I'm 21 now and i cant believe this is the first time ive heard of this or seen it..... they're not common in my area of the states but i got an email today from a friend at work about these spiders and these pictures are qutie disturbing
The physical reaction to a brown recluse spider bite depends on the amount of venom injected and an individual's sensitivity to it. Some people are unaffected by a bite, whereas others experience immediate or delayed effects as the venom kills the tissues (necrosis) at the site of the bite. Many brown recluse bites cause just a little red mark that heals without event. The vast majority of brown recluse bites heal without severe scarring
The bite of the brown recluse spider can result in a painful, deep wound that takes a long time to heal. Fatalities are extremely rare, but bites are most dangerous to young children, the elderly, and those in poor physical condition. When there is a severe reaction to the bite, the site can erupt into a "volcano lesion" (a hole in the flesh due to damaged, gangrenous tissue). The open wound may range from the size of an adult's thumbnail to the span of a hand. The dead tissue gradually sloughs away, exposing underlying tissues. The sunken, ulcerating sore may heal slowly up to 6 to 8 weeks. Full recovery may take several months and scarring may remain
this is around day 3 i believe
day 5
and day 10
so for all the tough guys doing yard work/house work, i guess it isnt a bad idea to wear glvoes!!
any stories or thoughts??
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They are rather common around here, but thats not really an extreme case. Extreme would be amputation. You neglect it at first, but by the time it looks bad it's too late. The poison is so far along it's typically going to keep going. If you're bitten on your hand, and left unattended, in 15 days you would amplutate your hand, and possibly half your arm. People have been known to amputate the whole leg from a bite on the ankle.
They are rather common around here, but thats not really an extreme case. Extreme would be amputation. You neglect it at first, but by the time it looks bad it's too late. The poison is so far along it's typically going to keep going. If you're bitten on your hand, and left unattended, in 15 days you would amplutate your hand, and possibly half your arm. People have been known to amputate the whole leg from a bite on the ankle.
Those spiders are not to joke with...
This man speaks the truth...
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Those photos have been going around on the net for quite some time. People were saying no way they're photoshopped, but I've seen other photos with very similar reactions and tissue necrosis. You definitely don't want to get bitten!!!
Edit- Nevermind- All I could find was an undetermined status on those photos- with accompanying text that states nearly all bites never get to a severe status, and the photos provide no useful information.
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Yeah, I got bit once by just a regular garden kind of spider in my backyard when I was about 15 years old. A bunch of us were playing manhunt (hide and seek) and I was hiding in some bushes at a pond behind my house. I felt a terrible sting on my hand, but didnt see what it was, but oh man did it hurt. I went inside with everyone, and just by the time I got inside, the point of pain had swollen 2 a huge lump, and throbbed with pain. My parents called the ambulance and they came with some kinda anti-venom stuff and a special compress just for that type of thing. They're the ones who told us it was a spider bite, and showed us the 2 little fang wounds where it had bitten me. They wanted to take precautions for in case I was allergic, etc. That was just a 'normal' spider too, forget a brown recluse! Do NOT mess with those things, they are not to be taken lightly. And the fact that they like to make little 'caves' their homes (like, say your empty shoes) == the suck!
By the time it gets too day 5, the poison has spread so far it's hard to stop. For a brown recluse, you have aboue 3 days to really stop it from doing damage. The worst part about that spider is that is does not heal all of time. It literally kills the muscle and tissue the poison comes in contact with, if it goes past day 5 you're just going to have tissue rot, no way around it.
The worst case I saw (in terms of rot) was a lady's leg. She was bitten on the right side of her ankle, and it deteriorated her whole calf, foot and most of her thigh. It was like a twig, seriously no muscle on it. Looked like someone pumped everything out from under her skin, and texured the skin like a golf ball. This was YEARS after being bitten, so it was no longer black. I was scared to go outside for weeks...
edit-the cave comment, people think I'm nuts, but I always crush my shoes/gloves and clean them out if I haven't worn them in at least two days. If I left them outside, it's got like a two hour period. But, I have found creatures in there before.
I would have gone to the doctor/hospital at the first picture. Ive gotten bit (not by brown recluse, some other spider), and luckily went to the hospital a few mins later so nothing really happened.
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im scared to death of them things
