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« on: May 16, 2011, 04:45:50 PM » |
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I think I got a spider bite yesterday. I took an antibiotic.
Do I need to go to the emergency room?
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lizzy
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« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2011, 04:55:09 PM » |
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I could be wrong, but I think that most spider bites aren't usually that serious. I take it you didn't see the spider? Are you allergic to other kinds of bug bites?
Is the bite doing anything unusual? Do you feel ill?
And where did you get the antibiotic?
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« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2011, 04:57:01 PM » |
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Just watch that the site doesn't turn read and start getting bigger. My mother got a staph infection from a spider bite because it was so deep.
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« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2011, 05:01:39 PM » |
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The antibiotics are for a clear and beautiful complexion--but they work for other things, too.
It is red.
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« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2011, 05:06:54 PM » |
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Since you're still walking and talking, you don't have to worry about anaphylaxis. If swelling, discoloration, pain, etc. get a lot worse, especially in a short period of time, see a doctor. Probably though it will disappear on its own.
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« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2011, 05:08:16 PM » |
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The antibiotics are for a clear and beautiful complexion--but they work for other things, too.
It is red.
Circle the red part with a pen. If the redness starts to spread much beyond the circle, then you might want to see a doctor. |
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« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2011, 05:16:15 PM » |
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Are you sure it's even a spider bite. You can get a staph infection from skin irritation other than spider bite. But then you'd want the right antibiotic in the right dosage scheme.
Either way, most likely not ER, but your regular doctor or a walk-in.
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« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2011, 05:47:47 PM » |
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Are you sure it's even a spider bite. You can get a staph infection from skin irritation other than spider bite. But then you'd want the right antibiotic in the right dosage scheme.
Either way, most likely not ER, but your regular doctor or a walk-in.
This is what I'd do. A few years ago, I had something that I thought was a spider bite but turned out to be a staph infection. After it got really ugly I went to a dermatologist, who looked at it and said "eww." Then he called in all his nurses to look at it. They said "eww" too. |
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« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2011, 05:50:27 PM » |
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It's on the back of my knee, and I remember pulling something off.
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« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2011, 05:53:20 PM » |
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Are you sure it's even a spider bite. You can get a staph infection from skin irritation other than spider bite. But then you'd want the right antibiotic in the right dosage scheme.
Either way, most likely not ER, but your regular doctor or a walk-in.
I agree with melba on this one. If you start getting streaky lines leading away from the bite along your veins, then go to the ER, but otherwise just schedule a regular visit. Did you see the spider? Sometimes tick bites look like spider bites, and you do not want to ignore a tick bite up where you live. |
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« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2011, 05:55:22 PM » |
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I already wrote on the other thread, but, I'll expand here. In your neck of the woods, the only spider that dangerous to humans is the Northern Black Widow. However, it's unmistakeable. It looks like the much more familiar Southern Black Widow, but the red hourglass on its underside is incomplete, and it has red dots on the back of it's abdomen. Here are pictures: http://www.pestid.msu.edu/InsectsArthropods/NorthernBlackWidowSpiderLatrodectusvariolus/tabid/263/Default.aspxThat being said, all spider are venomous, and the bites of many can be painful. As others have written - keep an eye on the bite and go do your doctor if it gets worse. On review, it may indeed be a tick bite, especially if you pulled something off and it was the back of your knee. |
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« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2011, 07:01:28 PM » |
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I am going to the doctor tomorrow, but I'm not going to the ER.
All the advice says stay off the leg. So I'm just going to veg tonight.
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« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2011, 07:36:24 PM » |
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Some years ago, my child was bitten by what they said was a brown recluse spider. Her toe turned almost black.
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« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2011, 07:44:50 PM » |
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Some years ago, my child was bitten by what they said was a brown recluse spider. Her toe turned almost black.
Not to contradict whatever experts may have diagnosed your child, but what most people claim are "brown recluse spider bites" are in fact not, in part due to the spider's limited range in North America. |
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« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2011, 07:53:04 PM » |
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The doctor made the pronouncement, but as usual I didn't necessarily believe him. He was very sure, but it was not really in the usual range of the spider I don't think. It happened while she was sleeping in a cabin thing. The only longlasting result was that the other child sleeping there became afraid of spiders.
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