[Homestead] electric shock for bites
EarthNSky
erthnsky at bellsouth.net
Thu Nov 13 20:06:13 EST 2008
MRSA is often mistaken for spider bites and or takes over as an
infection after an actual bite. I'd bet that this is what I have,
unfortunately. I do think this started with a bite, because I felt
something crawling on me, but now it's probably staph. The area has
shrunk a bit since this morning, red area smaller than a paper plate
now..erythromycin working, I guess. It doesn't look any closer to draining.
Since you can see the fang marks, yours probably started off with a
spider and then staph got in there. Staph is everywhere, and if you
were sleeping on the floor, I'd be suspicious. (We really need to break
you of that habit<g>) I usually carry wood on my arm and next to my body
in that very area, so I wouldn't be surprised if mine isn't MRSA, too,
although those wounds usually burst open, get nasty and drain, and mine
remains closed.
Bunjov at aol.com wrote:
> I was bitten, almost two years ago, either by a brown recluse or a wolf
> spider - between the index and middle fingers of my left hand. I am assuming
> (there's that word again!). Swelled to softball size. I spent a week or two with
> my left arm hanging out in space, wondering if it would fall off.
>
> Only viable MD in town told me I had a staph infection (excuse me?) but I
> still have two little holes, maybe 1/8" apart, between my fingers, and the area
> is tender to the touch, especially if I've had my hands in water for any
> length of time.
>
> I had just moved into a new mobile, and was sleeping on the floor each
> night. All my cats seem to be good mousers, but not very good spider-ers.
>
> Sandy
> Mid-Mojave
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 11/13/2008 6:29:48 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> genegerue at ruralize.com writes:
>
>
> On Nov 12, 2008, at 9:17 PM, EarthNSky wrote:
>
>> I've got some kind of spider bite on my ribcage. It is the second
>> such
>> bite in two months, and while it is not a brown recluse bite,
>> thankfully, I'm getting pretty sick of this. Two days ago, it was the
>> size of a pencil erase. Yesterday, the size of a quarter, and today,
>> the hard, red, swollen area is the size of a fried egg.
>
> Don't know if this is useful to you or not but I am finally ridding
> myself of the aftermark from the spider bite on top of my head by
> using hydrogen peroxide on it.
>
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