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Hello Jeanette,
Take a look at the information on the Banana Spider.
I am so desperate for an answer. I just want to know what is biting me, and how to kill it! If you recognize my symptoms, please respond! I would be eternally grateful. I will go to a doctor on Monday, I hope.
I have some kind of bites a year ago that were diagnosed by my dermatologist with a resulting biopsy as “arachnoid bites”-(not specific as to type). I had picked on them, and had had a staph infection during the bites, and had open lesions all over my body .It was horrible! The Doctor was sure that they were “bird mites.” I used the Permethrin he prescribed to get them off my skin, the bites SEEMED to go away, and after calling the Bug Man all was well for a while.
Permethrin is a common synthetic chemical, widely used as an insecticide and acaricide and as an insect repellent. It belongs to the family of synthetic chemicals called pyrethroids and functions as a neurotoxin, affecting neuron membranes by prolonging sodium channel activation. Permethrin is extremely toxic to fish. Extreme care must be taken when using products containing permethrin near water courses. Permethrin is also highly toxic to cats.
Permethrin kills ticks on contact with treated clothing. According to the Connecticut Department of Public Health, it “has low mammalian toxicity, is poorly absorbed through the skin and is rapidly inactivated by the body. Skin reactions have been uncommon.”
Well, woe is me because, and even though we are exterminating ourselves, because of budget, and I am getting fewer NEW bites, I am still itching from the ones I had already gotten-and that is a LOT-and they are not going away. They just stay.
Also, now I am not sure about the “bird mite diagnosis”, because I do not have the big lesions because I don’t have staph or huge sores.
Inflamed, yes. Lesions-no! Still, it’s just awful, if not only for the contention it causes in the household. I am seeing the tiny black specks everywhere again that no one in the house notices but me! They are as tiny as a pencil point mark, so I do mean tiny!
You can notice them in numbers, and in water, etc. My husband refuses to see them, and says he has not been bitten, but I know that he has. (I can see them) I think that he is away from the house all day, so he is not bitten as much; and he works as a mechanic, so he has lots of scratches to distract him. Also, he does not WANT to have been bitten or have my symptoms.
My symptoms are itching, especially at first. The bite that I feel usually looks like a red pin point, and I do believe I used to notice a target around them, but that was back when I had a Staph infection, around the same time I first got bitten. They also come in the form of papules. Why would they be in 2 such different forms or appearances? Is not a bite a bite?
So last time I thought they were blackheads or pimples and did all the wrong things. I tried HARD to pop them-always have in the past with success which is a bad idea! They grew and grew into horrible lesions. This time I know better than to cause infection.
Back to these bites, and what is coming off of me now, which is really weird! (I am looking as closely as I can). When you use the medicine Permethrin, I guess the bugs n bites are supposed to just disappear after you take a bath. Well, I guess I have a worse condition than that.
Some of the little buggers do not want to come out by themselves, so I have to help them alone with tweezers. I feel soooooo guilty “picking” on my skin! And the process takes incredible time in the bathroom. I have found out that if for some reason it bleeds, the blood makes MORE “bites” INSTANTLY…more pin pricks” where ever the blood touches. That is strange, isn’t it?
Many of the bites are at skin surface, and do not bleed at all, but I guess the ones that have been there longer are more dug in. And human error in helping get them out. I wish I didn’t have to! The size at this point ranges from tiny needle prick to scarlet colored blood blister looking things.
As to the papules, there are tons around my mouth, and then all over body. Other heavy patches that are just thicker/higher skin in a few places. I have to open the skin a bit for the Permethrin to work at all, and what is in there looks like eggs??? or something jellyish, and I am beginning to be sure that they are reproducing (yuk!) on my person ME.
The Permethrin just doesn’t have time to penetrate that deep.
I have been putting some of this stuff on some clear sticky tape, and then was told that if you take a sample to your doctor you are immediately suspect as crazy, but these are great samples, I think.
I get: red/dark looking spots, newer red looking ones with a clear coating around it and a hair on each end or is one a root? ( I don’t have a microscope)…and there are always broken hairs present., I don’t know if that is just always there. Sometimes there are clearish, mean looking ones/creaturish looking that are not ready for light?
Certain places on my body such as my neck, especially, have been red for a YEAR now. Could they have been embedded all of that time? Reproducing on me and biting ME???
I know we have tiny spiders in the house, but I don’t know what kind they are and have no idea how to identify them or are they bird mites? Chiggers is what looked like this when we were little, but not the rest of it.
Anyone- help! Is this even possible?
Caroline
My son was bitten today by a “Banana Spider”. It a large spider with long legs and is black and yellow. Is this a poisonious spider? Please help. He says it doesn’t hurt, but it is red where he was bitten (on his finger). Thanks for your help.
how common are Fiddle back bites here in Southern California?
Shannon, I just read your question about what appears to be a reocurrant spider bite. I am not a doctor, and pretty much know nothing about spider bites, but I was just doing some research online for my own bite, and saw an article the says wounds from a brown recluse spider bite can often reoccur, often at the same time each year. This sounds very similar to what you are describing.
I read that Brown Recluse bite wounds can return even after it the bite may seem to have healed. It is believed that this happens in area that are bruised, scratched or damaged in some way; such flare-ups can be caused by venom that still remains underneath the skin.
Sounds like you need to get to a doctor. Again. Maybe try a new doctor (?)
Good luck!
I have four bites on my leg. I am a cancer patient (multiple myeloma) and get chemo once each week, which includes antinausea, cortisone, and saline, and Velcade. I am assuming that the cortisone has kept the bites from itching. They are red and round, rather small.
I had a very bad headache, temp up four degrees, very bad ache in my neck and shoulders, really felt bad all over. Did not notice the bites until last night. I had someone come look at them and with a light and magnifying glass, the answer was looks like a spider bite. Today, while cleaning the bathroom, I noticed the spider.
It had long greenish like legs (like a grandaddy long legs), but the body was different. I slept very little last night. I put Neosporin on them and they look better today. Took Ex Strength Tylenol and temp is about normal today.
Thanks for any help.
I live in Shelton, WA and have just recently began gardening as a stress reliever. Last night around 7pm I was weeding my garden when I noticed what looked like a fresh bite of some kind on my forearm. It could be mosquito, spider or I don’t know what. There was a tiny bit of blood at the site and I just wiped it away.
A little while later I looked and it was slightly swollen with a redness about the size of a penny. Later on about midnight I glanced at it and saw a bit of a red line about an inch long going up my arm. I dismissed this as a possible scratch or something. This morning I have awaken to the same redness but about 4 inches long and in a squiggly fasion appearing to be along a vein maybe? It does not itch or irritate me and the line is faint, but it is there.
Does anyone have any idea what this could be?
I have a bite on my arm and I think it’s a spider bite, but I’m not sure which spider. There’s a small red bump, kind of looks like a mosquito bite, and then it’s surrounded by a circle of red and looks a bit like a target. I got it at my barn, but i have no idea what spider caused it, and if it even is a spider bite. Please help!!!
Shannon,
Go See a New Doctor.
inregards to my comment #121
i did go to the doctor and because the bite was on my foot and the skin was broken by the spider bite it let the bacteria in to the bite site ia also because it was on my foor it hyrt to wear shoes i went barefoot around my house and i picked up a fungal infection and now i am fighting a STAFF INFECTION so go to the doctor if you are bitten by a spider and keep it very very clean
jennifer
Go To the Doc right away streaks are bad
I live in Northwest of Oregon. My bite first appeared about 3 years ago, on the back of my left leg behind the knee. It took about 5 days to develop It had the dark center and slightly swollen, I went to the doctor was told to put hydrocortisone cream on it. It stayed around for around 3 months.
Every year since then around the summer time it returns in the same place behind the left knee. This year it is concerning me more, I went to the doctor who told me to get more hydrocortisone cream which seemed to make it worse. It became very puffy with a larger darker center. I stopped applying the cream, then it started to scab in the center. In the past 3 days there has become a small sore about the size of a pencil eraser top in the center. The bite itself is about the size of a quarter. I also woke up sick last night, have had a slight fever, chills, and headaches. I’m hoping I’m just a little sick, and is just coincidence.
It has never been this bad before, I am also having troubles finding anything about bites that return like this. Any ideas? Should I go back to the doctor?
I can be reache
I was watching TV when felt throbing pain and noticed a spider bite. Now there is a red strike on my leg and ends on top of my shen.
I woke up this morning with a burning sensation on my stomach , whe i looked it was a bite, you can see the fang marks, it’s red and some redness. Itstings a lot, and i’m feeling increasingly tired since this morning.
I dont know if it is a spider or not, you can reach me at gothicvampire6r5 at hotmail.com.
Thanks!
I was a spider bite about a week ago. It looks like a mosquito bite but has two bumps on it that make it seem like a spider bite. I cut myself about two days later and no blood came out, just yellowish pus.
Is it okay or should I go see a doctor about the bite?
I think i have a spider bite and it is about the size of a £2.00 coin. I think this is to big to be a mosquito bite, but i’m not sure.
It is constantly extremely itchy and the cream i’ve put on it hasn’t made it less itchy, only a little bit.
Help!!
I’m living in the Adirondacks. I have been living in a college dorm. I keep waking up with little red bumps all over my legs and stomach.
Are they spider bites? If so, what kind of spider are they..and what can I do to make them go away sooon!!!
yesterday i was doing yard work. after my shower, i noticed a puple-ish mark on my right forearm about the same diameter as a pencil eraser. this morning it is brown almost skin cancer appearance. any thoughts? i’m not sure it was a spider bite either
I live in right out side of Dallas Tx. and I think i was bitten by a spider and i dont know what kind i was wandering if anyone could help i woke up in the middle of the night with my left foot. It is itching so i scratched it just thinking it was athlets foot, then that morning I got up and it was still itching so i looked at it and there was a blister which had poped.
Now the bite is still itching really bad and my whole foot is swollen; I am going to go to the doctors tomorrow but if some one could tell me what kind of spider they think it might be that would help
Thank you,
Jennifer
I live in Virginia, I got this bruise awhile ago (about 2 weeks) and i noticed a ring aoround it. It’s about a few mm high, and i have been tired and coughing a lot since it appeared. I’m assuming I’ve been bitten by a spider. I’m sure its not ringworm because theres tiny little fang marks on the bruide. I would like to find out what it is and whether its serious or not. If you have any idea what it could be please e-mail me at map_smart11995 at yahoo.com. Thanks a bunch guys.
-Matt
Okay!
I have a spider bite in the worst place possible not my head, toes, limbs, tummy, no no, back, bottom, thighs nope I think you can guess exactly where it is.. I’m a woman btw. I’ve had this bite for 3 days. It’s been swollen since day one. It didn’t hurt till today when it began to hurt only in the spot where the spider directly bit me where it’s bite marks are.
It doesn’t itch too much at all only hurts where it bit me not arround it, it is swollen, hard under swollen mass, with no change in color. And the day after I had been bitten I saw a spider in my room and killed it. It wasn’t too big or too small, it was a common spider is what I think, it was also brown. Anyone have an idea what it was? Or if I should be worried? When the swelling will go down? If it helps I live in the midwest and it has been raining outside like crazy probably pushing these spiders into my home. I’ve been keeping the bite clean and following what I’ve read on sites about common bites. Please tell me what you think.
-Sherri
My son had a bite like that in his knee. It got really big and looked horrible. Our doctor told us to use some bentonite clay (we got it at the health food store) and apply it to the bite so it could draw out the poison/pus (that we couldn’t even tell was there). It only took one application and the next morning it was gone!
He has another bite on the arm and that one is taking longer to clear up, but it’s also from a different spider I think, since it looks a lot different than the first one.
Hope this helps.
Non-swelling Calcium bentonite (bentonite clay) is sold within the alternative health market for its purported cleansing properties, yet no scientific studies exist to support these claims. It is said that the microscopic structure of the bentonite draws impurities into it from the digestive system, which are then excreted along with the bentonite.
Pascalite is another commercial name for the calcium bentonite clay.
I just recently moved into a new home, and its aparent there are spiders everywhere. I see little ones, skinny ones, fat hairy spiders around the house. My three year old daughter is a target for them. She has woken up the past couple nights with bites on her. Just her too. Well, one of the bites is causing a little concern. Its placed on the inside part of her forearm. It is a single bite, like a large pin hole, surrounded by a dark almost bruised colored area. It doesnt seem to bother her too much, but isnt the most pleasant looking thing. If I could get some kind of info on where it came from that would be fantastic. THANK YOU!!!
I’m entry number 87. Is there a specific type of doctor one should go to for bites? General practice?
I live in Seattle, Washington. I didn’t feel the bite but itched the area and a small amount of skin came off. There was nothing notable about the area. The next day there was a raised red one inch circle. Within the circle I can see the two fang marks. For three weeks the itching was severe. The circle has scabbed as has the fang bite. I had no other symtoms so I haven’t gone to the doctor.
I’ve looked for pictures on the internet but found none like mine. I took a photo of it. Any ideas on what kind of spider may have bitten me? Thanks
The exterminator told my friend today that it sounded like I may have encountered the bite of a yellowsadc spider. Supposedly, the skin keeps flaking off and it stays red and scaly.
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The yellow sac spider which is called Cheiracanthium inclusum and also Chiracanthium mildei, is more commonly known as the black footed spider.
The yellow sac spider is not of the family Clubionidae and so is not considered a true sac spider. It is a long-legged spider and is one of a handful of spiders in North America whose bites are dangerous enough to warrant medical attention ASAP.
This small pale yellow spider likes to hide in flat silk tubes during the day and at night, begins the hunt for prey. You’ll likely find the yellow spider living in homes and can usually be found on your walls!
hello,
i live in califorina, and i got bite by a spider. im not sure what kind of spider bite me. but im pretty sure that it bite me at night. becuase when i woke up int he morining i first sawll something that looked like a zit. then next morning i had a red ring around the little zit, and then i had (what looked like a welt) around the bite. then the next day and then it was really tender. i went to the docters and they gave me some antibiactis. the redness went away and then the welt that i thought was just muscle was actully pus . but know its all gone excpect the skin that is healing. and know my nextdoor neighbor has the same thing red around excpect it looks ten times worse. her leg is all awoolen and she has to go to the docters and they still dont know why the drugs isint wroking. i was just wondering if you could just tell us what kind of spider is biting everyone. we live in califorina, cameron park. please help us identify so we could help the docter know how to help little ciera.
It all started a couple of days ago and I saw a red bump on my leg and it looked like a little flea bite. But then it began to swell a day later and now its a big, purple bump on my leg with red spreading around it.
If you look very closely you can see two dots in the middle. What kind of spider do you think it is?
Just got bit on the side of my index finger while cleaning by a brown spider about the size of my palm from leg-tip to leg-tip. Pretty painful, I shrieked, and the damn thing ran away – my partner’s hunting it down right now. It’s itchy, and an itty-bitty raised white bump in the middle of a pink spot – should I be worried, or forget about it?
I think I got a bite yesterday, its on my inner thigh, about 3 or 4 inches from my knee. Its kinda like a bruise, but its red and bluish. it itches when I touch it, and its a little bit larger than quarter size. I dont feel sick or anything, its just a wierd feel when I touch it!
Hi – I have Lupus and Fibromyalgia and am susceptible to infection.
I have developed a red welt on the back of my thigh about the size of a dollar coin. It is a little tender on the surface, but not really anything else. There is a little hole there, so I think I was bitten. I am currently uninsured and because of my illnesses am very scared of this possible infection.
Continued from #107. My husband woke up for work to still have the same symptoms…red, swollen just not quite as bad. we pretty well forced our way into the doctor’s office by showing up and showing how bad the bite was getting (a lot cheaper than the er they wanted us to go to the day before). The doctor says you will not feel a brown recluse bite because it injects the venom and you may not have symptoms for even 24 hrs. (versus a black widow which you will feel immediately).
The symptoms my husband is having are probably more to do with the bacterial infection. There is nothing they can do with the bite, but they can try to treat the infection with antibiotics. The doctor says within a few days it will begin to pus and should have a white head.
DO NOT pop it!
The white head is what they need to run tests to find out what kind of spider and what kind of infection to treat. My husband’s leg hurts really bad, “feels like it is on fire”, and the bite area is turning grayish-green I guess from the tissue dying.
3 days after the bite and it is starting to ooze so we will be going back to the doctor soon.
GO TO THE DOCTOR IF BITTEN AND LOOKS BLACK-YOU WILL NEED TO FIGHT THE BACTERIAL INFECTION!
It is hard to tell without seeing the spider bite (if it is such a bite), but seeing the dematologist can’t hurt. They would at least be able to rule out a few items. Regardless, your current doctor must be at a loss, so I would give it a shot but not leave without demanding that someone specializing in this area be recommended. Tell them you want a solution and be firm – after all, they work for you!
You would think with the techonology out there today, he could have taken a few pictures of the spider bite and emailed them to his associates!
I agree that more pictures of spider bites mostly at the begining stages would be helpful especially for those who have children. We need more PICTURES.
I was working in my yard five days ago. I did not feel anything bite me but I had a place on my leg that started itching and I scratched it a bit and forgot about it until that night and when I took my jeans off I had a blister about the size of a dime. I thought it would go away by the next day but instead it got bigger. I accidentely broke it and it drained but the next day the blister came back and now about the size of a quarter. I decided to go to the emergency room since I have a knee replacement very close to this bite or whatever. The only info I got there was Boy! something really nabbed you but she did give me a antibotic since I had the knee surgery. The place is not getting any better, the blister is coming back tonight and it is really red around it.
Anyone have any idea what this might be?
Thanks
Late yesterday after mowing my husband mentioned his face looked a little swollen. i didn’t think much of it. but he did seem to have a major sunburn on his face down to his stomach…but he was wearing a hat and of course clothes. this morning his face was sooo swollen and his body full of heat and still bright red.
We went to the pharmacy for benedryl for allergies. couple hours later he rubbed his outer thigh and it hurt. we realized that he had what seems to be a spider bite. it has been about 28 hours now…and 4 doses of benedryl later. his face has went down some and the redness is almost gone in his arms, but his face, neck, back, and stomach are still feverish and very red.
The bite spot is like a small cigarette burn with a hard circle surrounding it..but is looking better and not so hard now. no pus yet. his doctor couldn’t see him today, the er is way too expensive, and he’s a truck driver that has to leave out extremely early in the morning and won’t be home til friday. needless to say he can’t just take off work without the loads being late and missing a whole week of work.
If it was poisonous ( we live in sw area arkansas) wouldn’t he have more serious symtoms already?
I live in Minnesota and I was outside yesterday and I think I was bit by a spider…I can see two maybe three(??) puncture wounds, one looks worse than the others. It is also bigger than the other one, it looks like a little scab.
The bite is on my arm and it itches really bad! I have been trying not to itch it, but I did a few times yesterday and today. The area surrounding the “bite” is red and swollen and it kinda hurts when I touch around it. It also kinda tingles.
Other than that, not much is happening with it. I am just concerned that it could lead to something worse. I can’t go to the doctor because I have no insurance… So if anyone knows anything about spiders in Minnesota, or what the hell is could be, let me know.
You can email me if thats easier-tibbetts_05 at yahoo.com
THANK YOU!!
I am located in california and I woke up this morning to a pain on my jawline and found a red painful bump there. Its not white or I don’t think I can see fang marks but its really freaking me out. Someone help?!?!
I have recently moved to Maryland and was told that the area is rampant with the Black Widow and brown recluse spiders.
I have two older cats and am worried about their health and safety. Are pets affected in the same way as humans when dealing with these NASTY spiders?
Thanks….
I have been getting bitten overnight while sleeping for about 2 weeks, and don’t know what kind of creature has caused them, spider or bug. The bites, when new, have a raised yellow dome about 1mm in width, with a red wheel of about 4-5 mm surrounding them. It took 3 or 4 bites on my back and neck (one a night) before I realized something was happening, and four bites in one night down my hand and forearm before I took action, washing all of my bedding.
My cat is not scratching herself, so they’re not flea bites, but a couple of my friends think they’re spider bites. Any thoughts?
I was bitten about a week ago, at first it looked like a tick bite, and im used to those so i just ignored it, but a few days later i noticed it was swelling and it hurt a little, then i couldnt even walk, i had to use crutches to go to school, so i went to the emergency room yesterday, and they told me that the bites are from either a black widow or a brownhouse spider.
I have 2 bites, and i think another one is coming up under my arm, one is on the back of my knee, very swollen and i cant walk, the other is on my hip, which hurts when i put my jeans on, the one on my hip i can pop and squeeze pus out of but the other one is hard and swollen and hurts, nothing comes out of it.
The doctors gave me some pain killers and a bottle of antibiotic stuff, i just want these bites to heal bc i cant walk, swim, or anything and i love walking and swimming, by the way, i live in Arkansas, does anyone know any ways to treat it?
I live in the Pacific NW and was bit by a spider while pruning large bushes and cleaning the garage out. It was painless, on my forearm, with a small center hardened and white with appearance of 2 small puncture holes and started out with a light yellow darkening area around it, the total size of an egg. It then got darker, the opposite of a bruise..usually a bruise yellows after healing. I thought I bruised myself working out in the yard. A friend warned me to go to the doctor and I am glad I did. Doctor put me on heavy antiboitics and a shot in the hip. Said it looked just like a brown recluse spider bite and it would have enventually turned purple and then black due to the skin rotting. A another friend that worked as an pest exterminated said it was a HOBO spider bite (the cousin of the Brown Recluse), as they are aggressive and common in the area. I had no pain from the bite other then a strange sort of numbing sensation best I can describe. I hope this helps and go to the DOCTOR. Needless to say I did not work in the yard anymore that summer.
Hi there,
I live in a dry part of Colorado and about three days ago I found something that looks like a pimple on my leg. Its red all around it and my upper leg aches. When touched it feels like a painful bruise and it hasn’t gone away in three days. Its not serious symptoms but I am still a bit afraid. If anyone could help identify the bite, spider or not, that would be great.
I’m not sure if this is a spider bite or not. Small blister-like lesion in center (on my ankle) – extremely red around the area; scattered rash-like spots moving outwards of area. Very little itching – but very noticeable…..not sure if it is serious or not???
Spider bites rarley itch, they are painfull and swell.
Just a follow up on my bites turns out there were over thirteen on my right leg! Last night the pain in my leg was almost unbearable, but today they started weeping and they are starting to feel better. Still would like to know what bit me though!!
I have a spider bite on my knee. It is the shape of a circle and hard only on the outer area. It really itches and there are also bumps and redness. It gets a little bigger every day, but the center seems to be the only part that is healing. The skin in the center is peeling and is not red at all. One or two of the bumps seem to have fluid in them.
one of my peers was bit by a spider and doesnt know what kind it was let alone whether its poisonous. she has about 4-5 little bumps on her left shoulder and they are causing her back to become very sensitive to heat, and she has tenderness through her whole back. please send back any info that you may have. thank you
Got bit/stung in the garden trimming hedges, webs were present on the bush I was trimming, didn’t see a spider or wasp. This was Monday 5/28/07. Bite was sharp like a sting, nothing after. Developed hoarseness, sore throat, fatigue, cough next day, thought allergies nothing noticed at site, actually forgot about incident. Wednesday morning noted two round raised reddened, painful marks where I had been bitten/stung on Monday. Each mark approx. .25 cm side be side for a total of .5cm in length, width is .25cm. Still am hoarse, cough, sore throat and fatigue. Can you tell me what kind of bite and treatment if any needed? Thanks!
OK. I dont know if they are spider bites or not. But they started out small and now (3 days later) are the size of quarters. They ich ALOT but I havent had the “pus” look or anything.. Anyone know if its a spider bite or something else? SHould i go see a doctor?
I live in Alaska and just recently on a camping trip got bit really bad. What ever bit me did a good job. I have over 6 bites on my right leg 4 on my left several on my lower back and a couple on my lower hip. The morning after the bites were red, hot and swollen. The area around the bites was hard and itched really bad. Now two days later they are still pretty swollen, my entire right leg feels kind of like it has some circulation cut off and they itch SO Bad. The actual bites now have a dark reddish ring around them. I would normally just blame this on mosquitoes but it is to early in the season for them and I had pants on under the blankets. I have looked up Alaskan spiders but no useful information, please somebody help me!
PS – The whole affected area on my finger is not even as big around as the eraser on the end of a pencil. No pain or itching or even swelling, just a hard area around it.
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Regarding the spots on the stomach. My children have had it and it was called “hot tub rash”. It came from swimming in a pool when the filter wasn’t working – too much bacteria or something. They look like pimples. But one of my sons had a similar rash a few years ago that ended up being some kind of thing related to herpes (like chicken pox) that took this really expensive cream to get rid of them. The dermatologist gave me a small sample because the medication was around $90.00 and I used it, but found a cheaper way to get rid of them – popping them. As soon as I scratched off the head, they went away. Unfortunately my 2 year old hated that, so I usually tried to get a couple when he was deeply asleep. I eventually got them all and they didn’t come back. Other bumps on children have been from tiny slivers (sliding down boards). Most of the things on this site seem to be infections. If there is swelling and redness past the bite area, that’s a clue to get to a doctor, whether it’s a spider bite, boils, or whatever- it’s infected.
I’m trying to figure out what this little hole on my finger is. I keep being directed to this website. Yesterday I thought it was just a scab, but it is more like a pit on the back of my thumb, no where near the nail. Today the skin around it is hard, but it doesn’t hurt unless pressed and it doesn’t itch. Now the center is dark and recessed with a white ring, then another ring slightly darker than skin color. It has just started to give off heat. I showed it to my dad tonight and he says it looks like a spider bite. So this time I got deeper into this site. I can answer a lot of the comments, but I don’t know what this is.
I woke up with a mark that I thought was just an ant bite. Until I messed with it then it got bigger. Now it is hard under the skin and red around. It hurts sometimes.
Hello,
Two wks ago I was bitten by something while sleeping and didn’t know what. i was sleeping on an air mattress in an apartment. I woke up with a hard surface on my arm it got red and was a round circle. I took motrin for three days cause of the pain. I tried some home remedies but it just eased the pain and itch. last wk it came to a head and pus begin to come out as my husband squeezed. The next day I went to the hospital and they said I gotten bitten by a spider that they had to cut my arm because it turned into an abscess. They gave me antibiotics and insert a drainage twice. I still don’t know what kind of spider but reading your info it looks like it could have been a hobo spider it gave the exact symptons..
Hey ,
Three nights ago I was bitten several times on the back of my head by something while I was sleeping. Each spot has a small cut and grew into a small bump about the diameter of a dime. Each bump is slowing reducing in size now, except for a small pain I have in the back of my neck, where I can feel a bump underneath my skin but it does not have the same cut as the others. They don’t really itch, but the new bump is particulary painful. Like I pulled a muscle or something.
Any thoughts?
DanM
Did anybody crack the code for sarah in entry 21? I have the same little red mosquito-like bites with a small whitehead in the center. At first I thought they were bed bugs because I started to get them while in South America. Now I’m beginning to think it’s spiders. Usually I get a couple a week. Sometimes it’s a couple of bites in a row, but not always. I can’t find any bug infestation or the signs of bed bugs. I also get phantom crawlers. I feel like they’re in my hair, but I’ve never seen one. It’s especially bad when watching movies with the lights out. Any thoughts?
I live in Indiana and I was outside the other day standing by my hot tub. I had my boyfriends shoes on, and I stepped on the soles of my feet on a board..I immediatley felt pain. When I took the shoes and socks off I noticed that I had a little bump on my foot. I had my boyfriend look at it and he tried to pop it. It hurt too bad so I made him stop. That was Sunday. It’s now Thursday and two more bumps have produced. One is white, one looks like a blood blister, and the other is purple, with what looks to be a blister. I showed some of my friends at school and they said it was a spider bite…but I never had a spider bite that hurt like this one does. If anyone could help me that would be fabulous.
I’m not even sure if this is a spider bite, but… 3 days ago i noticed two paralell dots on my upper arm. but i brushed it off and thought no more of it until yesterday i was itching it and it suddenly started bleeding at around 11:00am. I washed it and everything but it kept on bleeding,( it looked like two nickel size bleeding misquito bites, very red, the left one bleeding worse than the right) not really spirting but a slow, constant oozing.
This continued for 6 hours, then stopped bleeding. but by this time it was blue-ish. and gave out a little pus. i went to sleep and when i woke up it hurt badly but nothing came from the bite. later in the day at about 11:00am again it started bleeding. it stopped shortly though. now it’s issueing pus and is red and hot! the pus is yellow(if that matters) and it’s very tender and painful. The bites are about 1/2in apart.
Is it a spider bite?
i was bitten 3 days ago and the bite spot is hard and red, the whole side of my lower face is swolen, what kind do you think it is and what should i do?
I live in Florida. I’m in the process of removing the hedges from my back yard. When I finished I went to work out in my home gym. It hurt to sit down. The pain is a little worse now as it hurts to sit on my leather couch. My wife is a nurse so I had her look at the bumb.
My wife says that she can see a little black dot and the area around that is red and hard. She said it didn’t feel warm or anything and just to keep an eye on it.
so i woke up this morning and got ready for work then i noticed my shin was hurting for whatever reason so upon careful inspection (rubbing my leg) i felt a bump and it was hard assuming it was an ingrown hair i started to walk around to get ready and then i noticed a throbbing pain in my my shin so i was like F i bet a bastard as spider bit me so i check my bed and i found a dead spider about the size of a nickel and it was brown i don’t think it was a recluse could i hear the bites are painless…the bite is a dull red color and the pain is dull and random…i’d go to the doctor but my heathcare provider will turn me away unless i’m mortally wounded…like i said minor pain nothing serious but the bite can’t be more than a couple hours old….
I think I have a spider bite. I woke up one morning, went into the bathroom, and felt a little sting on my back. I reached back and didn’t feel anything, except a little wetness. By the time I’d gotten out of the shower, it had swollen up like a mosquito bite (which is what I thought it was), only a little bit more red. Usually my mosquito bites go away pretty quickly, but this one got worse. It was a raised white circle with and redness around it, with a small indentation (I can’t tell if it’s one or two really close together.) Over the last couple of days it’s gotten to be about the size of an oblong quarter. The indentation has scabbed over (nothing has come out of it) and the bite isn’t raised anymore, but the red area now consists of several small bumps. Any idea if this is a spider, or if so, what kind? It itches like nuts!
i keep getting big red bumps under my arms and the doctor all they say is I”ve got a bacterial infection. What could this be? hope you guys can help me
Thank You
In response to #9 Daniel. It sounds like hives. My daughter gets them after bathing. She has mild to moderate allergies. I believe the hives may be caused from molds in the tiles of the shower. They go away about 10-15 minutes after drying off.
i live near boston ma i was bitten by a green colored spider that came off a tree 2 weeks ago. shortly after i was bitten my arm burned and had a lot of dots all over it and the dots went away the next day and so did the pain. now the area is the size of a nickle covered in little bumps and only hurts when pressure is applied to it
I live in North Idaho and I have a spider bite on my arm. There are two tiny little fang marks surrounded by a bruise and the skin started to peel slighly, just around the fang marks. I don’t bruise easily and it’s not a mosquito bite as I am covered with them and know quite well what they look like.
The bruise is painless but if I press down on the fang marks it is quite tender. We have a variety of ho-hum spiders that cause strange bites like hobos and the occaisional recluse and black widow. Mostly hobos though, and your garden variety house spiders. I’m just curious as to what would cause this sort of bite. I’m assuming it’s one of the bland, boring, every-day types of bites. 🙂
Thanks
I think i got bit by a spider a couple of days a go same kinda thing wit story#17 it looks like a pimple and its itchy as hell if u look real close u can c 2 small lil holes and i showed someone to day and they said thats where the venom went in cuz there was white stuff on top but i pulled it off im not goin to pop it or any thing cuz i don’t want to bug it or anythin plz let me kno what kind of spider this is
My 4.5lb dog has a bite mark on her belly and then there is a perfectly round red ring left on the outside about the size of a nickel. Any idea if this is some kind of spider bite? We live in MN and she was outside in the grass today.
I would not wait David! Myself, I would go to the hospital and have the spider bite checked out. Far too many stories about people loosing parts of their body because they waited.
If you can find the spider, bring that with you as it will be of great help!
I live in Chicago, Ill and I got bit by a spider on my leg while I was asleep. It is red around the black middle in which the skin is raised up. Blood is coming out of the bite marks.
I think was bit by spider lastnight while cleaning out my daughters playroom. The bite site looks hive like and now it looks a little redish-purpleish.
I live in Newton Massachusettes in a basement apartment. I started to get bit during the summer, and had never had issues before unitl I moved to this apartment. My bed was the same bed I had slept in for 3 years without issue. I looked strategically for signs of bed bugs but could not find any. Before you know it after about two weeks the bites stopped. No issues throughout the winter. We are now in the spring again and I started in one occurance to get about 5 bites on my arms and back during the night. They felt like mosquito bites and woke me up, but could not find the cullprit. I am looking to stop this but can’t pinpoint what exactly it is. I believe that its a spider bite. The bite also swells and is hard and painful after a few days, and extrememly ichy. Any advice would help, I fear the summer is going to be hell.
I live in the midwest and i got 4 spider bites in one night. I didnt notice at first but when i woke up the next morning i had red marks all over my back and one on my stomach. It took like a week to see that they were in fact bites and i can see the fang marks and about 2 cm under that is a red bumpy patch on my stomach. I have been feeling pains on the left side of my stomach and also on my back. Ive had these for about 9 days and they are still hurting and now itching too
My son has a red, swollen bump on his abdomen. It is extremely painful and I can barely touch it before he screams. There is redness all around the bump and there is a small black dot in the middle of it. The bump looks like it’s going to burst because it is so swollen. This is the third time by son has been bitten over the course of a year. The doctor has prescribed an oral corticosteroid, but it is not helping. Is this a spider bite or some other skin infection? Please help. Thank you.
Hi, last Wednesday of last week, I came home from work to find a small small crawling in my bed. I should have acted immediately. Instead, I killed the spider and slept in the bed later on that night without spraying or anything. The next morning after sleeping in the bed, I felt a itchy bump almost in the center of my back and after like 3 days it is hard now. I am almost positive it is a spider bite, but not for sure. I just want to know what I can do about this or if it is actually something that I should worry about or just wait for it to go down and go away. My problem I don’t think is as bad as some of the other’s because I am just itching all over with some of the comments mentioned on here. Well thanks for your help anyways.
I was at Starbucks outside the other day. I noticed some itching on my rear end. Then it was red and swollen. Then it began to oze. Now it is a bunch of blister like bumps. I have been treating it with antibotic cream and bacterial cream. It seems better today. Do you know what kind of spider it is and how long will it last? I live in CO. We have lots of spiders here.
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I got bitten by a spider two days ago. The bump looks looked like a misquito bite at first. Now they have become gradually bigger each about the size of a quarter. When you touch them they are hard and exuting heat. Does anyone know what kind of spider bit me or any precaustions that I can take to make sure that they go away and do not become infected or anything. I would really appreciate a response.
I am from Eugene Oregon and i woke up a few days ago with a painful red bump on on my leg it use to be one blister but now its the size of a 50ct peice with a wholee bunch of tiny blisters covering the area. I am just going to put some ointment on
it unless it gets worse. It sure is painful. Man do I hate spider season I feel like I always have to check everything. paranoia.
Very Important!!!! Identical to Spider Bite.!!!
A lot of what you people are describing resembles MRSA.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection.
I too thought that I was bitten by a spider. It started itching really bad and was small about the size of an ant bite (or smaller). It progressed rapidly spreading redness in the area approximately 5 -8 inches in diameter around the nodule. The nodule was really hard and you could see pus but it wouldnt squeeze out. Only a small amount of pus would come out (not even drop). After going to a high class dermatologist I found that I was infected with this disease. Generally the infection will not go away on its own. You will need a special antibiotic because a regular Methicillian antibiotic will not work. The sad part about the disease is that it colonizes in your nostrils and in most cases you will never totally be able to get rid of it. The body will build a resistance to the germ but you will have frequent outbreaks after being infected with the bacteria. The infection will also leave deep scarring. If you try to squeeze the pus bump/nodule you will stand a great chance of spreading the infection. This infection is very similar to a bad spider bite. Regular neosporin will not help. Even a small bump of this infection will give you great soreness and pain. GET CHECKED OUT BY A DOCTOR. Hey I dont like going to the doctor either but I know when enough is enough.
I have a bite that appear two mornings ago. It is about 1/3 in across. Looks like a perfect pink circle with a dark red 1/16 inch spot within the pink circle–looks almost like a puncture. It was hard the first am. This am–seems to have softened but seems the same in size and coloring. No pain, no itching.
hi i live in missouri and a couple of days ago i woke up and i felt something crawling on my face i brushed it off and a brown spider fell on the floor so i steped on real fast before i could take a good look at it then a couple of hours later i felt a knot on my cheek and it itches real bad and it was sore then it got really swoolen so i went to the dr. and he couldent tell me what kind of spider bite it was he didnt think it was a brown recluse becouse it easnt really painfull so he gave me some antibotics for it i was wondering if you could tell me what kind of spider it was.
hey i was searching the net to try and find out what had bitten me but i cant find what it is, im a 13 year old girl and i live in the UK and i had just come back from walking my dog when i saw a small round bite on my leg. On the first day it just itched alot and looked abit like a itchy lump, but the following day it was slightly swollen and a bit tender. On the 3rd day it was bigger and red and there is quite alot of heat coming off it.Today it is about as big as a 1×1 inch circle but it is swollen about 3×3 inch circle and it is tender aswell. There is a black dot in the middle and the small circle is dark purple and looks abit like a bruise. plz help me as it is quite concerning thanks!!
I woke up with a bite on the back of my thigh in the shower.. then only about a day later i looked again and it was a small bruise. now about 3 days later it is a bruise about the size of a quarter… i have no idea if it was a spider or something poisonous or what!!
My aunt has been bitten by a spider yesterday. Today, the bite area is red and blistering and painful to the touch. My aunt says that she saw a “black thing” crawling on her before she killed it and noticed the bite. We don’t know what type of spider bit her and if anyone who could help identify it, or give a suggestion as to the treatment of such a bite, the information would be very much appreciated.
yes i would to like to see more pics of spider bites. my 4 year old daughter seemed to have been bitten by something. rushed her to doctors as both her ankles were red as and swollen with these great big marks on them, you could see the skin slowly splitting and this blister emerging with all this clear pus in it. it grew while we were sitting there waiting to see dr. then it popped and all that muck went running down her foot. they arent exactly sure what bit her and neither am i, havent seen any spiders around in her room or bedding. but she is in extrem pain. we think she was bitten yesterday and it gradually became blistered within 24 hrs. please more pics
Discovered what I now think to be a spider bite after returning from India last week. Initially looked like a small spot/pimple which then developed another head so looked to be two very close together. Swelled up massively over the following two days before being like a flattened golfball on my side with a black core to it.
Saw a clinic at the weekend who put me on antibiotics to treat it and throughout this week, the black cap grew before it started to ‘leak’ two days ago. Following further dressing from a doctor and nurse, the central plug of it completely came out yesterday – roughly the size of a large pea. I now have a large raw crater in my side about 2cm across and nearly 1cm deep. Nasty!
I was bitten by a very small spider while i was living in Durban South Africa 25 years ago. Initially i had swelling to my ankle for several weeks. I had treatment from the doctor the next day. My ankle got better eventually. But during the past 10 years my leg has got worse by losing the use of it. i wonder if you could shed any light on my condition.
Regards Anne Whitta.
Hi! My son was bitten by a spider Monday evening. I was not aware of the bite until Tuesday morning when he showed me his very swollen and very red finger with one little scab on it. I took him to his pediatrician who said it was a spider bite but he did not believe it to be a widow or brown recluse spider. Well, it’s Wednesday and it is getting more swollen. He can’t bend it and the skin is very taught. It is very painful to the touch. We were digging in the flower beds Monday and I saw black spiders. I always see these spiders when I am in the flower beds and they have never bitten me. They just scurry away trying to hide. I have no clue what type of spider this is, but I am really worried about his thumb. My husband is going to talk to one of the surgeons at the hospital tomorrow to see if he will take a look at it.
I got bit by a spider about 2 years ago but it seems like the symtems are still affecting me went to the doctor they gave me antibotics but the area is still red and blochy and my left hand finger tips and palm which is above the bite keeps blisters can you help me.
I was bitten by a spider on Sunday, April 29th not really sure what kind of spider though. My bite area started out a lot like a mosquito bite, and now has progressed to a white center with redeness around it but no blister has formed. The bite area iches and is a little painful but nothing real serious yet. How I think I encountered the bite was I went and got all of my summer clothes out of the attic over the weekend and they were in bags. I chose not to wash my clothes since I knew they were clean and I chose to wear a pair my capri pants and now I have this bite. What should I do? Should I be going to the doctor or should I wait a few days?
You appear to be describing a brown recluse spider bite which seem to clear up a bit and then start necrotizing the bites surrounding flesh. When a spider necrotizes a bite, it is digesting or rotting the flesh! In all such cases, you should seek immediate medical attention.
I got a spider bite while i was laying down on my bed. i felt something ticklish on my neck so when i grabbed it it started to move in my hand. it was a bit dark but the spider was a bit furry small and brownish like. it left a lil bump and then red surrounding the area. im nervous that it might be bad. i put alcohal and put cream on it but it still stings badly.
Help. I put on my robe and 2 minutes later got a pin prick but painful bite on my arm, then another within a minute. I flew threw the hall stripping the robe off of me and felt it again. After I examened my arm I have been bit 3 times, 2 bad times and one minor. The two large bites: bite A: You can see a red ring around the bite, the ring is 3 inches wide, the bite area is now the size of a nickle and red and blistered and oozing. It is hot and hard to the touch and itches like mad. The other big bite B. is the same yet the circle is in the shape of a J instead and jets out 2 inches from my bite blistering all the way. What kind of spider bit me??? Help please.
thank you so much.
I thought the article was informative, however, I too would like to see more pictures.
its a red ring covering a black dot
I recently was bitten by something at night and I think it was spider. It was on my neck and it left a small red mark and the side of my neck was swollen. It itched like crazy for the better part of a week and the swelling never went down. I really have no clue what bit me, but several people suggested it may have been a spider.
Jim – Forget about the last post… I just saw the emails address.
Once my kid or husband gets home. I have tried to take it , But the pictures are not that clear. But I will send them anyway. And when my family gets home, then I will send better ones.
Thanks Jim
Hello Stephanie,
Please, if you have can take pictures of your spider bite, the readers would love this! Even if it is not a spider bite, we can put this up so that visitors have something to reference.
Feel free to send email to badspiderbites+jen@gmail.com
The more pictures of spider bites, the better!
Thanks Stephanie!
Jim.
Evelyn Badger- GOTO THE ER…I wouldnt mess with that…. Good luck, let us know how it went.
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Stephanie
This morning I woke up with my stomach sore ( yes I am a large woman) I looked down and saw size of your little finger all Red and in the middle its purple/black. As a dummy, I squeezed it, Blood and pus came out. It is sore to the touch. Its also a little warm. I can send you photo’s of it if you want.
But Could this be a spider bite?
I have never seen anything like this except on this website.
Any Help or suggestion. ( I know go to my doctor’s 😉 )
Hey,
I live in Fort Lauderdale, my ex lives in Cody, Wyoming. He just called me so I could diagnose a bite on his lower back without seeing it. He describes it as approx 1/8 in by 1/2 in raised red. Within the past 24 hours it has started forming blisters and the area is now approx 6 in. in diameter. Area is red, causing pain down his ‘butt” and he now tells me it appears to be spreading around to his abdomen. I’m a good nurse but not good enough to diagnose it from here with little exposure to ‘bites’. Have recommended he seek medical attention but he is stubborn. Can anyone help me with this diagnosis? Thanks.
My son is 4 1/2 years old and I think he may have been bitten by a spider. He has 2 bumps on his stomach but they have not changed and they have not gotten any worse. He has no signs of any sickness but I am scared and worried…can someone help me???
i got a spider bite last week and now is very large! Any comments? I am very scared!
I live in South Carolina. I was outside yesterday, I did not feel a spider bite me, but later my left forearm started itching. I put alcohol on it. This morning when I got up, there was a whelp about 2 inches across. My arm is swollen and red. The red place is as big as my hand and feels feverish. I can’t see any bite mark, only a little round white circle in the middle of the whelp. Anyway, I’m going to the doctor in the morning. Medical insurance or not.
I live in the metropolitan part of Columbus, Ohio
Since i was a child i have been told i have “sweet Blood” and that insects of all kinds are attracted to it…totally gross i know. Well i recently moved in to a older historic apartment and have been waking up in the morning with 7-10 bites …i show no signs of fevers and they do go away after 3 -4 days if i don’t itch it like crazy to where i break the skin. BUT my boyfriend who sleeps in the same bed with me EVERYNIGHT doesn’t get bit at all not even once. We keep our clothing in separate closets and dressers … Im wondering if that’s the problem if any one can offer suggestions i would really appreciate it…..also i have 2 cats so i have to consider that when using a bomb or something
PLEASE HELP IM at my WHITTS END! WITH THE ITCHIES
April 18,2007
My husband was at work and he put on his raincoat and he believes there was a spider in it . He showed me a
place on his forehead and there was about five
little bumps there and the place has swollen
up and has got to be a dark red. He said it was itching some
and last night it had fever in it. Can someone
give some input as to if it could be a spider
bite?
I was working in the yard when I noticed a small brown spider crawling
on my shirt. Later I noticed a swelled area on my arm about the size of my palm. I’ve experienced no pain. I can’t find any place where I might have bitten. The swollen area on my arm is not red,tender, or hot.
Im not sure if I have a bite? I put on some old gloves and that same nite my finger started to hurt. It is swollen so tight I cant bend at all and the pain was almost unbearable. Some redness. Thank you
i live in iowa and last night i was going to bed and this huge black spider ran across my bed i have this wierd bump on my leg it looks like a bug bite and has a scab in the middle should i be worried/
I have what I suspect to be a spider bite right above my left eyebrow. I woke up with a bump and over the past couple of days my left eye has been swollen. Not sure what I should do. Go to the doctor or keep putting Neosporin on it hoping it will go away soon? I can’t live forever with a Rocky Balboa eye.
I was bit last week. The bite is below my knee. It started out looking like a mosquito, for a day or two. Then, it got a black dot in the center. I thought it was a scab, so I picked it. Pus came out. I went to the doctor and they gave me an antibiotic. The bite seems to be getting worse instead of better. The bite itself is now the size of a nickel, but my knee is swollen like a baseball. Now, where the scab was is a hole. It is very painful, the doctor’s office told me that they didn’t need to see me again, but I’m worried. What could have caused this? I thought if I took a suggestion with me, they could treat it. P.S. I live in Southern IL
I live in South Caolina, and have been bitten by something and I have no idea what it is. I have a large lump on the back of my neck that is now scabbed over, and it’s very sensitive to touch. Also, I have been having some cold chills and a low grade fever. Just last night I have noticed that I have 2 round marble size lumps on the neck muscle that runs down to my colar bone, about 2 inches from the bite area. There also is an apperant rash, almost welts, around the bite. I also have stiffness in my neck and a sharp pearcing pain in my ear at times. If anyone knows what this may be from, please feel free to e-mail me at omjkuh@aol.com. I would go to the doctor, but I have no medical insurance.
by the way has anyone any information on what kind of spider would look like: big around as a half-dollar, light brown and on the legs tan stripes?
I’m not sure what kind of spider bit me, but about 2 weeks ago i noticed a small bump on my forearm. no discoloration, only a little pain. then the next day it had turned into a pea-sized sore with a red ring around it. it had a pus colored scab. i removed the scab but nothing came out. it is still a sore, dark red, almost black with a red ring still around it. i have treated it like any other sore with peroxide and triple-antibiotic ointment. it’s still there. any ideas?
I’m from Houston, Texas
About 5 days ago, my husband felt itching between toes on left foot.I looked at it and it looked like possible athlete’s foot, b/c there was a small crack, so i sprayed it with Tinactin antifugal spray. It continued to itch and this time we put some natural aloe vera to soothe it. The fourth day, he noticed swelling in the area and itching again. On the fifth day, When he got home that evening and took boot off, he noticed the area very swollen still and redness in a “patch” look on his toes and upper foot. We decided to go to the emergency room to have it looked at.
I was so upset b/c sometimes these emergency room don’t do a darn thing to help the situation and seems like a waste at times. The nurse said that it looked like “fungus” and not a spider bite, but either way she could only prescribe antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medecine to see if that would help even if it was a spider bite. I was hoping for blood work at the moment for “just in case” . We are now on the 6th day and he’s going on his 2nd antibiotic pill and first anti-infammatory pill and the foot is still the same and now we are noticing a small “watery blister” by his toe and another little one by the small toe. No improvement yet! We are very concerned and scared b/c we are not sure what this could be and what could have bitten him, but we know it is not athlete’s foot/fungus!!!!!!!! We will get a second opionion tomorrow if there is no improvement. any one know what this could be??????????? Help please.
hi spiders are gross…. ewww
Hi all! I was bitten by something on my right hip, and I am not positive if it is a spider. I am at a loss of what else it could be. The effected area is red, swollen, and just last night I noticed that it has red spider web-like areas around it. It is sore to the touch, and I have had a couple headaches and dizziness. I have not been sick to my stomach, and I am rather tired all the time now. I was bitten two nights ago, and it seems to be getting worse. I didn’t see any fang marks on it initially, but it sort of looks like it now after the initial swelling went down. I am in the midwest, which is full of brown recluse spiders, but I sincerely doubt that it was what bit me. Someone please give me a clue as to what spider may have bit me! =)
Hello,
I was bitten by a spider on March 12, and the description of thing like white-head pimple with black dot, hard lump, big red swollen area is just like me. I developed a fever, spasms in my abdomen, back spasms, and swelling in my joints I am still taking Naproxen for one month later. I’m in southwestern Ontario. Joint pain so bad I had trouble walking initially, couldn’t even hold a pen, couldn’t go to work. Sometimes needing ben-gay for my hips & hands; shoulders crack terribly from swelling sometimes. (I’m 28.)
Last night, though, the bump re-appeared, just–“hello!” Has black dot in centre. It really hurts. Knuckles on my right hand are swelling up, turning blue again, and I am really worried the whole process is starting over again.
Please, PLEASE, if you can be of any help to me, you may save me time off of work. I am moving to a new city and trying to change jobs, and I really need some insight. The other doctors had thought brown recluse spider though I didn’t have necrotized tissue (just pus coming out the first time, ew).
Thank you very much,
Amy in Ontario
I have a spider bite directly in the middle of my neck. At first, I thought it was a zit, but upon trying to pop it I realized it was very hard, and irritated. I didn’t see the spider, I figure I probably rolled over on it in my sleep or something. Anyway, once I trying to pop it like a zit, it became swollen, around the bite, but still retained a very hard center, about the size of half a pea. I put some hydrogen peroxide on it and it faomed like crazy, it’s been almost two days now and there hasn’t been much of a change. It’s still very sore, red, and hard. I also want to note that my skin is very sensitive and I have had allergic reactions to other sorts of bites. I’m very concerned, I don’t know how to get any relief from this.
Hello.. im Joshua, and I live in Hickory, NC
Id say about 3 days ago I noticed a small area on the bottom of my left big toe that felt kinda like a blood blister, or a stone bruise from stepping roughly on a sharp rock. Anyway now the area that i thought was simply a bruise has progressed into a blister type wound, white in the center, and red around the edges of the wound. Its about half the size of a dime with a rash breaking out on the top of the arch on my left foot The part that gets me is the area its on and the toughness of the skin as well as no apearance of fang intercorse. Any help with figuring out what on earth coused this would be great relief.
i think i got bit by a spider i live in the south but it happened in the house. i was sleeping and it felt like i wanted to get sick i couphed like i was going to get sick i drank something to clear my throat now it hurts to swallow. could it be a spider bite? boy it really hurts. now im getting pain on the right side of my neck. help me please.
okay im not sure what kind of bite i have but i got bit yesterday…the dang thnbg got me twice on my finger i have benn trying to squeeze everything out of it but it wont come out its not as bad as the ones i have saw thank god it is just real red and real swollen where it bit me
yeah i agree w/ celestia i would also like to see more spider bite pics and what spider did it and how to treat it i have a spider bite and i dont know what to do im afraid its gonna get real bad infected
I am an Infantryman serving in afghanistan. I was bitten and at day one the area appeared to be a bruise. two tiny holes a quarter inch apart or less. day 3 the area is a deeper dark color ,like a larger bruise in the forearm at the bend of the elbow. The area has increased from one inch long and wide to three inch by six inch long with soreness in the elbow joint at the end of day three. the medic says we will keep an eye on it. I am taking antibiotic for treatment. there is a hard area the size of a marble in the centre at the bite. sick stomach the first day otherwise feel fine. dont know what bit me —Spider?
Hi, my 3 year old son was bitten by either a mosquito or a fire ant, or a spider. We live in Central Texas, and I have seen several brown recluse in the house, too. But of course we try to always get rid of them as soon as we see them. The bite looks red and swollen with 2 pus filled heads or pimples. The redness gave in by the evening-I noticed them in the morning, after he got up. By the evening there was a pale pink circle where the redness initially was and the redness itself narrowed itself, holding the size of a quarter now. Was it a spider or not?
Hello Josh O.
your grandfather could of been bitten by a brown recluse spider since that spider’s bite results in dying tissue do you know if the bump had a red target looking ring around it when you first saw it?
i recommend you take him to the hospital if the symptoms have only gotten worse
Hi, my grandfather lives in rural South Dakota as a cattle rancher in and out of barns etc. A little less then 2 months ago he had a bump/bite on his chest that was the size of a 50 cent piece. Being the hard-as* that he is he just went on until my grandmother noticed it and it started oozing. She took him to the Dr. The doctor saw the spot and the rash that developed around it and haphazardly sent him to a dermatologist. Dermatologist tests came back inconclusive for any infections. Now the symptoms are worse and areas around the initial circle are becoming open sores. He does have pain and headaches, but no vomitting and the initial sore is getting larger and tissue is definitely dying. Are there any particular spiders that could live in this area that if they were to bite would cause symptoms that would be manifest this far after a bite? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance,
Josh
My son was bitten on a Scout campout in SE Texas last weekend. The initial bite looked like an irregular circle of dirt under the skin, appeared to be a blood blister about the size of a dime, but with an unaffected center. We took him to the dr. and he was prescribed an antibiotic & Zyrtec. Last night, 6 nights after the bite, he had itching and had a larger circle, about the size of a fist, of bumps around the site to which we applied anti-itch cream. This morning, 1 wk post bite, the bumps are gone but there remains a fist sized zone of redness. The bite doesn’t match the appearance of a brown recluse, which is common in our area. If anyone recognizes this description, please let us know.
Those of you who wait are risking much, I came here to see if anyone had little red dots that itch like mosquito bites but have little whiteheads, nothing serious, I can’t believe you people would go days with symptoms like I’ve been reading and not go to the doctor.
You do know that spiders can be poisonous and dangerous right? What if the spider bite turned out to be a brown recluse that bit you, the longer you wait the more flesh you lose, I had a friend who had to get a hole cored down to the bone in his leg because of a recluse bite. Fever? Black skin? Mushy skin? whole arm going red?
I would be running to the doctor if i had been bitten by a spider! geez.
I got a bite. and It looked pretty bad at first, and on the third day of having it, i had a fever of 102, aching in my whole body, and could not eat, but then come the fourth day and the only thing i have left is gas. the bite SEEMS to be getting better, but i dunno, any thoughts? oh, it seemed to match the description of the black widow’s symptoms, but not for long enough or soon enough. so yea, i’m confused.
i popped it and it went down it doesent even hurt anymore thanks anyway
About 2 weeks ago I got bit on my finger by a spider while trying to move a pc of furniture. I have no idea what kind it was. It hurt when it happened, my finger turned red it tingled for a little while and to be honest, I forgot about it. A few days ago, I noticed a red, puffy, almost looks like a blister from a cigarette burn, something like that, anyway-I noticed b/c it was sensative to the touch, right where the spider bit me. Does one have anything to do with the other??? I’m a little nervous b/c I didnt get a good look at the spider but I’m on Long Island, New York. I’m thinking it’s all good but what is this thing that just recenelty appeared where the spider bit me???
Now it’s gone back down and looks like a pimple it has a pimple of pus on it and i have not popped it please i need to know what spider bit me
at first a little bump was behind my leg then after a couple of months it got bigger and painful and it look like someone poked a small hole in the center. what kind of spider is this and is it a spider bite or not?
it was about a mounth ago at first it looked like a light red dot but after that mounth it didn’t go away now it’s about the sixe of a quater i know it’s a spider bite because you can see 2 very litte bite wounds it only hurts if you touchit it’s located in the middle of my right arm we have found black widows in here but i know it’s not it i’m telling my mom about it tonight. If anybody has any info on this please leave me a message thank you
Mine is the same as Maddie’s #3. Something like a misquito bite then the next day I start to itch and it swells up. I notice two little holes and they formed a little blister. They popped rather easily and pus like stuff came out. It is all red and the center is really hard. The redness is spreading over my arm. I have been putting benadryl on it to stop the itching. But it usually takes about 3 or 4 days for it to go away. This is the 5th time I have been bitten in the last six months. Three times about 4 months ago and now twice in about a week. Not sure what this is. I did kill 2 spiders in my house over the weekend. They were about the size of a quarter. Could it be spider bites or what. I would really appreciate a response ASAP.
Thanks
Some visitors may chime in to help with the identification of a spider bite or offer their experience of what may have worked for them, but please keep in mind that the content of BadSpiderBites.com is not in any way meant to be a substitute for medical care or advice from a physician or health care professional. Spirder Bites and any related treatment will vary according to the particular patient’s needs.
One story rings true over and over, and that is of the person bitten by a spider who decides to wait too long for treatment. Please don’t let this happen to you. There are some excellent pictures of how damaging a spider bite can be.
Whenever possible, try to catch (not crush) the spider that bit you as it will be of great help in determining treatment.
Hello, I got bit by a spider about two weeks ago. The bite is about as big as the end of dixie cup and is located on my neck, i’m suprised it doesn’t hurt yet. Ive been wrapping my neck in gause because it is weepy and sortof bloody. If your look closely you can see tiny white and black lines through the affected area. I havn’t gone to the Dr. yet because I can’t afford one. Does anybody have any idea on what I should do? I’m a lawyer with a husband and 9 children, we are mormon. I only got a quick glimpse of the spider before it jumped away. It was black and I saw a flash of turquoise and red. what kind of spider could this be? I Live in Alaska, this is strange because I don’t usually see many spiders around, this was shock to me and i’m afraid for my life. thank you for your input, good afternoon.
about 2/3 days ago i found what looks like a bite on my arm…but im not sure…its swollen, reddish…it has a black line in the middle of where i picked the scab off and the black line wont go away. if you look closely you can see little clear bumps around where the scab was and it itches really bad…any clue of what it is?
what kind of spider if it is one?
Hi, I live in Las Vegas.
My toddler was in our backyard playing during the day. That evening I noticed what looked like a white head pimple on his left thigh with a small black dot in the center. The next day, the red mark was the size of a quarter with still the white head and black dot. By the third day, the red mark was the size of a pancake with the white head and black dot still visible. He was then taken to the Dr’s. and it was sliced open and the doctor squeezed pus from it. I have no idea if it was a spider, bee, or something else. I has been a week now. It is much better but there is hardness under the skin and he is still on antibiotic. Any suggestions?
Need to know.
I seem to be getting red marks (about 2-4) on my chest, shoudlers, neck and face after I have taken a shower. It has also appeared when I was in a hotel pool/hot tub. They look like little spider bites, and they go away within 10 minutes.
Any ideas?
-D
I woke up the other morning and I had a pain in my knee, when i looked at it, it had a black mark(looked like spider bite). The next day it began to swell, and it is now red and swollen, it has a little pain on my leg and i cant even sleep on it, because its sore. Please tell me if this is a bite and what I should do?
Hello Vicki,
I too have had this same problem with what I though are spider bites! It has happened about 6 times now, and I wake up a few hours after sleeping to find my chest and shoulders covered with small red welts! My wife and daughter who sleep in the same bed have never experienced a problem, just me.
The spider bite(s) (maybe not) are itchy and I found that if I take a hot soapy shower afterwards, I’m fine and the red bumps disappear within a couple of hours.
I thought for sure these welts are caused by a spider bite, but since I am the only one that gets them, my wife suggested they may be an allergic reaction of some type. I thought maybe dust mites, but if this was the case, then my wife and daughter would have experienced it as well.
I still have no idea what is causing the bumps. It happens only at night and sure looks just like a spider bite. One thing that I noticed and may be relevant, is that it seems to happen after being downstairs (in the basement) for a time.
If I find out what is causing this, I will post the information. If you find anything, spider bite or not, please post it!
Thanks!
We live in Camas, Washington and for the last two months have been biten by some type of spider. The bites don’t itch but they are a red circle. My husband right now has about 75 of them and I have maybe 15 bites. They don’t hurt but are driving me crazy because I don’t know where they are coming from. At some point I thought maybe bed bugs but after researching them I know thats not it. I’ve fogged my house 3 times now and even called a exterminator who couldn’t help me because he didn’t see any spider webs. Any suggestions or ideas on what we have. Thanks
Hello Racine,
We can not give you medical advice for a spider bite, but if I had a bite like this, I would seek medical attention right now. There are too many stories about people bitten by spiders that wait until it’s too late!
I live in Florida and I just got bit by what I think is a spider but not sure. Its located on my thigh. When ever a bump appears on my body I have the feeling that I have to pop it so that way it goes away faster. So I tried to pop the spider bite thinking maybe I can release some pus or something but no,only pain.
The spider bite is really painfull for my left leg. I cant even sleep on that side of my body at night. The bump has gotten bigger since I messed with it but I dont know what to do. It has a little bite mark to the top and the whole area around the bump is a redish, almost turning purple color now, from me messing with it, and my leg is sore around the bite mark.
It almost feels like someone was beating me with a bat in that area. What should I do? I am plaining to go see a doctor if it doesn’t get better soon!!!
I live in Central Pennsylvania, and am surrounded by woods. While getting dressed, I felt a bite on my leg and Immediately shook out the pant leg and took them off. I also checked in my boots but I do not know what kind of spider bit me. At first it simply looked like a mosquito bite, then a day later on top of the bite a green pus-like bubble formed. I squeezed the pus out but later that night a half-dollar size circle began to develop around the bite. There was no pain associated with the bite but it does itch. I was wondering if anybody knew what kind of spider may have bit me?
I have two spider bites. One on the back of my theigh and one on my shoulder. I’m not sure what kind of spider bit me. The one on my shoulder is a two pronged bite that is a bit smaller than a centimeter apart. If anyone can, please let me know what kind of spider this is?
I live in Sacramento, CA and last weekend I got a spider bite and not sure what kind of spider bit me. The bite area is black with a blister around it and the area surrouning it is red.
The finger was swolen and I have a rash of several red dots all over my torso front and back only. I was not sick with any other symptoms. I felt kinda nervous. I was out emptying the garbage and did not even feel the bite.