'Little House on the Prairie' star Melissa Gilbert spends night in ER after nasty bug bite
26.05.2023 - 20:49
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Melissa Gilbert revealed that a scary bug bite sent her to the ER. The actress, who famously starred as Laura Ingalls Wilder on "Little House on the Prairie," took to Instagram to share that she had been rushed to a hospital in New York after a bug had bitten her, causing her arm to completely swell. Gilbert, 59, revealed the bite was not from a "bee or wasp" but another "flying insect." Gilbert's doctor and her husband, Timothy Busfield, urged her to "hightail" it to the emergency room after her arm continued to swell.
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Melissa E. Gilbert (@melissagilbertofficial) "A Public Service Announcement: Well that was a fun night in the ER (she said with dripping sarcasm)," Gilbert captioned the post of her hand in an IV and a close-up shot of her swollen arm. "Two days ago a flying insect (not bee or wasp) bit my arm.
By last night my arm was incredibly swollen, red and hot." She continued, "Called my [doctor and] he suggested we hightail it to the ER. I was gonna wait but [Timothy] said, ‘Absolutely not. We are going!’ After many tests I was diagnosed with an abscess and cellulitis." According to the Mayo Clinic, cellulitis is "a common, potentially serious bacterial skin infection.The affected skin is swollen and inflamed and is typically painful and warm to the touch." Gilbert's doctors began treating her with an "IV of clindamycin, Benedryl and acetaminophen," which she said "immediately" made the infected area feel better.
"Still kept me up all night. Starting antibiotics, Benedryl and ibuprofen orally today," she clarified. Gilbert urged her social media followers to use her case as a lesson to take bug bites seriously. "The lesson-take bug bites
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