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Spider bite

post #1 of 7
11/6/02 at 7:03pm
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I just got bit by a brown recluse on the foot. Do I need to call my doctor since I am pregnant? Or can I just deal with this myself? Thanks.
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post #2 of 7
11/6/02 at 7:12pm
I am no nurse but here are my --

I got bit by one about 3 years ago (on my face!) and did not go to the doctor til a day or so later. By that time, my cheek had turned black and was very very nasty looking! I was given some creme to put on it (and I believe a shot) and it *finally* healed.

Here is a web site that I found--it is from arizona but I believe that a brown recluse is a brown recluse.

http://ag.arizona.edu/urbanipm/spide...sespiders.html
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post #3 of 7
11/6/02 at 7:15pm
Here is one more---



Brown Recluse
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post #4 of 7
11/6/02 at 7:23pm
You might just want to call the Dr's office just to be on the safe side. It is always better to be safe than to be sorry
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post #5 of 7
11/6/02 at 7:23pm
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Thanks, Jen. I guess I am doing the right thing. I have it on ice.
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post #6 of 7
11/6/02 at 8:00pm
Don't have brown recluse's in but I'm sure you treat a bite like any other, with antihistamine. I'd go to the drug store, wouldn't bother going to a doc unless you were hallucinating and/or getting a severe headache
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post #7 of 7
11/6/02 at 9:05pm
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Thanks, Genie. I am not allergic to spider bites. Steve had some topical poison remover for stings and poison ivy that I used. It is no longer stinging. From what I read on the pages Jen sent, it's just a localized poison unless it gets it really bad and i get a fever or something. I am blessed in that I am not allergic to stings and bites from insects.
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