Brown recluse bite damage?
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My husband got treatment in 3 days, and there is still a major mark where he was bitten.  It is a scar that will most likely always be there.  He was bitten 3 months ago.\n\nAnd it is more than just the skin it affects.  It starts to eat away at the tissue beneath the skin.  Very not pretty and very dangerous.  A brown recluse bite, if gone untreated, can cause death.\n\nAntibiotics help the secondary infections that are caused by brown recluse bites.  You certainly need to take them.
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I disagree with Sean's last sentence.  Many of the times you will not see the spider before you are bit.  I am a prime example of that.  I have no idea where I was when I was bit or when it happened exactly.  I could have rolled over in bed, sat in a chair, whatever.  I have no idea.\n\nAs for your question, I would be curious to know if the kits do work.  I went through a great deal of pain and general discomfort from my bite.  I did not suffer any tissue damage.  I am not sure anything would stop tissue damage from a recluse bite anyway.
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A brown recluse or other spider bite usually causes a local reaction or abscess rather than a systemic reaction (all over).  The bite may be a tick bite.  If it is, and from a rocky mountain spotted tick, you can develop a fever, headache and pain in the bones, especially joints and the back.  You need to be evaluated by a doctor and have a lymes test done to see if it was a tick.  Bear in mind tho, that alot of times the first lymes test may be negative even tho you may have it, so you may need tested more than once.  Spider bite will cause redness, pain, heat at the bite site, get progressively worse and if its a brown recluse, the center will start to get necrotic (black) and abscess.  Please get checked.
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I would ask a vet about this.  Some things you may not think about are places around the home where they can get into trouble.  I've heard of ferrets being killed getting in the wrong place under a recliner & the person in the recliner didn't know it was there so it got squashed.  Think about babyproofing the house.  Some houseplants may be harmful, just as some are to cats.
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http://www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/12403218 talks about the effects of bites\nhttp://jb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/134/6/799 discusses the toxins in the venom\nhttp://www.tanngethong.com/Antivenom.htm about antivenoms\n\ni hope this helps
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Whatever bit him it was nasty. Since there is no anti-venom it really doesn't matter. Get your brother in law to see a doc asap. He's unlikely to die of a bite but secondary infections could be lethal. More likely the longer he goes without treating it the more scarring and other possible damage that can be done.
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here are some websites if you match the spider up to any of the pictures then just read about it but i dont think it is anything like a black (black with red hourglass shape on back) or a brown recluse because it has a huge white butt and white stripes or dots \nhttp://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dbrown%2Brecluse%26sp%3D1%26fr2%3Dsp-top%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3DFP-tab-img-t-t400%26ei%3DUTF-8%26SpellState%3Dn-1248453388_q-mmgWoC1th5cTV6Vfxa5u%2FAABAA%40%40&w=300&h=328&imgurl=www.calpoison.com%2Fpublic%2Fbrown-recluse.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.calpoison.com%2Fpublic%2Fspiders.html&size=41.3kB&name=brown-recluse.jpg&p=brown+recluse&type=jpeg&no=7&tt=5,138&ei=UTF-8
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The bite can develop a bacterial infection.  Spider mouths are especially dirty..\n\nAfter reading again the details of your question, I think you need to go to the emergency room or urgent care clinic.  See a doctor right away.  The bite may have led to an infection...
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Hello!\nI don't mean to answer a question with a question initially, but are you sure it was a flea?  (Just curious)\n\nI recently had issues with fleas here in my apartment because of a neighbor who brought in a stray, flea infested, dog.\n\nI was bit all over my feet and ankles for about a month till we got the problem under control.  It was AWFUL!\n\nFlea bites itch like mad, of course.  Definitely competition for Mesquito bites.  LOL\n\nIF you take the steps to help keep your flea bite from itching rather than scratching at it, you'll heal within 2 weeks.   If you keep aggrivating it by scratching it, you'll damage your skin further and it'll take longer, of course.\n\nThere's really good Cortizone creams out there that you can get over the counter that help with the itch.   I bought Cortaid Advanced for me because I have a health condition that causes bites to itch much worse than normal so I got INSANE if I get bit by something that makes me itch. \n\nThe Cortaid Advanced lasts 24 hours (give or take a few hours depending on how sensative you are).\n\nKeep in mind, also, that unless you get some form of pest control, you'll be bit over and over again and fleas DO multiply quite rapidly.\n\nWe had to have a professional pest control company come in and saturate our carpets and spray all around our apartments to get the fleas under control.  Even then they're not completely gone, I still get bit from time to time.\n\nI ask if you're sure it's a flea that bit you because generally they do bite on the feet and ankles and it's likely you'd have numerous bites.\n\nGood luck to you!  Hope ya heal up quick :)
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The "rex" (as they are called) does live in parts of California.  I was bit by one and had to have skin removed because it was necrotic.  You can also have sores from sugar issues but these are usually on the legs and feet.  If you have the means, try to contact a spider bite clinic or look online for places that deal specifically with spider and snake bites.  These clinics usually have doctors that are trained in both specialties and they may be able to help you more than a regular ER doc.  From what I read, the female is more potent than the male and can live longer under harsher conditions.  If you still had venom in your system then I would be seeking help from a lawyer because if they treated you and misdiagnosed you - then gave you false information, they are liable.\n\nGood luck!  If you get a chance, let me know how this works out.  I know how much a bite can hurt ...
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Calemine lotion or any other cool lotion.  Also try draping a wet cloth over the affected area, running cold water over it or rubbing with an ice-cube.  You must avoid scratching - hard to do but you'll likely scratch the bites until they bleed.  I'm suffereing with the same thing at the moment - just had a cool bath which has helped.
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Whether you believe it or not, THE DADDY-LONG LEGS. It's venom is 10x more potent then the black widow or the brown recluse.  Why don't we think so?  Because it's mouth is to small to bite humans.  IT'S TRUE.
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The first thing you want to do with a bite wound is to mark it. Take a (NON TOXIC!!!) pen and draw a circle around where the swelling is, and write down the time either next to it or on a piece of paper.\n\nLater, say 20-30 minutes, check it again and remark it if swelling has increased, repeating the above steps.\n\nThis will help the ER staff and/or doctor know the severity of the wound. \n\nIMPORTANT: If at all possible, identify the spider. Squish it, take a photo, whatever! Just make sure it doesn't bite you again in the process. If you DO squish it, put it in a plastic bag and bring it into the doctor. They need to know if the spider is poisonous or not.
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The brown recluse spider is native to the United States from the southern Midwest south to the Gulf of Mexico. The native range lies roughly south of a line from southeastern Nebraska through southern Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana to southwestern Ohio. In the southern states, it is native from central Texas to western Georgia.\n I hope that helps answer ya question!!
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Myth: Spiders can lay their eggs under human skin in wounds created by their bites.\n\nFact: In a surprisingly widespread urban legend, a nameless woman is bitten by a spider (usually on her cheek) while on vacation. She later develops a swelling, from which, in due course, baby spiders emerge! Somehow or other, the venom must have transformed into eggs. Spiders, need I say, do not find the human body a suitable site for egglaying, and no actual case anything like this can be found anywhere in scientific or medical literature.\n\nThat is, unless you count as scientific literature the book Dancing Naked in the Mind Field by Nobel Prize chemist Kary Mullis. In one chapter, Mullis claims to have been bitten by a brown recluse spider in California (where no such spiders exist), that other spiders came back to feed on the resulting wound, and that female brown recluses feed their babies from such wounds. All this is sheer fantasy. As the name implies, real recluse spiders avoid humans like the plague if at all possible
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The doctor told me all spider bites are dangerous, stapf infcetions and such.  You need to get in to see a doctor.  You need antibiotics.  I was bit by a brown recluse and it not any fun.  I have taken care of them at home, but it takes longer to get over them.  I did what the doctor did, I lanced it and kept neosporin on it.  You really do need antibiotics though to get ove it faster.
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IF you have streaks that are darker/lighter running up your ankle, that is a sure sign of bacterial infection. Bug/spider bites can give a serious infection. Sounds as if you may have brown recluse spiders in your home. Get to a doctor immediately...this is nothing to play around with. Make sure before you put your shoes on that you shake them out very well...bang them on the floor, etc.  Some spiders, including recluse and black widows, love shoes to build webs in.