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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