So I put on a hoodie earlier and was in the basement washing laundry and when I came upstairs I realized my ear was throbbing so I went and looked in the mirror and noticed my whole ear was completely red. My ear is significantly warmer than my other ear. It is giving me a small amount of pain but mostly it's uncomfortable. It feels like I lit my ear on fire.

This is the closest picture I could find to my ear.

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If it gets any worse or if the pain increases I will go to the ER but I'm hoping it doesn't come to that. Any advice?
I could not find a spider anywhere so that worries me too because we have dogs.

Is there an actual bite? Or bump? Or something?

When I had staph infection for the first time, I went to the doctor thinking it was a spider bite. Doc asked me if I'd ever seen a spider in my apartment and I said well, no. He then asked why I thought it was a spider bite of all things. I kind of just stared at him blankly. So, I ask you the same question... If you haven't seen a spider, why do you think it's a spider bite?

If it gets worse, definitely make an appointment with your doctor or go to a doc in the box (urgent care clinic). The ER is probably a little extreme.

I'm assuming it was a spider because we have spiders in the basement and the reaction was all of a sudden. It feels like an allergic reaction to be honest. I have really sensitive ears and can't wear most earrings so in the past when I put an junky earring in my ear would turn red and swell like this but this is 10X worse.

I sent my brother a picture of my ear and he thought it looked bad. I do have a couple tiny bumps but that just be from the reaction. And I have a new spider bite on my wrist from this afternoon.

Have you eaten or touched anything out of the ordinary? Do you have Benedryl in the house? If you do, take some and see if it subsides a little.

I haven't ate anything bizarre. I just took some benedryl just now so hopefully that'll help. The only thing new we have is my step dad bought carpet powder and used it today. I was playing with the dogs in the living room so I could have a reaction from that.

I have really bizarre allergies like once my mom bought generic bathroom cleaner and I had a reaction so bad I was out of school for two weeks.

So I fall asleep after taking the benadryl and today my ear is fine. I think I had a bizarre reaction to something.