needless to say by this time it sent me into septic shock when i arrived to the er i had a blood pressure of 85/35 and had no clue where i was or that i was even alive. this staph infection ended up going to my heart and lungs. It caused my heart valve to leak creating a vegetated mass on my heart (i was 25 yrs old) the doctor who started treating my staph infection gave me so much penicillin that it literally sent my kidneys into shock and they had to cut my neck and put me on dialysis for 4 rounds. i was scared to death. anyways I am much better now, but i have learned from all of this that once you have something like this happen the best thing you can do is use antibacterial EVERYTHING. constantly sanitize your hands, don’t use anything of anyone elses, towels, clothes, nothing. once you get one of these, you will always be succeptable to them. as a matter of fact i was walking out onto my patio yesterday morning and there was a bees nest built in the track of my sliding glass door that i didnt know about and when i opened it, a wasp dive bombed me and he stung me on the cheek, and he must have gotten me on my left breast because i had a small little bitty bump come up and not the redness has spread and its about 4-5 inches wide and about 6 inched long.

i am going to have to go to the doctor tomorrow to get antibiotics so this doesn’t get any worse. anyways my best suggestions for any of you dealing with spider bites or staph infections, stay out of the lakes, rivers etc, i cant go into any of these its a guaranteed staph infection every time. Pools are the same way, but not quite as bad. i always use either safe guard soap or dial. they also have a newer antibiotic called staphaceptic (available at rite aid and walgreens, walmart doesn’t carry it) that helps with any type of these staph sores.

They tested my culture the first time and apparently I’m not MRSA positive.

I live in a basement apt in North Vancouver, Bc. I’ve spotted little brown spiders around my place but I honestly don’t know if I’ve been bitten.

I think there might be other possible causes such as stress, recent dental surgery (root canal), exposure to the sun, or spending time in the ocean. The first time happened just after returning from a trip to Hawaii and now southern BC is going through a heat spell. I am pretty active so I get my share of sunshine, and I did go swimming last week in the ocean.

Additionally, I put myself through quite a bit of trauma via a constant barrage of mountain biking injuries. Is it possible that by putting my body through so much healing, I’ve compromised my ability to fight this bacteria?

But who knows, it could be those f’n spiders.

Anyway I’d like to give you guys and gals a fresh page outta my journal – my second experience with this horrible affliction came to full reality today when I went to the hospital after work…

DAY 1
I noticed a zit in my upper pubic area, about a half inch north from the base of my dick. Instinctively and retarDEADLY I tried to pop it. This stubborn zit wasn’t doing anything so I shaved a patch to get a better look and investigate. Hmmm.

I couldn’t tell much but my pubes looked pretty f’d so I had to shave off everything, humoring my girlfriend but dismaying my doctor.

DAY 2
Great. I have no pubes and deep down in my heart I suspect that this growing lump is a reoccurring staph infection. It only continues to harden as I squeeze the painfully tender ball that is forming so frustratingly close to my manhood.

DAY3
I wish my balls were this big all the time. Except it would be cool if they didn’t hurt like a mf.

It hurts to walk. My belt hits the tender spot every-time I walk, bend, get in the car, you name it. Co-workers are telling me that I, “look angry.”

I take an epsom salt bath, poke holes in the gooey lid of the boil, and squeeze out a very modest amount of puss. The bath did help soothe and relax me so I recommended taking one if your doctor agrees.

DAY4
I’m managing a little better than DAY3. The staph seems to have stopped it’s advance on my cock and balls and looks like it’ll settle with the pubic area. I think the bath may have helped temporarily stabilize the infection. Still, I plan to hit the doctor the minute works over.

The doctor confirms my fears. Yes its staph.

He lanced and squeezed and god did it hurt. He wouldn’t let me look. I’m much better at managing pain when I can see exactly what’s happening. Maybe thats just me. Anyway, thank god for doctors, the shit they have to deal with. Squeezing puss outta some guys crotch on a Sunday of all days – you gotta hand it to em.

After I waited on the bed behind a blue curtain for twenty minutes to be gauzed and bandaged by the nurse. When she finally arrived, I swear I noticed her pause a little before entering my realm fully. I felt pretty awkward. By dick and balls were out, and there was a substantial amount of blood that formed congealed rivers around my scrotum. After a minute though it was all business. She was super professional, and I felt comfortable enough to ask her some questions regarding my treatment as she cleaned my balls with a wet cloth.

I got prescribed 2 antibiotics and some t3′s. So that’s where I am. I will for sure write more on this site describing my healing process.

Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences and knowledge and a special thanks to the first article that has brought so much comfort and inspiration.

The center of the bite did not develop into a pustule. The original margin of redness had a diameter of at least 2.5 cms with edema. but 3 days later the swelling is almost all gone and the redness area has a diameter of approx. 1.25 cm or less. I kept treating it with the essential oils three times daily . I think they did the trick. As you said all spiders have their own kind of venom even if it is not like some of the well known poisonous spiders.

go to the doc if this sounds like what you have.. its really painful the longer you wait

The lower bite hurts slightly to moderately all the time sitting or standing or laying down. The size is constant at about a half an inch wide with a quarter inch reddened skin outlining completely surrounding it. It looks like a gun shot wound from a small caliber round. No red streaks (as if blood poisoning is occuring) are present. There is a burning, itching, and pulsing type of pain associated with the lower bite site. Sometimes it feels like a very bad bruise when I walk and the boot makes contact directly with the bite.

The upper bite has scabbed over nicely and is healing. Sometimes it itches after I first get up and start to walk about from resting or sleeping, but it quickly subsides by the time I drink my first cup of coffee. I don’t pick at the scab or squeeze the area around it when it itches. I walk off the annoying sensation by staying busy or watching the news on TV.

The baking soda rubbed into the bite crater forms a hard, powdery seal that scabs over till body fluids dissolve it. Reapplying the baking soda as it cakes up and falls out .

Wiping out the decayed flesh with a rough cloth and applying the dry baking soda quickly afterward has appeared to keep the rotting flesh and depth of the increasing bite site to a minimum. Yeah, it hurts doing that with the cloth and I wouldn’t recommend doing it to a little kid, someone with a heart condition, or a whiny person, but the hole noticeably stopped spreading after I began wiping out the dead flesh with the rough cloth and began rubbing the dry baking soda into it. Daily I pour pure hydrogen peroxide several times into the bite zone to flush out any bacteria and then let it dry before rubbing in the baking soda. Rest of the time, I just reapply the baking soda. Even applied a very strong garlic tincture made with 90 proof vodka during the first week which too out a lot of redness after the pimples popped over each bite site. Garlic kills bacteria on contact and is a blood purifier.

The baking soda and clean water paste helped a lot at first in pulling out the venom and dead flesh and bacteria when I first discovered the bites in their pimple-looking stage, but I couldn’t work or walk with the paste attached to my leg. Kept falling off as I walked. I applied the paste at night and slept soundly after the stinging subsided in a little while.

Spider bites, from my numerous ones in my half-century life span, appear to heal faster if air can get to them.

When I stand too long or wear my work boot too tight or both, the bite above the ankle feels like it wants to explode out–like there is pressure building in the bite area that laying down takes away. So far, it hasn’t blown out.

Luckily, I have the day off and will stay off my feet as much as possible. That sensation that the bite mark wants to blow out with a lot of force is very uncomfortable and kind of scary. The mental image of a torrent of dead flesh, blood, and venom pouring out of the bite site in a gushing stream is sort of nauseating, but that is what the bite site feels like it wants to do if I stand too long or wear my work boot too tight. I might want to lay off the science fiction television for a while because images of alien bites exploding is the backbone of scifi TV.

As of now (two weeks after the initial sign of the bite), the crater fills with a amberish/clearish fluid that I wipe away and treat with hydrogen peroxide and dry baking soda applied directly into the crater to fill in the hole. It hurts, but it appears to be working in stopping the spreading of the bite’s overall size.

I wouldn’t try doing this sort of painful treatment to a small child, a childish person, or old person unless I sprayed a strong type of painkiller over the bite mark and kept the person distracted while the treatment was in progress. A very strong clove oil tincture is a good topical pain killer if you can’t afford the expensive sprays from a pharmacy.

Hope the above info helps. Note: I am not a doctor and use my above treatment method at your own risk. I assume NO liability if you further injure yourself. I strongly recommend you go to a doctor for treatment, but in our current financial state in the USA, you might not have the medical insurance that will cover a series of doctor’s visits it takes to treat a nasty spider bite. Contact your local county health clinic and maybe they can direct you to free medical care.

Abia the Cat

It started draining immediately upon applying the strong acidic water, which I did by saturating gauze and holding it in place on top of the wound with a large band aid. I am a nurse and have done a lot of wound care in hospitals and in clinic settings and have Never seen any kind of infection retreat this way, especially without the use of oral antibiotics. If you are like me and prefer to avoid drugs and antibiotics in favor of just giving the body essentially what it needs (I also hydrate my body internally very well with the alkaline ionized water), this is the way to go! It is not the first time I have personally experienced the wondrous healing powers of this water either!

A niece of another co-worker was also bitten a few weeks later. After going to the ER with little results, her aunt (knowing the value of the Draw-Out Salve’s results with the first bite) treated her niece with the salve. Within two days, all swelling was gone and there was no necrosis (skin eaten away by the venom).