2nd Spider Bite in 2 Months

[AceHoleGoober]

This time from a little brown bastard that looked similar to a brown recluse but had thicker and fuzzier legs.

At first I thought the little bump was a pimple or something similar so I didn't pay any attention to it. After 2 days the wound had grown to about the size of a small marble, red 'lines' appeared running up towards my elbow and a hole opened-up in my arm. Not cool.

Made an appointment with the doctor and saw him the next day. He confirmed it was indeed a spider bite and prescribed anti-biotics. I had already applied BiteRX when I realized it was a spider bite which the doc commended me for. He also commented that because of the increased swelling rate I'm probably allergic to spiders. He's going to run some tests to confirm.

Tonight I'm staying at a friends house while bug bombs are going off in my apartment. Nuking the little bastages to hell. I'd be really surprised if any bug in and within close proximity of my apartment survived the onslaught. I'm out for freaking blood; theirs.

I'll warn you all right now, the pics aren't for the squeamish. Not responsible for lost dinner.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...ff/AceGoober_Spider_Bite_2_001_01-01-2011.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...ff/AceGoober_Spider_Bite_2_002_01-01-2011.jpg

 

[Jadow]

If you increase a few levels your aggro radius will decrease and they won't come after you.

 

[grohl]

Thought I was gonna see MRSA infection but that actually looks like a spider bite. A real one!

 

[911paramedic]

Looks more like a staph infection.

 

[Jeeebus]

Pics of Syringer latched onto your arm?

 

[DrPizza]

Wow, I didn't expect a wound that large.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

I'm allergic to spiders and ended up with soft tissue infections after every bite.

Keflex, an antibiotic, cured me really quickly. As soon as I noticed I had a bite, super hot skin in the bite area, very tender & painful, red & swollen. I would pop a double dose of Keflex and apply steaming hot compresses to the affected area to bring the infection to the top and drain with minimla pushing as I did not any scarring.

I think my body finally adpated as I was allergic for a good 6yrs and have yet to be affected the last 10.

Worst bite was the first. I had 2 at the same time, one on my back and one on my arm. Had no idea what they were until I could barely move my arm and went to emergency room. The scrubbed out the one on my back and commented it looked like raw beef and the one on my arm just oozed for a few days until the Keflex took hold.

 

[crownjules]

 

[Schadenfroh]

Looks more like a staph infection.

It can easily be both...

Anyway, hope it heals right up, OP.

In the situation of the OP's place:

Only way to be sure...

 

[Jeff7]

Time to find a strong wide-field gamma radiation source, and sterilize your house.


(Incidentally, I think I have an idea that would render pest fumigation obsolete.)

 

[Moonbeam]

Damn, are you sure you don't have any cockroach genes?

 

[exdeath]

Definately a brown recluse bite. No other spiders in the US have the significant amount of hemotoxin required to cause that kind of tissue disruption. I thought they were mostly in the south, but we have our own relative called the Arizona Recluse here in the west. The most common brownish spider is the wolf spider but those are hardly even venomous to humans at all.

Was it a plain waxy looking color with no stripes or anything?

 

[Tsavo]

Are you developing any kind of enhanced ability to sense things...a spider sense, if I may?

 

[Udgnim]

Brown Recluse Spiders can go fuck themselves

go look up pictures of their bites and be happy that your bite wounds don't even compare

 

[fralexandr]

brown recluse type spiders are probably the only ones that can create wounds that big and match the description from the op, but they normally cause more necrosis/darkened/blackened flesh.

 

[borisvodofsky]

brown recluse type spiders are probably the only ones that can create wounds that big and match the description from the op, but they normally cause more necrosis/darkened/blackened flesh.

If the dude is allergic you have to take that into account.

Although who ISN"T allergic to spider venom,, i mean that's a stupid question,, is it?? hmmmmmmm

 

[BoomerD]

Are you developing any kind of enhanced ability to sense things...a spider sense, if I may?

Apparently not...not if the second spider was able to sneak up on him and bite him again...

 

[rockyct]

Anyone else remember that guy who was collecting and raising black widow spiders for whatever twisted reason?

 

[exdeath]

brown recluse type spiders are probably the only ones that can create wounds that big and match the description from the op, but they normally cause more necrosis/darkened/blackened flesh.

Those nasty ones you see on the internet are worst case as a result of secondary infection weeks later from not cleaning the bite and using antibiotics. A bite that is taken care of and clean looks like the OPs that just starts as a blister that turns into a crater. Sometimes you'll see a blueish ring before the blister sloughs off but OPs pic is well beyond that stage. All you can do is wait for the venom to run it's course and scrape away the dead tissue and apply antibiotics to keep it from getting infected until it heals.

OP did well to take care of it immediately and seek medical attention, that's why it doesn't look as nasty. The ones on the internet don't see a doctor until after half their hand is rotted away from gangrene, not the bite itself. Most toxins just irritate and discolor tissue, they don't kill cells and prevent them from regenerating like hemotoxin does (it destroys red blood cells and makes cell life in the affected area impossible).