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I'll take a few months of cold/snow for not having insects and reptiles that kill you.
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I think it was probably the Brown Sociable spider https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/133053/W6aTyuR-735618.gif View Quote |
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Its not a brown recluse OP, you don't even feel them. I have a missing piece of flesh that got scraped out after the necrosis stopped that scarred over into a crater if you want to see what a real brown recluse bite looks like. I didn't even feel it when they were scraping the wound out, no anesthesia. It was completely numb and dead.
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Quoted: I don't think it was a brown recluse.... they don't like being outside, especially "on a fake bloom" Hint.... they are "reclusive" View Quote See them in the shop here and it's instant death for them. Them bastards can jump too. Tried smashing one with a wrench that I found inside the loader bucket on the Kubota. Never have moved my hand that fast ever since to shake it off |
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The pic is a Wolf spider. Not venomous and doesn't normally bite unless really provoked but hurts like a bitch.
Brown Recluse is aggressive and bite doesn't hurt much if at all initially, the hurt comes later. |
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"Brown recluse spider bites often go unnoticed initially because they are usually painless bites."
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OP has deceased? If truly a brown recluse he could lose the finger. Medical attention is required as the bite carries a necrotic venom, plus antibiotics will be required to deal with the following on infection. View Quote |
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My uncle swears by putting meat tenderizer on recluse bites. View Quote |
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Not sure if it was mentioned yet, but if you are wearing any rings on that hand, take them off.
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If you pee on your finger it will neutralize the acid that would otherwise melt the flesh from your hand.
We get them here all the time. |
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I didnt feel my bite, just saw him crawling on my arm when I picked up a pile of laundry. Smashed him and moved on. An hour or two later, my bicep started to itch.
Got red and I could see the bite mark. Well shit. Off to the interwebs and tried all the home remedy stuff. About 24 hours after the bite, my arm was swollen from shoulder to wrist, like a freakin balloon. Purple about 6 inches around the bite. Time to go to doc. He put a steroid shot right throw the bite site. Hurt like hell. Told me that if I would have waited a few more hours I would have had to have skin graphs. Healed up okay with just a few layers of skin sloughing off. Nasty scar but that's it. So, if it really was a brown recluse, dont wait around, go to doc or ER now. |
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If you have Twitter, you can tweet a pic of the spider and the location to @RecluseOrNot and they will reply with what kind of spider it is. They even identify other types of recluses.
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Pulls out the protein like the poison has protein in it. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
My uncle swears by putting meat tenderizer on recluse bites. No. Meat tenderizer contains enzymes that denature the proteins that make up the venom. Too bad it can't touch most of the venom - unless you are able to marinate the wound site overnight in the fridge. |
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For those of you who think a BRS bite is no big deal, I knew a guy in Tallahasse, FL who lost his foot because he thought it was no big deal. Go see a doctor, OP. Oh and this post is worthless without pics, so here you go. https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/50056/1001109094/original/this-terrifying-brown-recluse-bite-that-required-surgery-photo-u2?w=650&q=50&fm=jpg&fit=crop&crop=faces https://images.emedicinehealth.com/images/4453/4453-4474-10729-42552.jpg Fixed for brain fart. View Quote idonbelieveit.gif |
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Those are not a foot. idonbelieveit.gif View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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For those of you who think a BRS bite is no big deal, I knew a guy in Tallahasse, FL who lost his foot because he thought it was no big deal. Go see a doctor, OP. Oh and this post is worthless without pics, so here you go. https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/50056/1001109094/original/this-terrifying-brown-recluse-bite-that-required-surgery-photo-u2?w=650&q=50&fm=jpg&fit=crop&crop=faces https://images.emedicinehealth.com/images/4453/4453-4474-10729-42552.jpg Fixed for brain fart. idonbelieveit.gif But since you are hard of understanding, THE FOLLOWING PHOTOGRAPHS ARE OF BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER BITES ON PEOPLE WHO DO NOT LIVE IN TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA AND ARE PURELY USED AS EXAMPLES FOR PEOPLE WHO DISREGARD BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER BITES AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES CONSISTING OF DISFIGUREMENT, AMPUTATION AND DISABILITY. Did you understand that, sugartits? |
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Got bit on the leg a year ago by one. Leg throbbed and the area round the bite was red about 3-4" in diameter for 6 weeks until it went away. Never turned black and rotted lucky for me View Quote |
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Quoted: Did I state that those pictures are of a foot? No. But since you are hard of understanding, THE FOLLOWING PHOTOGRAPHS ARE OF BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER BITES ON PEOPLE WHO DO NOT LIVE IN TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA AND ARE PURELY USED AS EXAMPLES FOR PEOPLE WHO DISREGARD BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER BITES AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES CONSISTING OF DISFIGUREMENT, AMPUTATION AND DISABILITY. Did you understand that, sugartits? View Quote |
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I was bit by the New Zealand equivalent of black widow.
Attached File It swelled a bit... (My elbow was the size of a tennis ball) And it was hot, I had a fever and some cramps but was basically OK. Since medical attention was a bit inconvenient I hit the internet and was an expert on venomous spiders by the end of the morning! Saw a lot of images that were not helpful... One thing I learned is that responses to spider bites vary a lot. In my case, widow bites (Katipo in this case) are often painful but sometimes go full retard. In which case there is antivenom that works fast. So I waited it out and was uncomfortable but lived. And while researching it found about the same for brown recluse bites. Sometimes it's awful but typically it's just painful. Some folks have suggested nitroglycerin patches as a way to prevent the vasoconstriction that is theorized to lead to necrosis. Other people think that secondary infections are a cause of necrosis. So who knows. The good news is that alcohol is a vasodilator! So have a drink and relax. It's what I did. In fact I invented a drink that evening that I now call the "Redback" (Local name for the spider). Bourbon with Contreau on the rocks with a squeeze of lime. |
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For those of you who think a BRS bite is no big deal, I knew a guy in Tallahasse, FL who lost his foot because he thought it was no big deal. Go see a doctor, OP. Oh and this post is worthless without pics, so here you go. https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/50056/1001109094/original/this-terrifying-brown-recluse-bite-that-required-surgery-photo-u2?w=650&q=50&fm=jpg&fit=crop&crop=faces https://images.emedicinehealth.com/images/4453/4453-4474-10729-42552.jpg Fixed for brain fart. View Quote |
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There are a few Whether or not they work, or are actually worse is up for debate. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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I got bit a few times on my shoulder in my sleep. It hurt for about a month and sucked to wear a shirt. It just blistered a bit and scabbed over. Benadryl and ice the area and see a doc and get some antibiotics. No need to go to the ER, just see your GP or go to the walk-in clinic if you get bit. But this all depends on your reaction to the bite.
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I don't know if we have brown recluses up here in southern Idaho. We have widows and hobo spiders, but I haven't seen any recluses. Normally, I don't mind critters, though I do hate mice when they're in my home. However, my big ass had to crawl up underneath the house at 0900 this morning to pull some PEX pipe from the tacks it was sitting in (replacing outdoor faucet). Of course, I have to go to the very farthest corner of the house to get to the faucet and pipe.
I didn't see one critter along the way, which I was thankful for. When I got to that corner...HO-LEE-FUK. That's why I didn't see any along the way, they were all posted in that damn corner, with their fucking eggs too! Wasn't a damn thing I could do except pray I didn't get bit...However, I'm a cheapskate and I wasn't about to spend 400.00 on a plumber. Thankfully, I did not get bit, but I did get both eyes filled with that wonderful fiberglass insulation shit. |
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A friend was bitten by the BR. He was 26. What resulted was: stroke, artificial heart valve,,,,,
5 years later the heart valve gives out and he died. So, good luck. |
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I call BS on it being a brown recluse. Not typical for their location and when I was bit I never felt it.
But you will know when it oozes puss for the next 6 months. |
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