Well i have a weird swollen bump on my leg and i have no idea what it is?

Question

ok well it started out as like...an over sized mosquito bite around the size of a nickel, and it itched. When i got home from camp like an hour later it was swelling and there was no more tiny swollen place, it was a big swollen lump. And so i woke up the next morning and it had gotten a little bigger and itchier... And its hotter there than anywhere else on my leg, my dad says his infection started out like that, but I'm not sure what it is...anybody know?

Answer 1

It could be infection or it could be that you are now allergic to whatever it was that bit you.  Ask your parent(s) to take you to the doctor, and get treatment for it.  An infection needs antibiotics and the physician must see it to diagnose it properly.  Do not wait, if you can't see your primary care physician on the weekend, go to the ER.  

Answer 2

insect bite probably or a snake bite. Go to the doctor and have it examined

Answer 3

either a bite from a spider or a insect or a ingrown hair

Answer 4

horsefly bite