Brown Recluse Spider Bite?!


Question: Brown Recluse Spider Bite!?
I think I've been biten by a brown recluse spider !? I didn't feel the bite but the area where I was biten has went from the size of a dime to the size of a tennis ball !. I don't feel any pain but it itches a lot !. The center of the bite is light in color but the out side is a lot darker & spreading !. I don't feel any other symptoms !.Could I be wrong !? The center of the bite looks like a tiny black head or whatever you want to call it!.Www@Answer-Health@Com


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Go to the ER!. Recluse bites can cause the skin to be "eaten" away by the 9th or 10th day - it will become very sever if not treated - if that's what it is!.

Go to: www!.riskindoc!.com/reculse_spider_bite!.ht!.!.!. and - it will show you photos of the bite from the 1st day on (they are graphic, but you need to see if that's what's happening)!.

If so - go right to your local ER, please!Www@Answer-Health@Com

Brown recluse spiders are not aggressive unless they are aggravated!. Some cases where they may bite if they are trapped between skin and on clothes that they are hiding in!.

The brown recluse spider bite is often not even felt, which makes it very dangerous!. In some cases the bite is noticed right away because of immense pain, for others it can take several hours before the bite is even noticed!. The reaction to the bite depends on how much venom is injected!.

The only deaths reported from a brown recluse spider bite have been with children under the age of seven!. However, the brown recluse is one of four species of spiders that is dangerous to humans along with the black widow spider!. If bitten by a brown recluse spider it is vital that the victim seeks medical attention right away, and if possible capturing the spider and bringing it in will help ensure accurate identification!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

omg I sure hope your already at the hospital Daniel and not reading this, I think you need to take Olivia's advice and every-body's else and get your butt to the hospital, please when I lived in las vegas these things were horrible I've seen some bad cases but I do know that the sooner you get TX the better, so if your reading this your not getting TX fast enough so please go, your very good friend ElizabethWww@Answer-Health@Com

if you've had it for a few days or so, its not a brown recluse!. I got a spider bite, and it just swelled!. Mayble you can see a doctor to get some medicine, but you should be fine!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

If you even think it was a brown recluse, go to the ER asap!. The poison from the spider will cause the tissue around the bite to die within a few hours!. Left unattended it will be fatal!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

if there seems to be a ring around your skin then you should definitly seek medical attention!. just to be safe i would go to the doctor even if it is not!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

GO TO THE DOCTOR NOW!!! Thats what happens with a brown reclusive! If you don't go soon it will spread and kill the tissue, and cause some major problems!. Go to the er right now!Www@Answer-Health@Com

i have no idea but you need to get to a doctor quick! it might be serious, and too late to fixWww@Answer-Health@Com

Uh, dude, brown recluse spiders' bites cause necrosis, meaning tissue death!. That's not good!.



You can identify this spider by the violin-shaped marking on its top!. The bite produces a mild stinging, followed by local redness and intense pain within eight hours!. A fluid-filled blister forms at the site and then sloughs off to leave a deep, enlarging ulcer!. Reactions from a brown recluse spider bite vary from a mild fever and rash to nausea and listlessness!. On rare occasions death results, more often in children!.

If bitten by a brown recluse spider

1!. If possible, make a positive identification!. If the spider bite is on an arm or a leg, tie a snug bandage above the bite to help slow or halt the venom's spread!. Ensure that the bandage is not so tight as to cut off circulation in the arm or the leg!.
2!. Use a cold cloth at the spider bite location!. Apply a cloth dampened with cold water or filled with ice!.
3!. Seek immediate medical attention!. Treatment for the bite of a black widow may require an antivenom medication!. Doctors may treat a brown recluse spider bite with corticosteroids!.

Good luck!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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