So I was told I was bit by a spider at the doctor's office and here is the progress so far kinda ugly if you ask me!!!

Dec 13, 2016 3:16 AM

chuckp77

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Day 1

Day 2

This hurts in day 3

After lancing

About to be cleaned and re-packed

Should've lead with the last picture for the thumbnail, gotta get this to the fp.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Brown recluse looks like

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That's a brown recluse bite there may be up to 3 in a row

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

https://imgur.com/user/letsbothersnape. She too was bit by a spider and had a horrible experience. Yikes!

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I had something like that I thought was a spider bite but turned out to be a bad staph infection.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Looks like a brown recluse, my family has killed around 5 in the past year, luckily none of us have ever been bitten.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

So after reading comments, I had to Google "Where does the Brown Recluse spider live in Canada?" Nowhere! Thank you freezing cold!

9 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 1

Thank god. Ontario here.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I was bitten on the stomach by a spider, I left it, hoping it would get better... Until I couldn't move my torso without wincing. Staph :(

9 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

It's almost certainly not a spider bite. Where in the world do you live, OP? Doctors are notorious for misdiagnosing spider bites.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Are you a doctor?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

No, but I used to be an Arachnologist. Also, there are no spiders with necrotizing venom in Maryland. Here: https://youtu.be/9IqwsTScu0k

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Well are there any spiders in Maryland that could have caused this?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Any super powers yet?

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Not yet still waiting for them to kick in!!!!

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'd stay away from that doctor's office, too many spiders...

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Is that you, Peter Parker?

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I am currently under the supervision of a doctor I go everyday for the next two weeks maybe longer who knows

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

my neighbor died of a spider bite that got infected. keep an eye on that shit!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I read that as you got bit at the Dr's office and was confused.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yes im sure slot of people have can't figure out how to edit the post!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Went to the doctor he said its looking good and to soak it in Epsom salt and let the air hit it and come back Thursday!

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That looks more like an infection.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Your spidy senses should be telling you put a bandaid on that

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Lemme guess...Australia?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

My sisters house is currently infested with black Widows, she got bit right on the calf.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

They like dark, moist environments such as under sinks. Keep clean (no other bugs/food) and dry. They come in when seasons change. Very shy.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Well we live in Louisiana, so everything is moist

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

If it's any consolation, I live in the Mojave desert and get them too.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Not sure if that's cool or terrifying.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I thought the same thing when you said everything is moist in LA, lmao ????

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I was bitten by something yesterday and it looks like your 1st pic. I live in Brown recluse land also.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Brown recluse

9 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 3

Of all the the pictures I have looked at that's my conclusion! Just not sure because I didn't see it!

9 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Sneaky basterds that will fuck your day up

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Pretty sure they could have cut the infected tissue off when it was small so it didn't spread like that.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Would that have worked?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

They did it for my friend when he get a recluse bite on his neck so it didn't get into his blood via artery and that's all I know.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Where do brown recluse live so that I can never go there?

9 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Coast to coast in USA. Dad was bit in Tennessee. Ice cream scoop sized hole after healing.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Very common in Texas....unfortunately....

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Go back to the doctor and try not to get but again god dammit. You are going to need medical attention soon!

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I have had medical treatment!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Awesome! Thank you OP!

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

What kind of spiders are they keeping at this doctor's office? Please let us know if you start shooting web out of your wrists.

9 years ago | Likes 397 Dislikes 1

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9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Or at my mother's!

9 years ago | Likes 38 Dislikes 0

You will be the first to know but highly doubtful kinda pissed it wasn't a radioactive spider and I was bit at home or in my car!

9 years ago | Likes 107 Dislikes 1

Recluse?

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

You really like exclamation points huh?

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 31

You really like oblivion huh?

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Where do you gather that?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 6

Multo bello!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I! like! them!

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! Love exclamation points!!!!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

lol you better keep it on a roll you're at 100% on your comments right now

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

What's that mean?

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Definitely brown recluse. Had one dem bitches get me too.

9 years ago | Likes 137 Dislikes 3

Or whitetail. Brother got bit on the foot by one of those, looks similar, just a big weeping hole basically.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Same. On my ankle. Could hardly put my shoes on.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

White tips do that too, I think.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

How does something like this happen?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Put hand in drawer and bit me on the right ring finger.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Same. Got bit on my thigh years ago, doctor said I was lucky to keep my leg

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Is there no way to prevent the flesh from deteriorating? Or to remove the venom in the very early stages of the bite?

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I think if you get it taken care of soon enough after the bite. A shot of antibiotics or something. I don't know though, I'm no doctor.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Nope, its a venom that invades the flesh. Heals on it's own and usually there is no secondary infection.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It's a toxin, antibiotics won't do anything. Unless the open wound gets infected, that is. You just have to let it do it's thing.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

My dad was bit by one in the shin...doctor said if it got his calf it would eventually just eat away at the skin and fat

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I'm not sure if that makes the shin better or worse.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The venom don't eat bone.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Ah. I see. Interesting.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Me too. Right in the bicep.

9 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 0

Ow ow ow what a shitty spot. Idk I guess there's really no good spot. I got bit on my upper back. Thankfully got treated quickly

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Pow, right in the kisser.

9 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Zing! Right up the butt hole!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Where... where do they reside?

9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Australia probably. Or North America.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I'm in Maryland!

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Shit yo im in Philly keep that shit to yoself

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

OH NO SO AM I! I HOPE IT GETS BETTER SOON!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

They're definitely in Maryland. If you ever leave your shoes in the garage, knock them out before you put them on.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

There are no brown recluse spiders in Maryland. Probably just an infected scratch. http://spiders.ucr.edu/images/colorloxmap.gif

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

In North America. They have been reported in Texas, Georgia, Kentucky, Nebraska, Indiana and Illinois.

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Never heard of them growing up in Illinois, but everyone here in Missouri knows all about them.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Got them here in Wyoming too.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And Michigan!

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Dont forget Tennessee my grandparents moved a dresser one day and revealed 5 of them

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

JESUS CHRIST TEN FOOT POLES FOR EVERY ONE

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

They're all over Florida too.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Do I live in constant cold weather? Yes. Is it worth it? Yes.

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

I was just thinking the same. I am now never leaving Europe, but get better soon anyway @OP !

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Good thing you got it caught early. My stepmother has a soft ball sized hole from a spider bite on her shoulder now.

9 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

OUCH! Brown recluse bite?

9 years ago | Likes 39 Dislikes 1

Could be a white tail.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Any spider bite can get infected and they usually do. My hubby has a "bullet wound" where a wolf spider bit him

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

But that's not just an infection, brown recluse bites cause necrosis of the skin, that's what the black areas are

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Gotta be. I got one on my ear when I was 8 and my sister got one on her hand just like that whe she was 4. Turns out we had an infestation

9 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

Thankfully it wasn't more than 2 bites.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

9 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Aren't they like deadly?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

oh, that sounds awful!

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