Results of a Brown Recluse spider bite

[sniffer]

This one had to hurt

 

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[sniffer]

don't worry too much, this is the exception rather than the norm.

 

[sniffer]

agreed, that really looks like it hurts

 

[BuckleBoy]

Snope it! It's a fabrication.


-Buckles

 

[Montana Jim]

Not a fabrication, just a unknown injury and that can't be attributed to the spider itself.

I have seen some nasty KNOWN spider bites that are freaking discusting, and almost that bad.

 

[sniffer]

buckles, you better check your source. this one is fact, I also said this is an exception. Not all people react the same way
the brown recluse also has the ability to inflict a "dry" bite
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/spid...bite/page3_em.htm#Brown Recluse Bite Symptoms

 

[Montana Jim]

buckles, you better check your source. this one is fact, I also said this is an exception. Not all people react the same way
the brown recluse also has the ability to inflict a "dry" bite
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/spid...bite/page3_em.htm#Brown Recluse Bite Symptoms

I think his point was that even the doctor that took those pics did'nt know what caused that infection.

 

[sniffer]

that's possible, most doctors can't tell a bite.
I've got brown recluse spiders in my house. once in, you can't get rid of them. they are very good at hiding
anyway, I've never been bitten and neither have my kids

 

[Montana Jim]

We've got 'em here too... along with Hobo Spiders and Black Widows... none found in the house so far...

 

[sniffer]

we've got black widows here too. but we also have the regular widows, they have the same body but different colors, brown, gray, tan, even saw an off white one

 

[Lowbatts]

If you've ever seen a field in September overrun by the golden orb weavers or black and yellows at sunrise it's magical. Two to three foot webs in every direction at every angle and with a bit of morning dew their sparkel is awesome.

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

HO: Speaking from uncomfortable experience, you generally do NOT feel a spider bite, at first.

Don Jose de La Mancha

 

[Montana Jim]

This site uses those same pics to illustrate the effects of the hobo spider bite...

http://declubz.com/blog/2008/09/09/hobo-spider-bite/

Either way - it's clearly documented that these types of spiders can do some serious damage!

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

i have nursed a few friends who were bit by a recluse...nasty wound...if you allow it to heal over...you can end up looking like this photo...

keep the wound open, saline solution...NEVER let it scab over...let it drain...

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

***** Pipp, very useful information.

Don Jose de La Mancha

 

[RON (PA)]

As a nurse, I have taken care of two patients so far this year, that have been biten by brown recluse spiders. Both said that they were biten months to years ago and that the wounds have been slow to heal. With both of them, they were on several antibiotics, skin care teams, and plastic surgeons have been brought in for their expertise. From what I remember, they were both fairly deep wounds.

 

[EDDE]

I live next to a river and as a rule,I dont kill spiders at all.
The spider population is mind boggling coupled with the amount of flying and crawling insects!
The amount of bugs they cut down in and around the house beats pesticides any day

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

this was in the morning news...

http://news.aol.com/health/article/paraplegic-man-spider-bite/383836

 

[sniffer]

was it from the bite or was it from the treatment of the bite??
makes you wonder