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Anyone ever been bitten by a brown recluse?
I have them around the place and got bit by a spider this am in my shed. Very painful w/ a small hole that is constantly draining.
Didnt get a look at the spider as when i felt the bite i swatted it away.
How long b4 i can tell ???:eek:

you should probably get that seen about,neg.

x2, I wouldn't wait, especially since you know there's a bunch of 'em hangin around...

Yes indeed! Get it checked out quick. The venom starts to kill the tissue and you'll have a bad situation to deal with.

yes but wouldn't it have started to look worse by now/ just a small hole that hurts .

I have no idea how long it takes to "look" bad...just know horror stories about the after effects and the surgeries to get rid of the poison and area that it kills. I'd imagine you can google some info on it?

IS YOUR FLESH ROTTING AWAY YET? j/k Hopefully its just a small non-venomous spider that bite ya!

It eats the tissue from the inside out I think.

google is my friend

A guy that worked for me got bit by one on the ankle last year while he was bush hogging, he said it stung like a wasp sting, within an hour Dr had to cut his jeans pants leg to get them off. It swole up that bad around his thigh, It was BAD! Within a couple days he had a hole around his ankle the size of a tennis ball! He had to get a skin graft.

Did some research and the brown recluse does not allways cause necrosis. It is considered rare compared to the number of folks that get bit. So far all i have is a very sore bite and little to no swelling . The itching has stopped and it has quit oozing. If it looks any worse tomorrow i'll get to the doctor but i think it will be good.

When I got bit, I contacted my Dr. and he said if I felt the bite then I had nothing to worry about. He said the recluse will bite you and you will not feel anything immediately.



Warren

hey man u need to go see a doctor they might have to lance it. i got bit by one and it swoll up within bout 3 days and it was very painful they had to cut mine open

Mine is open . Ben oozing all morning .'
I opened it up w/ blade as soon as i realized i'd been bit

Was bit by one when I was little. Don't remember too much though. Sorry I'm not much help..

Dude go to a doctor and quit guessing before it get to bad!!!

X2. Go get checked out. Those bits can get very bad.it might be nothing but don't chance it.

I got bit by one b/w my ankle and calf when I was in high school. Never felt the bite. Just noticed a sore on my leg and it was oozing just like you are saying. It was never painful. Luckily it didnt get bad enough for surgery or anything. Went to the doctor and he drained it and told me if it got worse they were going to have to put my leg in hyperbaric chamber, I dont know why they wanted to do that. But it got better. I still have a pretty good scar from it and that was almost 10 years ago. Go get it checked out.

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Went and got it checked by my sawbones.
He looked at it and did a culture . Said that in his poinion it was a spider bite but he didn't think it was a recluse . Did the culture to check for staph i guess.
Told me just to watch it close and if anything changed get back w/ him.