Comments on: Brown Recluse Spider Bite

By: Phillip L.

Phillip L. — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:47:02 +0000

My name is Phillip and I live in central Florida with my wife. We just recently moved into our first home. I was bitten on Thursday and didnt notice the bite until later that afternoon. It had a white head on it so I assumed it was a pimple so I popped it. Just some advice, if your not sure what it is dont mess with it. I was squeezing the hell out of this thing and I later learned that because of this I spread the venom further into my hand. Im a chef by trade so this was problematic for me.

The pain that I feel is undescribable, it feels like 3rd degree burns. My wife researched spider bites and came across this website. When I seen the picture of the brown recluse bite it scared me because it looked exactly like what I had. I had her take me to the E.R and they wound up giving me a tetnis shot and some antibiotics, as well as some pain pills. Im still in a lot of pain but see some progress. For those of you that have a high tolerance with pills you might wanna consider self medicating. Here is my bite.

By: Astralan

Astralan — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:08:33 +0000

After 7 months, I had it cut out. Took 2 layers of stitches, skin taking 10. Dr. said it was a recluse.

By: Tallred

Tallred — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:45:54 +0000

This is just to let others know what I found out, the brown recluse’s bite does not always form a pimple, sometimes it a bite with a black spot in the center. In Texas it’s a common spider. I got bit, just thought it was a scorpin, later a spot on my leg swelled up and turned black, I keep squeezing it and a liquid came out was putting tinactin on it, it went down after a little time. I don’t rember how much later I was bitten again. This time I saw the spider. In total I have been bitten 5 times. I developed algeries to a lot of things around me, willow trees, cats, rye grass, etc.

While getting seen by a doctor, I told him all this was caused by the recluse, he didn’t think so, I asked if he wanted me to get him one to see. He said yes, so I got him a good size male and gave it to him, after it was dead. He took it to who ever id these things and they told him yes. The reason I tell you this is sometimes when you get bit, you can give off something that will attract them back to you. My husband used to call them my pets. They would crawl across him to get to me. A nurse there also said that they come after you sometimes. It does not always happen, but sometimes it does. This is just a word to the wise. After the allergy shots they stopped. I watch them to learn their ways and I’ve killed everyone I have found.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:30:21 +0000

For the person who asked what (mercer) = MRSA is: MRSA infections, some times known as Mersa infections, are caused by Staph aureus bacteria. This bacteria is carried by 1 in 3 people but the drug resistant type known as MRSA is only found in about 1% of the population. MRSA colonization does occur in otherwise healthy people but often mrsa carriers will not suffer an infection until the staph attacks an illness, wound or graze area. Antibiotics used against these staph infections often encounter multi-drug resistant strains (MRSA), which are often acquired as a result of hospital infection. Community Acquired MRSA is a different type of mrsa bacteria. It mainly causes skin infections and can be treated by more drugs. It does however spread faster and can do more damage than the hospital strain to those it infects.

By: KIWI

KIWI — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:17:14 +0000

Ok about 4 days ago i noticed that i had a redness around a small what looked like a pimple on my right breast. But after another day it got very swollen and even redder, family told me it was a ingrown hair or boil. It has been bugging me, so i started to take antibiotics n cleaning the area with peroxide and alcohol.

the swelling went down and the redness went away a little, so i thought nothing of it. But about a hour ago i looked at it and i noticed that the scab on it had came off and it looked like white puss inside. Then i put peroxide on it and i noticed there is a hole there. Tomorrow i am going straight to the e.r. so that i could get some medical attention. Very worried and scared I will be sure to keep you all posted I will post pics up soon.

By: Astralan

Astralan — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:05:46 +0000

Post 327: from my research, if the bite has been properly taken care of it will not come back. However it is entirely possible that you could have reinfected the bite area. This should be taken as an entirely new episode and have it looked at by a physician.

By: Diane Battle

Diane Battle — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:39:58 +0000

Tammy Peacock, I cannot give you an exact location on the internet but somewhere it does have information on reoccurrence of these bites. If I remember correctly, it said if the site of the bite was in some way hit or bumped it could come back. It also said they sometime come back at the anniversary time of the original bite. I hate to give you this news as I have gone through months of pain, vascular surgery and enough dressings to supply a hospital. I was checking everything under brown recluse spider bites when I found out about this. I’ll keep you in my prayers.
diane

By: brianna hammonds

brianna hammonds — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:00:34 +0000

helllo! i just wanted to post a comment about my sister. well anyways she has been bite by a spider and we dont know what it was. her arm was swole and very sore so we took her to the hospital. they said whatever it was was moving too fast to be a brown recluse. i think it is because the pictures look just what her arm looks like. i just would like to know what it was.

– brianna

By: Chad R

Chad R — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:50:18 +0000

I was bit on Friday night on my ankle by what im assuming was a brown recluse..it seems to be the popular spider to blame. Saturday i wasn’t in much pain then Sunday came around and it was bothering me pretty bad. I didnt think much of it though. Then i woke up monday morning and as soon as i got out of bed i fell to the ground the pain was so bad. I went to the doctor and he scraped the little scab away to get any puss out then because the bite damage spread into my joint(i had troubles walking) he gave my a shot right away. I dont know what the shot was. He then gave me Bactrim DS tablets and told me to take them one tablet twice a day. it tuesday night now and it still hurts really bad :/

By: Astralan

Astralan — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:00:03 +0000

Caught this little quarter-sized bugger taking a stroll across the living room carpet, so at least I know where the bites are coming from. By the way, 30c Ledum has worked for me on three bites. The last one is finally going away.