Anyone ever been bitten by a brown recluse?

dude...if it was you need to go to the doctor

I had a friend get bitten by one and it was very serious.

Although I've never been bitten by one, I've done enough research on them due to encountering tons of them... GO TO THE HOSPITAL NOW!!!!!!

The bite will be become very painfull, and will eventually start to ooze black puss!! The bites can then run a very high risk of becoming gangerous/infected. The venom dosen't work as fast as a Black Widows, but it's just as dangerous.

uhhh.....yeah, I think you better go in right away!!!
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Brown recluse bites are very dangerous.
The bites cause necrosis and can grow to as large as 10 inches in diameter


Get thee to a physician

Hate those things!

Had a Marine and a Soldier get bit. At first they were ok, one guy had to go to the hospital the other didnt need to. But it its that bad id say GO! That venom can start to kill off the skin around the bitten area. Then the doc has to cut out the bad skin.

Butterbean,
Have you had abdominal pain?
I strongly suggest you go to a local ER to seek treatment.If it is a spider bite you dont need to wait.You cause more damage by waiting.
I have not been biten by one but I have done research for wilderness survial first aid training.
Their vemon can cause "flesh rotten"(tissue decay) problems.I am asuming you have cleaned the wound with cool water and soap once you noticed you were biten.If you did that that should have helped with cleaning any vemon from the tissue but your blood stream could be in danger.
I read it was three weeks but did you happen to get a good look at the spider so you can describe it to the doctors to make sure it was a brown recluse.I know it is a strech to suggest that you saved the spider.
My prayers are with you...good luck withthis

I've not been bitten by a brown recluse but I have been bitten by a spider, the bite went necrotic within two days and five years on I still have the scar. Go to the doctor now. I tried to fix it on my own for a month and all I ended up with was a huge hole in my leg. Get it fixed sweetheart.

Dear god. Don't like the looks of that leg....I did not see the spider. I have not had a fever or anything and I would think that would be a symptom. I have just felt...off...for a few days. Here is the bite, it does'nt look like much but it is quite tender.

That is more than likely a brown recluse bite.....to the doctor you should go

I've seen them in person...go to hosptial..NOW!!!

It's best to go to the ER only to find out that you've over reacted... as the alternative is far worse.

I'd go get it checked out.
My wife was bitten on the leg by a spider a few years ago. We were never 100% sure it was a brown recluse, but the doc thought it was likely. She still has a thumbnail size scar on her thigh to this day.
Spiders. . . blech!

Jayme, I've seen what they can do. Get the the Hospital ASAP. Hope you get better soon.

friend of mine had his wisdom teeth removed and the dentist gave him some painkillers which made him very groggy, he fell asleep and one bit him on the forehead, he had a rotten spot the size of a half dollar when it was all over and done, go to the hospital.

GO NOW!! That round red area around the bite wound does not look too good.

Thanks everyone! I'm going to the doc first thing in the morning. I'll let you know the results. There's no doubt it's a spider that got me, I just hope it was not the B. recluse. We have some other nasty looking wolf spiders and such in the house now that the weather has broke.

The good news is now I can scale walls and go after that S.O.B. Green Goblin!
(just trying to lighten things up a bit, I hate going to the doctor)

Those blisters also look like 'shingles'. They usually form around ones midsection and are extremely tender to the touch. They are usually brought on by stress and can have other physiological symptoms. I've had them before and the 'off' feeling you are having could be a risidual effect. Nevertheless, you do need to see a doctor ASAP.

Go to a doctor who knows about these things ASAP. This thing can be necrotic! See the pictures above! I was in south america 10 years ago and was bitten, not by spiders but by ticks. I returned home after about 2 months and had this red ring around the bite. When I called the doctors, they said they couldn't do anything unless I had taken the tick with me. They were not experts in exotic diseases they said..! So, no diagnosis.. and who knows how those tick bites work. Wish I had kept the tick and gone to a doctor immediately.

brown recuse spider bites start killing the tissue as soon as they bite you. the the affected area will start very small, then will continue to radiate in a circular manner. the only way to stop it is to cut out the affected area. the longer you wait, the more you have to get cut out!!! that doesnt look like a brown recluese bite but do not take the wait
and see approach. most poisonous spiders attack the nervous system. and trust me you dont want to go through that!

I was bitten at night by a spider. I was told it was most likely a brown recluse (as they were very common in the area) but will never know for sure. As with flo fett, the bite went necrotic and a huge "plug" of dead tissue eventually fell out. I still have a scar from it. As everyone has said... go get it looked at asap.

As everyone else said, get to a doctor.

Did some research and went to the doctor. Due to the fact I have killed several around my basement, I was more that likely bitten by a HOBO SPIDER. Nasty thing. The headaches and flu like symptoms are right on track with the bite. The doctor did not seem to concerned and he said necrosis was not spreading. Got two antibiotic scripts and and there is nothing more to do at this point. If you get a chance, google the HOBO SPIDER. Pretty interesting.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR ADVICE AND WELL WISHES.

*!!!!!!!THUD!!!!!!!* Passes out. Just went and looked up Hobo Spider. (if you have Aracnaphobia (like I do) DONT GOOGLE IT) LOL

Originally Posted by morpheus1977

*!!!!!!!THUD!!!!!!!* Passes out. Just went and looked up Hobo Spider. (if you have Aracnaphobia (like I do) DONT GOOGLE IT) LOL

HA! I'm the same way. I'm so very glad I didn't acyually see it bite me. I probably would have had a heart attack.

thats a ugly hobo i hate spiders

Blessed news to read.I am glad everything went well for you.

as long as you got some Antibiotics...they leave some pretty quarter width bites too !! ouch !

Yup...I have one of those quarter width bites. Go see a dermotoligist bro!

I am glad to hear that it wasnt a recluse... those things are nasty. Feel better soon!
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Do the bites cause itching?

Glad to hear you've got it sorted!

Good deal you are gonna be Ok!!!! So I googled Hobo Spider...those things are nasty looking too!!! I hate spiders!!
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Now, I can tend to be paranoid on occasion...like last night at about 1:30 am...I wake up for a short period of time and it felt like something landed on my stomach. First thing I start to think is....SPIDER!!!! I didn't see anything. For the next 15 minutes, I started getting real paranoid that I had a spider waiting to bite me...not fun...I kinda rather didn't read this thread before going to bed last night...

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It was in bed that I got bitten, I must have been terrifying the poor spider as I moved my legs about and it bit me on the foot, the bottom of the leg and the knee. It was only the bottom of the leg that went necrotic but the other two bites itched like hell for a while. It was two nights getting bitten before I realised what the bites were and found the spider nestled between the bed frame and the wall. For months after it I was paranoid and would methodically search my sheets before going to sleep
Just as well I'm not scared of spiders or I would have freaked big style.

How did one make it all of the way out to Ohio??

HOLY CROW!!! I think I just squished one of these beggars in our bathroom about an hour before I saw this post about the hobo spider and googled it!!! If it wasn't a hobo spider it was certainly a close look-a-like. I'm gonna keep my eyes open from now on. Next time I see one I'll catch it in something and do some serious comparing to see what I have. Yikes-a-rony!!!

They are pretty much everywhere, especially in warm moist places we had them when I was stationed at Camp Lejune and again in South Carolina, and even when I WAS IN FRANCE. If you're bitten and go unchecked you cold develop Celluitiuse which in short is Flesh eating.

My Great Grandpa had been bitten by a brown recluse many years ago, and although he didn't before the bite, but does now sufer from Aracnaphobia, could imagine why, hu?

In a semi-related story, my mum told me she woke up a couple weeks ago and felt something on her arm, she thought it was her hair so sorta just brushed it off as that, then it started to itch again, she went to itch it, felt something, grabbed it, and ran to the bathroom to see what it was....ends up it was a tick.

And in an even more unrelated story, I was looking around the bedroom last night, and suddenly saw an area of the wall move, a Japanese Beetle. Don't make it start this early already with them!!!!!!!

Man hope you get it checked out and praying everything is good. Spiders freak me out and had to do some research on this recluse.

Good link on info about spiders

http://www.spiderzrule.com/commonspidersusa.htm

http://www.termite.com/spider-identification.html