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boardsurfer · Jul 18, 2005, 11:20 AM

So I got bit by a spider and I need help figuring out what it is.
Here is a picture

It is tough to search google for something that you don't know the name of.

If anyone could point me in the right direction I would be grateful. The bite is over a week old and it is just now starting to get ugly. It had all but gone away and then I decided to pick at it, now I have a huge crater in my forearm. It hurts and it's getting worse. Any help is appreciated.

JustAnOl'Broad · Jul 18, 2005, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by boardsurfer

So I got bit by a spider and I need help figuring out what it is.
Here is a picture

Did find some pics; googled spider bites.
Pretty ugly stuff.
http://www.brown-recluse.com/spiderinfo.html

Try this link - but if you just ate avoid the page on bites.
Go to a DR and get well soon.
Patti~

Zimphire · Jul 18, 2005, 11:34 AM

Did it get you on your ass?

Sky Captain · Jul 18, 2005, 11:39 AM

Dude, you've been nailed by a Recluse.
My twin brother is still recovering from a bite.
It's the infection that gets you. The recluse has a necrotizing bacteria in it's venom.

JustAnOl'Broad · Jul 18, 2005, 11:41 AM

Good news is in viewing these pics side by side - yours looks
alot different. Legs aren't hairy; different colors.

ManOfSteal · Jul 18, 2005, 11:44 AM

Yuck.

boardsurfer · Jul 18, 2005, 11:46 AM

Doctor appt is later today. I was hoping to be able to tell him what it was. I was pretty sure that it is not a brown recluse - just based on the results of the bite. I dont have the giant gaping open wound, just a little volcano looking thing.

Hugi · Jul 18, 2005, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by JustAnOl'Broad

Did find some pics; googled spider bites.
Pretty ugly stuff.
http://www.brown-recluse.com/spiderinfo.html

Try this link - but if you just ate avoid the page on bites.
Go to a DR and get well soon.
Patti~

Good lord.

boardsurfer · Jul 18, 2005, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by Zimphire

Did it get you on your ass?

if I say yes, are you gonna ask for pics?

ManOfSteal · Jul 18, 2005, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by boardsurfer

if I say yes, are you gonna ask for pics?

No, but I'd be tempted to ask for a video...ehhh...

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Jul 18, 2005, 11:50 AM

Originally Posted by boardsurfer

if I say yes, are you gonna ask for pics?

He is definitely hoping for some by the sound of it.

At any rate, you might want to take that spider to the doctor with you.

JustAnOl'Broad · Jul 18, 2005, 11:52 AM

Found another link that may help; not alot of pics, but
talks of treating same.

[How are these bites treated?
Frequently, when people with spider bites call the Poison Center, they think there is some special treatment that is necessary for their bite. There is no specialized therapy other than treating the symptoms. Most importantly, keep the wound clean to prevent infection. If the wound does not heal or does develop an infection, see your physician. Do not wait days and weeks while the wound continues to get worse.

There are tales of people having limbs amputated after spider bites. These involve people who refused to see a physician even though they had massive wounds that did not heal and became grossly infected. A wound that may have been originally treated with simple oral antibiotics, but left untreated, may require surgical intervention in extreme cases.]

Hope this helps.
P~

boardsurfer · Jul 18, 2005, 11:56 AM

Thanks for looking around 'Broad. I found a similar link just now

The bite itself is often not particularly painful. But over the next several hours, the poison begins to kill the tissues around it which is quite painful. This reaction gives a whitish appearance immediately surrounding the bite with a large reddened area around the white area.

This is exactly what is happening.

Sage · Jul 18, 2005, 12:05 PM

Entomology is the study of insects, not arachnids.

boardsurfer · Jul 18, 2005, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by Sage

Entomology is the study of insects, not arachnids.

I knew someone would say that. I couldn't figure out the right word.

JoshuaZ · Jul 18, 2005, 12:40 PM

Dude, on this Japan forum I cruse someone posted some pictures of Japanese spiders.... man... how I am going to miss our small Wisconsin spiders compared to the giant Asian ones...

Paco500 · Jul 18, 2005, 12:50 PM

Find a number for the insect zoo at the smithsonian institution (museum of natural history) in Washington, DC- they helped me identify a spider over email within about 15 min- I called them, got an email, the looked at the pics and sent me a response right away- very nice, very helpful, very cool.

Just Google them.

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ

Dude, on this Japan forum I cruse someone posted some pictures of Japanese spiders.... man... how I am going to miss our small Wisconsin spiders compared to the giant Asian ones...

ort888 · Jul 18, 2005, 01:25 PM

A small volcano like bump is the sign of a spider egg sack. The baby spiders are probably making their way to your brain as I type this and you will soon be a slave to their will.

jcadam · Jul 18, 2005, 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by ort888

A small volcano like bump is the sign of a spider egg sack. The baby spiders are probably making their way to your brain as I type this and you will soon be a slave to their will.

generally, the first thing they do is alter your sexual orientation

Zimphire · Jul 18, 2005, 02:41 PM

Originally Posted by boardsurfer

if I say yes, are you gonna ask for pics?

Only if you are vaginally inclined.

budster101 · Jul 18, 2005, 03:21 PM

Go to the ER, screw the appointment.... jesus. You probably need some anti-biotics...

boardsurfer · Jul 18, 2005, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by ort888

A small volcano like bump is the sign of a spider egg sack. The baby spiders are probably making their way to your brain as I type this and you will soon be a slave to their will.

so thats that tingly feeling I have going up my arm.

Maybe I should go jump off a building or try to climb a wall or something.

brb.

davidflas · Jul 18, 2005, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by boardsurfer

so thats that tingly feeling I have going up my arm.

Maybe I should go jump off a building or try to climb a wall or something.

brb.

..But seriously, if you're having tingly feelings up your arm.. go to a DR and now.. really...

bstone · Jul 18, 2005, 11:24 PM

One only ever uses antibiotics in the case of a clear bacterial infection. Inflammation, swelling and pain is clearly not the only result of a bacterial infection (tho it does typically indicate infection).

Please, for the love of Jah, don't go around thinking you need and then demand for antibiotics. A doctor might write an Rx, but that is a terrible idea. It results in strain resistant bacteria who were once killed by antibiotics. Even many doctors these days are treating just the symptoms and letting the immune system do the rest.

budster101 · Jul 18, 2005, 11:26 PM

Get a match and some gun powder... cauderize it. pansie.

He may need anti-venom.

boardsurfer · Jul 18, 2005, 11:58 PM

Well over the course of the day it has begun to clear a little. It still looks nasty, but the necrosis seems to have let up. The area of dead skin is all but gone (I mean, it's not progressing any further). I do however still have a mini volcano on my arm. The ooze has gone from yellow nastyness to clear and very liquidy. Got a prescription for something today - cant remember the name but I'll pick it up tomorrow. I didn't ask specifically for antibiotic, but I'm sure that is what he gave.

ASIMO · Jul 19, 2005, 12:52 AM

May I have your boards if you die?

boardsurfer · Jul 19, 2005, 12:58 AM

Well, I have a 7-2 Brewer that no matter how much I baby it, it gets smacked every time I take it out. And a 6-1 cracker that hasn't seen a scratch no matter how much I beat on it. You'll have to get in line for the Brewer.

BoomStick · Jul 19, 2005, 09:08 AM

He probably gave you Ceclor for the antibiotic.

I JUST recovered from a brown recluse bite that had me in the hospital for 3 days and out of work for 3 weeks.

My hospital bill so far is $8000.

budster101 · Jul 19, 2005, 09:11 AM

Boom! Where you been dog!?

Missed you dude.
8,000 end to ends eh? Whoa. Dat's smack.

Oh, sorry, this isn't the ebonics thread.

BoomStick · Jul 19, 2005, 09:24 AM

I've been sick from that spider bite.

Lemme tell you, it's far worse than you can imagine.

I got bit on the wrist while sleeping, but I immediately went to the Doctor's office the next morning.

However necrosis set in quickly and my whole arm became infected with a secondary staph infection.

They cut the skin from my wrist and I got IV antibiotics for three days in the hospital and spent the next three weeks having bandages changed three times a day.

The only good note is I still have a hundred Oxycotins left over that I didn't take.

Zimphire · Jul 19, 2005, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by BoomStick

The only good note is I still have a hundred Oxycotins left over that I didn't take.

What mg?

wdlove · Jul 19, 2005, 10:19 AM

I'm happy to hear that you will be visiting your physician this afternoon. That is a very smart idea.

boardsurfer · Jul 19, 2005, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by BoomStick

He probably gave you Ceclor for the antibiotic.

I JUST recovered from a brown recluse bite that had me in the hospital for 3 days and out of work for 3 weeks.

My hospital bill so far is $8000.

thanks for that. how big did the wound get? was it a crater that oozed yellow gunk? did it spread to a huge area like in some pics on the net?

today I am feeling pretty good. The necrosis has definately subsided a bit. I still have swelling though, and I can get the yellow gunk if I squeeze hard enough - but that hurts like a mother*******.

BoomStick · Jul 19, 2005, 02:25 PM

It ate out a hole the size of a half dollar.

By the time they got through with surgery, I could see the tendons below.

I had to allow the skin to regenerate because he was afraid of grafting into envenomated tissue.

The infection was the worst part. My whole arm swelled up and I was on IV antibiotics for 3 days.

Tell the doctor it feels like you have been hit with a hammer and you'll get some great pain meds.