Brown recluse spider (bites)

RolandTD20Kdrummer

bmwweirdoguy wrote:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/brownrecluse.asp

May not be all true...gotta love the Snopes

hmm I dunno, google seems to have a lot of assorted necrotic skin pics for recluse spider bites.

http://www.surviveoutdoors.com/emergency/spiderbites_recluse.asp

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

a lot of those nasty fuckers around here. black widows too.

patrickredeyes

brainofPJ wrote:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vd0uDaIZIyg

I can watch just about 10 seconds of that.

GreenTeaDisease

Luckily, I don't think we have a lot of them in the northeast. had to watch out for them when I lived down south though.

rival.

i think i am going to be sick.

DOWN WITH SPIDERS!! CREEPY BASTARDS.

G-force

I can attest to the grusome brown recluse. A friend of mine was bit on the forehead about 10 years ago in Fort Myers Florida. The bloody wound looked like a shot gun blast!

SVRDhand13

holy shit i have spiders in my house all the time and never think anything of them.

are we sure this is true?

elmer

SVRDhand13 wrote:

holy shit i have spiders in my house all the time and never think anything of them.

are we sure this is true?

maybe, but they're exaggerated cases.

From the info I've found the fuckers are most prevalent in the southern states of the US but can spread much further for being able to survive up to 7months without food. Also, this allows them to exist in colder climates, though whether Finland, as I saw somewhere, I'm not too sure.

Not web builders.
Female usually doesn't devour male, as is common with most spider species.
Love peanut butter.

RolandTD20Kdrummer

deadmosquito wrote:

i still am curious as to what those black, string-looking things are on that guy's hand in those still photos!

some rough stitching getting tied into the wound (before it is trimmed).

here's a better pic
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/n_brown_recluse_bite6.htm

I was just reading however...

"the majority of brown recluse bites are "uneventful," doctors say, and rarely progress to such a serious stage."

RolandTD20Kdrummer

also:

"Bite Symptoms

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 (http://spiders.ucr.edu/avoidbites.html).

Initially, the bite may feel like a pinprick or go unnoticed. Some may not be aware of the bite for 2 to 8 hours. Others feel a stinging sensation followed by intense pain. Infrequently, some victims experience general systemic reactions that may include restlessness, generalized itching, fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, or shock. A small white blister usually initially rises at the bite site surrounded by a swollen area. The affected area enlarges and becomes red, and the tissue is hard to the touch for some time. The lesion from a brown recluse spider bite is a dry, blue-gray or blue-white, irregular sinking patch with ragged edges and surrounding redness--termed the "red, white, and blue sign." The lesion usually is 1½ inches by 2¾ inches or smaller. Characteristics of a bite are further discussed at http://www.amednews.com/free/hlsa0805.

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. "

from: http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2061.html

prljmngrl

omg how can he dig at it like that for so long? That is what would do me in. The constant irritation. Go to the doctor and have him just slice it open and be done with it.

prljmngrl

actually it looks more like a botfly larva wound if you notice at 4:40 he pulls it out.

elmer

If find another egg-sac I'm taking it to England on bike, they'll be numero uno back home, spread like the clap!