22/07/2026
If you are unfortunate to have been bitten and think it may be infected, you can seek treatment at Listers, just walk in and ask to see a Pharmacist 💊 🐝
What are the symptoms of an infected insect bite?
An insect bite may be painful at the site where you’ve been bitten. It usually looks like a small, swollen lump on the surface of the skin.
If the bite is infected, you may:
🌟Notice the area around the skin becomes increasingly red, swollen and warm
Have symptoms similar to that of a wound infection, such as a pus-like discharge or increasing pain at the site of the bite
Experience increased itchiness
🌡Develop a high temperature
Have swollen glands
🤒Start to experience flu-like symptoms
