RkyMtnHigh 0 #1 February 23, 2006 Does anyone know what one looks like? and how to treat one? I was dorking around in the woods at Sebastian this past weekend trying to retrieve a cutaway and thought I was biten by fire ants. My PharmD coworker looked at the wound and said that based on the swelling, redness (inflammation), and black spot in the center that it looked like a spider bite. I'm on day 4 and there are two semetrical spots/bites...they aren't getting worse but they aren't healing either. _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marks 0 #2 February 23, 2006 go to the ER right away... no shit, I almost lost a leg on the evening of day four from a brown recluse bite I thought was an ant bite. when i got to the ER I didnt have to even filll out paper work "and I walked in" there was doctors everywhere in seconds. if there is a red line shooting from the spot in the center, you dont have long to get to the ER. so dont let it get to that point. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leapdog 0 #3 February 23, 2006 http://www.healthscout.com/ency/68/331/main.html Poison spiders, I believe, look like someone put a cigarette out on you when they bite. not at first but later on. Gunnery Sergeant of Marines "I would like it if I were challenged mentally at my job and not feel like I'm mentally challenged." - Co-worker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yamtx73 0 #4 February 23, 2006 QuoteDoes anyone know what one looks like? and how to treat one? I was dorking around in the woods at Sebastian this past weekend trying to retrieve a cutaway and thought I was biten by fire ants. My PharmD coworker looked at the wound and said that based on the swelling, redness (inflammation), and black spot in the center that it looked like a spider bite. I'm on day 4 and there are two semetrical spots/bites...they aren't getting worse but they aren't healing either. There are a number of spiders that can and will bite, that sounds like a spider bite rather than an ant. I'd suggest going to the ER and have it checked out especially if there's a chance it's from a brown recluse (which do live in Florida). Does the bite look like this? http://mdchoice.com/photo/img/img0043.jpgThe only naturals in this sport shit thru feathers... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RkyMtnHigh 0 #5 February 23, 2006 Circular inflammed redness around the bites but no streaking _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freakyrat 1 #6 February 23, 2006 I got bit by an an uknown type spider at work about two years ago. Believe me and others get to the ER and have it checked out. I had a case of MRSA from it ( drug resistant staph infection). Fortunately the bite was excised and Levoquin cleared up the staph infection but the leg that it happened on had muscle pain for almost six months afterwards. Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xenaswampjumper 0 #7 February 23, 2006 Hey girl.....sounds like a recluse bite.....I had one and it ain't fun. I almost died, but I am EXTREMELY allergic to stuff, (epi pin) I get huge welts just from ant bites and mosquito bites. GO GET IT CHECKED!!!!!!!!! Peace chica!!!!!! till later have fun & love each other seeya mb65johnny gates.... In skydiving, the only thing that stops you is the ground.............. PMS# 472 Muff #3863 TPM#95 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marks 0 #8 February 23, 2006 QuoteCircular inflammed redness around the bites but no streaking thats what a recluse bite is. and if it starts speading, it does it fast. like in less than 1 hour. if the infection gets to your heart, your dead. if the antivenom and anti biotics dont stop the infection, they amputate... get my drift? go to the doc. it happens all of a sudden if it happens.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marks 0 #9 February 23, 2006 It doesnt seem serious to you now, but if you go to the ER I think your going to be VERY suprized at how serious they take it... ever been to the ER and just pass up the waiting room and have a doctor in your room waiting for you with a shot? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RkyMtnHigh 0 #10 February 23, 2006 I took a digital pic but it doesn't show the detail/characteristics of the lesion. _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yamtx73 0 #11 February 23, 2006 QuoteI took a digital pic but it doesn't show the detail/characteristics of the lesion. If it looks anything like the link I posted earlier don't hesitate, go directly to the ER...The only naturals in this sport shit thru feathers... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhondaLea 3 #12 February 23, 2006 Everyone else has said exactly what I'm going to say: Get thee to the emergency room. Don't wait. Go now. Right now. If you have never seen what this can turn into... Go here: http://www.highway60.com/mark/brs/default.htm But first go to the ER. Please. rlIf you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #13 February 23, 2006 Go it it checked please. Don't make me choose Jessica Simpson. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marks 0 #14 February 23, 2006 QuoteEveryone else has said exactly what I'm going to say: Get thee to the emergency room. Don't wait. Go now. Right now. If you have never seen what this can turn into... Go here: http://www.highway60.com/mark/brs/default.htm But first go to the ER. Please. rl and that one isnt even infected. eeewwwww... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marks 0 #15 February 23, 2006 QuoteI took a digital pic but it doesn't show the detail/characteristics of the lesion. do me a favor. at least pick up the phone and call the ER and explain it to them and ask if they think it can wait till tomorow.. I did this, and the next thing i knew, I was on a high performance motercycle doing 130 mph down the highway to the ER... still not sure which was more dangerous. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RkyMtnHigh 0 #16 February 23, 2006 The dark center on mine isn't as big like in your pic. _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yamtx73 0 #17 February 23, 2006 Get thee to the doc.. ASAP! That's a brown recluse bite in the pic... no waiting, step away from the keyboard and go nowThe only naturals in this sport shit thru feathers... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RkyMtnHigh 0 #18 February 23, 2006 I call on ED docs at hospitals every day so when I'm at my appt tomorrow morning, I'll show my ankle and ask them what they think. I'll report back what the heck this is...I'm curious myself. _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marks 0 #19 February 23, 2006 QuoteThe dark center on mine isn't as big like in your pic. the flesh eating affect takes time, it will. mine wasnt like that either. it was swollen and red with 2 tiny little holes from the teeth. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yamtx73 0 #20 February 23, 2006 QuoteI call on ED docs at hospitals every day so when I'm at my appt tomorrow morning, I'll show my ankle and ask them what they think. I'll report back what the heck this is...I'm curious myself. Keep us posted but that sounds like a brown recluse bite... over a period of time (and you'd be surprised at how short a time it takes) it will literally eat/rot your flesh away. Please don't put this off too long, the consequences could be extremely serious.... The only naturals in this sport shit thru feathers... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marks 0 #21 February 23, 2006 QuoteQuoteI call on ED docs at hospitals every day so when I'm at my appt tomorrow morning, I'll show my ankle and ask them what they think. I'll report back what the heck this is...I'm curious myself. Keep us posted but that sounds like a brown recluse bite... over a period of time (and you'd be surprised at how short a time it takes) it will literally eat/rot your flesh away. Please don't put this off too long, the consequences could be extremely serious.... I will have to second this, I went 4 days where it seemed like it was healing with really not much advancment in the healing. just was kinda there, then litterally within 1 hours period of time, there was an infection running up past my waist, the bite was near my ankle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ExAFO 0 #22 February 23, 2006 QuoteI call on ED docs at hospitals every day so when I'm at my appt tomorrow morning, I'll show my ankle and ask them what they think. I'll report back what the heck this is...I'm curious myself. Erm... what do Erectile Dysfunction MDs have to do w/spider bites?Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RkyMtnHigh 0 #23 February 23, 2006 I picked at it with a tweezer to get the icky stuff out of the middle and the black dot or potential stinger out of both spots..regardless I'll make a stop by the ED in the morning and report back. _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #24 February 23, 2006 I'd go now, seriously 1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RkyMtnHigh 0 #25 February 23, 2006 QuoteQuoteI call on ED docs at hospitals every day so when I'm at my appt tomorrow morning, I'll show my ankle and ask them what they think. I'll report back what the heck this is...I'm curious myself. Erm... what do Erectile Dysfunction MDs have to do w/spider bites? No dilly! ED=Emergency Department. They HATE being referred to as Emergency Room or ER. I've been calling on them for about 10 yrs so I've heard the complaint for awhile now. _________________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
