Comments on: Spider Bite Treatment

By: Carole Newman

Carole Newman — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:13:03 +0000

I live in Western West Virginia. Yesterday, I sat down at my computer desk. I had a pair of shorts on at the time, when all of a sudden I felt a horrible sting, kind of like a bee sting, but even worse. I yelled out….”ouch”, and just than I felt another sting in the same place. It felt as though someone was sticking straight pins in the back of my right leg.

I have always found oil of oregano to be very helpful because it is an anti-toxin. I ran out to the kitchen and took three capsules. It just kept stinging like a bee sting for several hours. There was a red puffy place for about an hour, and then the swelling went completely down. I put ice on it, and figured it was ok because there was no swelling. I looked all around my computer desk, in my shorts, etc., but did not see any spiders or bees on the floor. All night long, the place on my leg had a terrible itch, but there is no distinct place, it just itches. Should I just assume the itching will stop on its own or should I tell the doctor. I have no fever around it and no markings, just itching.

Any advice would be appreciated.

By: ali

ali — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:29:14 +0000

i went camping recently and i got many mosquito bites, and i had tennis shoes and ankle socks on. i thought i had a mosquito bite under my sock, but was too careless to look at it. later when i went home i checked it out. it is a spider bite and a mosquito bite in one, the mos. bite is rite next to the spider bite. the spider left two red holes, leaving my bites raised and itchy and red. any help?

By: christopher esquibel

christopher esquibel — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:50:20 +0000

All my life I have been bitten by spiders and i have only been to the doctors twice to get help with them because the bumps was to big and there wasn’t a scab. Anyways i have always found that fixing the problem has easy bu painful. i would let the bumps get big and then once the volcano like scab areas i cut the scab and squeeze it. puss will come out of it and then that’s when you put peroxide and let it bubble and then you finish up with alcohol. squeezing helps so does the alcohol. one more thing you have to watch out for the big volcano like bits because i had one as deep as my pinky and i have to pull out a puss bubble in order to start the healing process.

By: Barb Wellman

Barb Wellman — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:49:45 +0000

A poltice made of sage (like you use in your turkey dressing) and water will do wonders for a spider bite. Another good poltice is to take a piece of bread and soak it in milk, and cover the bite or infection, hold in place with a bandage for both treatments. Of course, if things get worse or you are having an allergic reaction, go to the Doctor, but in the meanwhile, this will not hurt anything. I have used these many, many times, and I am here to tell you that they work.

By: Jean

Jean — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:21:42 +0000

Kenia- posting #10 – It sounds to me as if you guys might have bedbugs!!! For bedbug information, go to badbedbugs.com. It’s the best site I’ve stumbled across for accurate information and identification.

I’m glad I stumbled across this site regarding spiders because the place we are in right now ~does~ have Brown Recluse spiders. We haven’t been bitten yet, thank God, but are very paranoid because the landlord says “It’s just another spider!” (Yes, sir, just another ~poisonous~ spider!) Between the bedbugs, spiders, millipedes, and various other insects this place is teeming with, it’s good to know that there are products like the suction one mentioned in this article. I’ll look for one next time I’m in Walmart!!!

By: Evan

Evan — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:06:45 +0000

If you’re out away from doctors or a hospital, the best thing to do is baking soda and water – make a paste, and keep reapplying. It will form a scab and drain in a few days. That will take much of the swelling and venom away – maybe not all, but A LOT. The redness is inclined to hang around for months, until new skin replaces old skin. Forget the amputations. They’re not necessary. Also – apply the baking soda paste mixture AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. The sooner you can do this, the more misery you’ll bypass. Good luck all.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 31 May 2010 06:00:59 +0000

Got bit by a brown spider (not a recluse) on the left inside knee while sleeping. Have a small blister 1/4″ long, 1/8″ wide in the center of a 2.5″x3.5″ pink area. Itched.

Figured I got bit by something. Put cold ice pack on it for an hour, got rid of the itching. Made up a poultice of golden seal root and honey, put it on a band aid, put it over the blister, and went to sleep…

Next morning, the blister was about 1/8″ high, but seemed clear. pink area was less pink. Took a sterile needle, pricked the blister and drained out clear fluid.

Made another poultice like before, put that on the wound… Later that evening, pink area is much less pink, blister is dried out, little crusty. Cleaned the area, changed bandage/poultice…

Honey is an anti-bacterial/anti-fungal. Golden seal is a blood purifier, draws out infection… Works great…

By: Jade

Jade — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:48:50 +0000

I think I got bit on my neck from a spider. This happened Sunday night while I was sleeping. Woke up Monday morning and it was so itchy. Of course, I scratched it thinking it was a mosquito bite. Well, now it’s swollen and red. It still itches like crazy and it hurts a lot. I don’t know what to do to get rid of it. it’s a bite right where the Adams apple would be on a male. Thank you. I’ll send a pic soon.

By: ann

ann — Tue, 11 May 2010 15:45:30 +0000

I woke up last Fri. with red, swollen foot, the top of my foot. As the day progressed my foot got more swollen and more painful. I was away from home and didn’t have all the usual remedies at my disposal. I started applying tea tree oil, and taking an anti inflammatory in high doses. Saturday and Sunday it was really painful and very swollen and hard for me to walk. I came home Sun. night and also applied tea tree oil to the area, besides the lavender oil. (these are high grade essential oils, with anti bacterial, anti biotic properties) It is now Tues, and it hasn’t gotten worse. I am still taking high doses of an anti inflammatory (a natural one, containing boswellin, curcumin, ginger root extract, and bromelain) also I am going to start taking garlic in Kyolic form and ecchinacea. I hope this is of help to anyone who needs it.

By: sandra

sandra — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:17:00 +0000

I had a rash appear all over my neck, chest and stomach. The doctor told me that with the rash and the blood work he did that I have lupus, but he wanted a skin biopsy to confirm lupus. I had the biopsy and went to get the results. The dermatologist came in and said he could not believe what the results were. He said they found spider venom. I have had a spider bite sometime, but I don’t know when.

I have had the rash about two years. The doctors think the venom damaged my skin so when I get in the sun it brings it out. The lupus medicine has help with the rash. I can not stay on the lupus medicine much longer,due to the fact it affects eye site.I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem.