Insect bite won't heal

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I had a insect bite on my forearm, it was not a mosquito it was a brown/maroon crawling insect that bit me. It was itchy at first i scratched it and it bled but then it got okay but after the healing the i still have a bump there and it itches sometimes alot its been 3 weeks. Is it something serious? Why won't it heal? I got bit by mosquito but it got better after 1-2 dayw why isn't this bump going away i am worried...please advise...

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its local reaction to insect toxin either from its saliva or its body fluid wen u kill it..as long as fever and itch is not dere no need to worry it wud take its own time to heal.

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