Comments on: Spider Bite (?)

By: Spider wounds

Spider wounds — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:54:26 +0000

I completely agree here. Even though there are not many fatalities in US due to spider bites but still we need to know how to prevent it and treat it, else one might face serious consequences.

By: Dani

Dani — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:42:35 +0000

I was bitten by on my foot by something several years ago. I always assumed it was a spider. It was right on the metatarsal-phalangeal joint of my second toe on my right foot. I am fairly certain it was a spider in my tennis shoe, which I frequently threw on without socks to run outside. We saw various spiders all the time, in and out of the house, they don’t bother me much. First it just was itchy, then red, then swollen, looking like a large mosquito bite, bluish and bruised in the center. 2 Days later, I was at urgent care, with a temp of 103.4, a red line up to my knee, and couldn’t put weight on the foot. It was extremely painful, swollen…felt like someone was holding a lit cigarette to the bone, it hurt/burned from the inside out. They diagnosed cellulitis, and 5 days of IV Rocephin, rest and crutches did the trick. It was then that I learned from local vector control that the brown recluse doesn’t live here. Because, naturally, I assumed it was the nastiest of spiders I also learned how bad cellulitis can get, so I still tell friends to keep an eye on that bite, take pics daily, measure the size, and watch for signs of infection.

By: Carol Andrews

Carol Andrews — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:18:49 +0000

Believe it or not, a Daddy Longlegs bit me on the left foot between my big and second toes. This is practically unheard of. It may have happened because he had been threatened when I flipped him/her off my sleeve and itlanded on my foot. At first there was a burning sensation as it turned red. Then it spread turning dark blue and red and my toes and the area above my toes became swollen. I couldn’t put a shoe on for a week. Large red areas appeared on my arms,legs, torso and the left side of my face below my eye became swollen and red. I was put on Arythromycin, kept my foot elevated with ice bags. I believe that the spider was able to pierce the
thin skin between my toes. (Incidentally, I live in New England where DLL are common.) I have since heard that their poison is extremely powerful and know of one other person who was also bitten by a DLL.

By: Tori

Tori — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:19:35 +0000

Well I don’t like spiders there iky so yupppp

By: weldon

weldon — Tue, 31 May 2011 03:35:04 +0000

Thanks for your picture. I was bit by something on my ARM. Several days later I had the same type of place come up on my middle finger. My docs had no idea what was going on. Thanks

By: Roids

Roids — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:43:08 +0000

I spent a month with Dr. Bernie Ackerman, renowned dermatopathologist and controversial figure. As we looked at skin samples under the microscope I used to get a laugh when he “ruled out arthropod assault” as the cause of the lesion. The idea of being assaulted by a spider struck me as quite whimsical. But I was the only one laughing.

By: Rose

Rose — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:20:16 +0000

Paul, thanks so much for saying this — I have been looking all over the internet to identify a few insect bites that my son received one night last week. He got four bites in widely separated areas (back, forearm, chest) and each bite has two to three puncture wounds in a very straight row, very close together (about 1/16″ between each puncture). Every website I see all I read is three holes in a row mean bed bugs, but these three punctures are clearly NOT three bites — they are one bite, with three punctures. Two punctures would mean a spider. I cannot find anything that identifies three punctures. But at last I found someone (thanks Paul) who will at least say there are creatures that do come out at night and bite like this!

By: Bev

Bev — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:47:36 +0000

Question on muscle pain after a spider bite?? I got bitten by a spider in Nevada in late March which resulted in a large blister and then necrosis of the skin in that area followed by cellulitis. The doctor prescribed antibiotics to clear up the infection which took about 6 weeks for the wound to stop oozing. The bite was on my left abdomen. Within a month of the bite, I started to have pain in my left hip area. It feels as if the muscles just can’t support my hip and lower back. The pain is so intense it will wake me from a deep sleep and bring me to tears when I try to change sleeping positions. The dr has taken a hip xray and says it’s moderate arthritis. Has anyone else experienced muscle pain/atrophy following a spider bite? I’ve not injured my hip in any way and the anti inflamatories the dr prescribed only minimally mask the pain. I’ve not ever had any pain due to arthritis in the past.

By: paul

paul — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:17:16 +0000

you are totally wrong that spiders dont bit you at night. several species are parasites that hide near your bed and feed on you frequently.
they eat off the top layer of skin and then when the blood oozes a bit the feed on that too. they MAY secrete some kind of anesthetic to keep you from feeling it and waking you. they dont eat much but some of the breeds do cause allergic kindof immune reactions like arthritis kind of stiffness in the morning. they have a pattern of eating and making a small wound – then when they get deep enought or long enough in one spot to rouse you a bit they move a few mm and start over, the line of dits gets smaller and smaller – up to 7 or 9 little wounds – sometimes only one or a few dots. so stop saying they dont parasite off people at night – they absolutely do – more than one breed does it.

By: kerry quick

kerry quick — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:02:00 +0000

On Dec 24th 2008 I noticed a huge blacked rise under my arm pit the pain is undescribable the redness stretches the size of your index finger long and the pain goes from wrist to down my side did i mention the pain is undescribable it looked like a volcane and has erupted and is very very green and puss pours from it within 6-8 hours I couldn’t hardly move had no energy and found it hard to breath as of today 12/29/08 the green part it falling out and I can see a huge hole under neath my husband has been bitten on his forearm in a hotel room and on the back of his foot about 3 months ago it was bad I believe I got bitten one of 3 ways I went iut to the shed to retrieve x-mas presents to wrap theres ton’s of spiders out there mostly in boxes and cabinet’s or in one of 2 sweatshirts i put on that had been stored by the back door same way I was bitten in oct of 07 beside belly button not painful skin had same symptoms though when i showed my in-laws the bite I have now they gasped and said that’s a fiddleback bite I live in tennessee and it’s nothing to see fiddlebacks and black widows all the time I may have rolled over on it in my sleep I sleep with my right arm up against wall exposing that area who knows but I have personally killed about ten of them in my kitchen floor in the past year. I cannot describe in words the pain I’m in I don’t believe child birth is as painful as this no joking. tell me what you think I can text you a picture if youd like just let me know. thanks for you time