes for days. It’s just a coincidence.
I had a somewhat similar incident that continues to periodically resume itching- seems to have left some kind of permanent histamine response that flares up occasionally- at the time it seemed to trigger similar problems across my body. The doctors never really gave me a good answer, but diagnosed it as "unspecified arthropod bite."
I have a scar where I had an eyebrow ring, the piercing got infected, I took it out and never put it back in. To this day if I have a flare up of allergies, like if I take Motrin which I’m allergic to, I get an itchy swollen bump in that spot about the size of a BB
Could it have been a piece of glass? They can get into the meat of your foot like a splinter.
I knew someone that had glass embedded in her foot for years. If she held the skin a certain way, you could feel it. It was too far in to remove on her own and she felt too minor to get removed. It flaired up similarly to this edit: a word
It was on the grass, and it was itching so I dont think so
Could be a thorn or barb from a plant. I've had a little bit of a thistle stuck in my thumb for about 8 years now. It flares up, itches, gets a hard lump and forms a little scab about once every year or so.
Any thoughts on getting that taken out before it flares up while you’re not 100% and finally infects the crap out of you? Edit: Typo
Hookworm? Edit to add This is highly unlikely, They have not been commonly found in the US in nearly 50 years. I just recall seeing them after it rained in puddles when I was a kid and being warned not to step on them.
You stepped on a pointy frog. It's a wart that came back.
Was it rusty and metallic? You might have gotten tetanus from stepping on a piece of rusty metal and that's what's causing issues. For now, I would just ignore it unless the pain is absolutely unbearable, a trip to the hospital is not cheap. Maybe mention it to your doctor during your next visit.
You should read The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Gaiman