What to do if you have severe redness and swelling with hard lumps from bug bites

Bug bites with serious redness and swelling with hard lumps generally need to be treated with topical medication, oral medication, if there is pus need to carry out surgical treatment.
1. Topical medication: After being bitten by bugs, you should first observe whether there are bug mouthparts and other foreign objects in the bitten area, if there are foreign objects, you need to take them out in time, and then you can apply anti-inflammatory drugs such as mupirocin ointment in the local area in order to reduce the local redness, swelling and pain. If accompanied by itching, you can apply glycerine lotion or glucocorticoid ointment, such as Dinaid cream.
2. Oral medication: If the redness and swelling are severe after being bitten by the bugs, and accompanied by pain and itching, you can also take oral anti-allergy medication, such as levocetirizine hydrochloride tablets.
3. Surgical treatment: If the insect bite site appears pus phenomenon, should be timely on the abscess site for surgical incision and drainage.
If the redness, swelling and hard lumps are serious after insect bites, it is recommended to go to the regular hospital in time, and carry out standardized treatment under the guidance of the doctor. The above medication should be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions, do not self-medication.