Eventually, that stops, and the small bumps and redness flatten out completely. A couple of weeks can go by, then the itching starts again! They have all left scars after several months. A few (a couple on my buttocks and one on the back of my neck at the hairline) have remained as hard, crusty sores that have absolutely no drainage–but itch too much to heal. any ideas? I haven’t a single reference to three-puncture bites.

On another note–I lived in Kansas for 33 years and can tell you that brown recluse bites start off not as big as a dime, are initially smooth and raised–light with a distinctive red rim, and two noticeable punctures in the center. Soaking in a hot bath will cause the bite to look like it’s scar tissue. My experience (for both myself and years later, my daughter) was to pick the ‘scar’ off and soak, repeating daily.

You’ll see that inside the wound is terraced flesh (no ookie stuff) where the poison has necrotized the flesh. I have a small round scar from doing this, but have known people who have ended up in the hospital for weeks while the docs remove continuously necrotizing flesh, ending up on crutches while they heal what’s left of their flesh–and talk about scarring!! The brown recluse favors ‘fatty’ areas, like upper thighs and buttocks–but doesn’t limit itself, ours were on the inside of knee.

It hurt when I touched it but I didn’t pay it any mind. An hour later it began to have a slight, dull pain and ached when I touched it. I felt nauseous so I went to go to sleep but I’m kinda worried now because its been about 3 hours that I’ve felt nauseous and it won’t stop.

Is it just the fact that I might be sick or do you think it could be caused by an actual bite?

I don’t have a pic because I can’t get one since its tucked away in a fold of my cartilage. Mum said it was a bit red though.

the swelling would go down so of course i tried popping it and honestly don’t remember anything coming out of it and so wen it gets a small scab type thing i pick it off but almost 3 days has passed i’ve cleaned it and everything and its very red hard and some what swollen.. it doesn’t itch but it does hurt wen i bend my arm or hit it never felt nothing bite me but who knows???

I accidentally popped the blister this morning in my sleep and when I examined it in the mirror it looked like a popped blister from walking too long in unbroken in shoes that oozed clear fluid for about fifteen minutes. Since then it has been oozing a yellow pus and the side of my sinuses with the bite have been stuffy. Unsure what to do about it, I’ve been keeping it clean and I’ve taken a generic allergy pill.

I tried comparing some of the pics I’d seen but being African American some that looked similar really weren’t because he doesn’t have the redness that many of the pictures of the Caucasian victims had. It is now about 1 1/2-2 inches in diameter and has a open sore in the middle hats a little smaller than an pencil eraser.

Its so swollen and he claims it hurts to touch it. I tried putting some hemorrhoid cream on it to reduce the swelling as I couldn’t find the Benedryl. I thought about A&D ointment but not sure if this would help. Is this something that will go away or do I need to go to the doctor? Don’t have anyway to post pictures but would appreciate some advice.

Saturday, I woke up with a dull headache & a feeling of stiffness around my neck. The said Boob was sore. On inspection. I found two very painful bite marks on either side of my right breast, one on the right side of my cleavage and the other as described above. Large inflamed red rings with a smaller darker red centre, with two sets of puncture marks on either side of the dark red centre which are still clearly visible .

As the day wore on, the muscles in my back went into spasm and the back of my legs hurt like hell (a throbbing pain down the back of both legs). Saturday night was hell, I didn’t sleep a wink the pain down my back and legs was unbelievable and my back itched in three spacific places on the right side of my body.

The whole of Sunday, I didn’t know what to do with myself, the pain continued down my back & into my legs. It was uncomfortable to sit, stand and/or lye down. I felt terrible, very lathargic & listless. Sunday night was the same as Saturday, the muscles in my back & legs were screaming but added to that, was a sharp pain running from my chest to my back.

Very early Monday morning I phoned the nursing Sister & asked her for a Voltaren Injection to help relieve the pain in my back & legs. She found three large welts on my back that were raised, rough to the touch with tinny spots. She advised me to have dry needling done to help relax the muscles, take anti-inflamitories, pain killers and take a course of antibiotics, which I have been doing.

It is Thursday 29th September, I still don’t feel great, however, the itching has reduced quite a lot, my back is not quite as bad but my legs are still throbbing and I still have the pain on the right side of my chest through to my back.

I did not see a spider or any other insect in my office but something clearly sunk its teeth into me.