Spider bite?, pretty sick... look at your own risk. |
 Oct 19 2006, 08:50 PM
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I noticed something on my leg around 2 weeks ago, possibly longer. I never really paid much attention to it at first, but a few days ago when I realized it had been there for so long, I started looking into it, and it looks a lot like a brown recluse spider bite. However, those spider bites usually show up within hours or a few days. I showed my dad and he put a needle over a flame and tried to puncture it, supposedly there's pus or something in it, and then he poured peroxide on it. It didn't really do hardly anything, so we don't know if it's an infection or not.
My question is... does anyone have the slightest clue what this might be? (Look at your own risk. If you're easily grossed out, you might not want to look... just a precaution).  
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Oct 19 2006, 08:52 PM
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 chinky Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,566 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 434,437 |
Omigosh! That's really gross! But sorry, I have no clue what that is.
Looks kinda like a bee sting, maybe? |
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Oct 19 2006, 09:00 PM
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QUOTE Brown recluse spider bites don't always hurt right away. In fact, you may not know that you have been bitten until other symptoms appear. Symptoms of a brown recluse spider bite include: * Reddened skin followed by a blister that forms at the bite site. * Mild to intense pain and itching for 2 to 8 hours following the bite. * An open sore with a breakdown of tissue (necrosis) that develops within a few hours to 3 to 4 days following the bite. This may take months to heal. http://www.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/...?navbar=hw95886 QUOTE Initially the bite site is mildly red and upon close inspection may reveal fang marks. Within a few hours, the redness gives way to pallor with a red ring surrounding the area, or a "bull's-eye" appearance. The lesion will often appear to flow downhill over the course of many hours. The center area will then often blister, which over 12-48 hours can sink, turning bluish then black as this area of tissue dies. The wound can appear like the following: * Bull's-eye appearance (common) (Note: If you live in an area where Lyme disease is common (Northeastern states), then this type of lesion is more likely caused by tick-borne Lyme disease than a brown recluse spider bite.) * Blistering (common) * Necrosis (death) of skin and subcutaneous fat (less common) * Severe destructive necrotic lesions with deep wide borders (rare) http://www.emedicinehealth.com/spider_bite...Bite%20Symptoms If you're really that worried, you should go see a doctor.. It could be, but it doesn't look as nasty as the ones I found.. http://images.google.com/images?q=brown%20...sa=N&tab=wi Now those are really nasty bites. |
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Oct 19 2006, 09:11 PM
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Yeahhh, I know it's not that severe, but it looks like some of the beginning stages.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...6lr%3D%26sa%3DN Like that, for instance. The first stage/picture looks just like what I have, and then eventually the skin died. I think I'm going to the doctor tomorrow, just to be on the safe side. Yikes  Oh, and yeah, I know it's gross. I stated that in my post, as well as the title. You don't have to point it out again. 
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Oct 19 2006, 09:55 PM
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QUOTE If you're really that worried, you should go see a doctor.. It could be, but it doesn't look as nasty as the ones I found.. http://images.google.com/images?q=brown%20...sa=N&tab=wi Now those are really nasty bites. Oh, right before bed  Hopefully they don't have those spiders where I live. I've been bit by a black widow before. |
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| *My Cinderella.* |
Oct 19 2006, 10:00 PM
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That's definately no bee sting, alright. I'm not sure if I can help you at all, but I agree with the others. Keep us updated when you get back from the doctor.
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Oct 21 2006, 02:26 AM
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it look like ... a colony of eggs.
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Oct 21 2006, 10:54 AM
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♥ Group: Official Member Posts: 4,066 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 18,393 |
Hah, you're all so comforting...
Update, I went to the doctor yestersday. They have no idea what it is, honestly. They know it's not a spider bite, but they think it might be some kind of bug bite, so I have to take antibiodics for a week to see if it clears up any. Uggggggh. |
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Nov 2 2006, 07:01 PM
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 ALLISON Group: Official Designer Posts: 3,372 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 310,259 |
oh no! Your going to turn into..spiderlady!
haha..jk eeekk..they dont know what it is..hmm.. |
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