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Panich52

(5,829 posts) Thu Apr 30, 2015, 10:13 AM Apr 2015

10 things to know about brown recluse spiders

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10 things to know about brown recluse spiders

It's their active season. Here are ten things to know about these venomous spiders that like to live where we do.

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10 things to know about brown recluse spiders (Original Post) Panich52 Apr 2015 OP

nasty...I got bit by one years ago...got very, very ill. nt antigop Apr 2015 #1

Unauthenticated treatment libodem Apr 2015 #2

I got bit by a brown recluse MosheFeingold Apr 2015 #3

OMG! libodem May 2015 #4

The only bug I fear... damyank913 May 2015 #5

You know those warnings on bug poison miss-use is a violation of federal law? MosheFeingold May 2015 #6

antigop

(12,778 posts)

1. nasty...I got bit by one years ago...got very, very ill. nt

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 10:23 AM

Apr 2015

libodem

(19,288 posts)

2. Unauthenticated treatment

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 10:50 AM

Apr 2015

That I heard somewhere, stated you should use triple antibiotic ointment plus an antifungal ointment. Apparently the necrosis takes place because fungus and bacteria are working together.

If I find any fang marks I start with both ointments from the get go.

Spider bites look like two little holes---- :

Little bastids.

MosheFeingold

(3,051 posts)

3. I got bit by a brown recluse

Reply to libodem (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 07:04 PM

Apr 2015

Cleaning out an old office. Crawled up my pants leg. Bit me on the inner thigh.

Triple AB ointment would be like trying to put out a 5 alarm fire with a water gun.

By the next morning (I didn't go to the doctor because I thought it was just an ugly spider) I had ugly black spot about the size of a half dollar with nasty green lines shooting down to my foot and up to my groin and stomach.

They put me on an IV with 2-3 types of antibiotics (plus oral AB) as I was just a couple hours from having septic shock and dying.

I was in the hospital for a solid week.

It's a BAD deal.

libodem

(19,288 posts)

4. OMG!

Reply to MosheFeingold (Reply #3)

Fri May 1, 2015, 12:47 AM

May 2015

That is horrible. I worked with a woman who had a bite on her ankle. I caught a whiff of necrosis when I got close one time. I don't know if her wound ever closed.

She probably needed treatment like yours!

damyank913

(787 posts)

5. The only bug I fear...

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2015, 10:31 AM

May 2015

...at least in my area. God damned godless brown recluse. Every year I look them up to be sure I can correctly identify them.

MosheFeingold

(3,051 posts)

6. You know those warnings on bug poison miss-use is a violation of federal law?

Reply to damyank913 (Reply #5)

Mon May 4, 2015, 10:17 AM

May 2015

I violated every single one of them when I cleaned out my sister's house after she died.

The house was pretty much disused for a year, very dusty and spiderwebs everywhere.

I set off probably 20 bug bombs in there the week before I came and cleaned it out. Two in every room, 4 in the garage. I just turned off the hot water heater so the place didn't blow up.

Then we came back and opened drawers and every cabinet and nuked it again.

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