Question 1

what does a house spider bite look like?

Accepted Answer

Variable: Spider bites can have variable appearances. It might cause a pink or red bump with no symptoms. Or it could itch or be painful. Venomous spiders may cause  significant pain radiating far from the site, cramping, sweating, necrosis of tissue or worse if there is an allergic reaction.

Question 2

what are symptoms from a brown recluse spider bite that are different from a regular house spider?

Accepted Answer

See below: For brown recluse bites, see www.Emedicinehealth.Com/spider_bite_brown_recluse_spider_bite/article_em.Htm  for a great article about this.  As for house spiders, they shouldn't cause much issues unless the bite gets infected or unless your common house spider turns out to be a hobo spider which can give a bite similar to a recluse.

Question 3

could there be a doctor in the house that knows anything about treatment for brown recluse spider bites?

Accepted Answer

Several treatments: Recluse bite treatment ranges from essentially local care with cleaning and topical antibiotic ointment to taking oral antibiotics to requiring surgical treatment, hyperbaric oxygen treatment and other more aggressive treatments.  There are degrees of envenomation and local tissue response.  If you are concerned or if in a critical location (face, genitals, around eye, etc) see md immediately.

Question 4

what treatment at home can be done for black widow spider bite?  which antibiotic is best?

Accepted Answer

Spider Bite: Treatment for serious reactions to a black widow spider's bite will be beyond the scope of most medical offices and urgent care centers. Pain relief may require the use of narcotics and Antivenin (antitoxin to counteract the effects of the spider venom).

Question 5

what could be the best home remedy in emergency for scorpion sting or in other words single sting?
is spider bite also treated likewise?

Accepted Answer

Scorpion sing: Put a tourniquet above the site of the sting and go to the nearest emergency department. enveomation requires emergency attention

Question 6

i keep having red bumps/welts popping up mainly on my butt area.i think its spider bites because i keep seeing spiders in my home but im not sure help?

Accepted Answer

Really impossible: to tell what they are without seeing, but doubt they are spider bites. You need to have them seen to get the proper diagnoses and treatment. Do they itch of hurt? If your scratch them a lot they could easily get infected.

Question 7

my daughter has a swollen red bug bite on her wrist. there is only one bite can it bed bed bugs or a common household spider bite? the bite hard

Accepted Answer

Bite: A picture would be ideal. Bed bugs usually bite multiple times. They are usually very itchy. A spider bite tends to be more painful and sometimes has a blister like lesion in the center. All the best and send along a picture.

Question 8

what is the proper way to treat a spider bite at home? told to keep it clean and draw a circle around the area to see if infection occurs and spreads? should i take an antihistamine? no itching. just swelling and semi dark ring around area?

Accepted Answer

: Antihistaminics are not likely to be helpful and may just cause side effects. If the inflamed area doubles, an abscess forms, you get fever,  discharge develops at the bite site, if would be prudent to see a doctor.
Wish you good health!

Question 9

can house spider bites lead to any disease like lyme disease? bit by spider 7 months ago during night 3-4 in course of 2 weeks on one leg. left permanent scar like a pimple. never found it to kill it. i never had bites since?

Accepted Answer

: Lime disease is triggered by a germ specific to the  blood sucking tick species that spread it, not spiders. Spiders can carry toxic material in their bites, but are not blood suckers &amp;  I am not aware of any spider bite related diseases. The local scar they produce can be nasty.

Question 10

does spider bites spread?

Accepted Answer

Not usually: If you are bitten by brown recluse spider bite then the black area can spread. A severe reaction to any arthropod bite can spread.

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I keep having red bumps/welts popping up mainly on my butt area.i think its spider bites because i keep seeing spiders in my home but im not sure help?

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My daughter has a swollen red bug bite on her wrist. there is only one bite can it bed bed bugs or a common household spider bite? the bite hard

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What is the proper way to treat a spider bite at home? told to keep it clean and draw a circle around the area to see if infection occurs and spreads? should i take an antihistamine? no itching. just swelling and semi dark ring around area?

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Can house spider bites lead to any disease like lyme disease? bit by spider 7 months ago during night 3-4 in course of 2 weeks on one leg. left permanent scar like a pimple. never found it to kill it. i never had bites since?

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