Brown Recluse Spiders...

Narrock · Post by **Narrock** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:34 am

suck.

"It was a quiet morning at 5:00 am on May 6th, 2002 and I was lying in the bed with my wife. I felt a slight tickle on my upper thigh of my left leg under the covers and proceeded to brush it away. As my hand struck the blanket I felt a slight stinging sensation on my leg. Little did I know that moment was going to change my life forever, I lifted the covers to see the outline of a small, brown quarter size spider on my bed. My wife woke up startled and asked me â€œWhat is it?â€

Gypsiyee · Post by **Gypsiyee** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:53 am

Been looking for a reason to use that =\

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:56 am

It's a bad photoshop

The necrosis caused by the Brown Recluse is nowhere near as extreme as that, or as common as it is leading you to believe.

Most Brown Recluse bites don't even inject their venom, about 1 in 3 do at most.

Narrock · Post by **Narrock** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:57 am

Hmm, the photo was working a few minutes ago. maybe Ogrish doesn't like people linking pics directly from their site. heh

Gypsiyee · Post by **Gypsiyee** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:00 am

I've actually been bitten by a brown recluse before, and I'm not sure if I was just lucky, but it wasnt *horrible*

My arm swole up to the size of a baseball for about a while, was horribly red and bruised, and you could see the fang imprints. Hurt and itched like a bitch; that was about it, though.

Narrock · Post by **Narrock** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:02 am

Gypsiyee wrote:I've actually been bitten by a brown recluse before, and I'm not sure if I was just lucky, but it wasnt *horrible*

My arm swole up to the size of a baseball for about a while, was horribly red and bruised, and you could see the fang imprints. Hurt and itched like a bitch; that was about it, though.

Where were you living at the time? Where were you exactly when you got bitten?

Gypsiyee · Post by **Gypsiyee** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:05 am

In Virginia.. and I'm not sure exactly where I was but I think it was at an oyster fry - all I know is the doctor said it was a brown recluse bite =P

Narrock · Post by **Narrock** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:06 am

Damn. I hate spiders more than anything. Scorpions are in 2nd place.

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:24 am

Furthermore, identification of spiders is a specialist skill and an average hospital doctor cannot be relied on to make an accurate diagnosis of a spider species without a good microscope, some specialist spider literature, and considerable experience. A diagnosis at-a-glance by a non-expert, comparing a spider with a photo, is almost completely worthless.

You were likely bit by a Hobo Spider, the bite is less severe than that of a Brown Recluse...

Gypsiyee · Post by **Gypsiyee** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:27 am

God Mindia, that pic is fucking gross

KaiineTN · Post by **KaiineTN** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 6:27 am

http://www.surviveoutdoors.com/emergenc ... ecluse.asp yummy

Minrott · Post by **Minrott** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 7:01 am

Good fucking god I knew they were bad but that is just crazy.

Post by **Martrae** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 7:10 am

When we lived in GA one of our co-workers was bit by a brown recluse on the back of her neck. Since she got treatment as soon as she got bit and took the dead spider with her the damage was fairly minimal. She did have a nasty dead area there and it took a while to heal.

Brown recluses like to hide in boxes and dark places. So if you are getting a package from an area with them be careful when unpacking it.

Gaazy · Post by **Gaazy** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 5:03 pm

godamn skin grafting might be one of the most fucking disgusting things ever

araby · Post by **araby** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 5:23 pm

Gaazy wrote:godamn skin grafting might be one of the most fucking disgusting things ever

tissue grafting is pretty bad also

Captain Insano · Post by **Captain Insano** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 6:04 pm

when a spider bites it injects a piece of satan into you.

Griever · Post by **Griever** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:48 pm

I think Mindia got bit by a Jesus spider.

Aatrex · Post by **Aatrex** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:11 pm

that's a far cry from waking up to be spiderman, ouch.

Narrock · Post by **Narrock** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:11 pm

Griever wrote:I think Mindia got bit by a Jesus spider.

Yeah because I've made sooooo many religious threads since I've come back.

Hatak · Post by **Hatak** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 10:33 pm

A local doctor around here years ago came up with a way to heal brown recluse spider (or "fiddlebacks" as we call them here in Oklahoma) more quickly. He would take a stun gun and use the wire attachment to shock around the bite area to break up the venom so the body can fight it easier.

It really works wonders as they are very common in our area and he's shown numerous cases where it has worked. My mom and dad both at different times have had fiddleback bites and took the stun gun treatment. They healed very quickly as opposed to my aunt that went the regular medication approach through a different doctor.

brinstar · Post by **brinstar** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 10:55 pm

yeah i've always heard that we have those kind of spiders here but thankfully i've never seen one

Minrott · Post by **Minrott** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:20 pm

A local doctor around here years ago came up with a way to heal brown recluse spider (or "fiddlebacks" as we call them here in Oklahoma) more quickly. He would take a stun gun and use the wire attachment to shock around the bite area to break up the venom so the body can fight it easier

Hunters have been doing that with rattlesnake bitten dogs for years by taking an ignition wire off the distributor cap of their vehicle and hit the bite area with it while cranking the engine.

Hatak · Post by **Hatak** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:38 pm

Minrott wrote:Hunters have been doing that with rattlesnake bitten dogs for years by taking an ignition wire off the distributor cap of their vehicle and hit the bite area with it while cranking the engine.

Yeah, the doctor that did the technique has been dead for years now. He said he got the idea from similar treatments as you have mentioned but had found it to work well for spider bites as well. He spoke to my school back when I was in 5th grade. (Wow, that makes me feel old now that I think of it.)

leah · Post by **leah** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:01 am

JESUS TAPDANCING CHRIST i knew i shouldn't have clicked on this thread :ugh:

i am terrified of spiders. brown recluses are like a personal demon of mine or something.

our dad used to work as a photographer at the local paper, and when they switched to all digital photography, the darkroom fell into disuse and became a storage area. they soon discovered that it was a favorite haunt of several brown recluse fellows and that room has since been avoided like the plague. YUCK.

Captain Insano · Post by **Captain Insano** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:40 am

brinstar wrote:yeah i've always heard that we have those kind of spiders here but thankfully i've never seen one

Thats because they inject your with sleeping-venom before they have a picnic on your face.