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waking up with spider bites
A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Bensinger answered
52 years experience Ophthalmology
Depends: Anything from minor itching and redness, to crusting, oozing and in a few cases severe skin and soft tissue breakdown. It depends upon the species.
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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
Spider bites: 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 c ... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Robert Killian answered
28 years experience General Practice
Spider Bites: Staph: Almost all 'spider bites' now a days are the dangerous methicillin resistant staph aureus". (mrsa).
Mrsa (mersa) can get very dangerous very quick ... Read More
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Dr. Michael Miller answered
36 years experience Wound care
Rapid Healing: The real question is what not to do that slows down healing. Avoid using alcohol, peroxide, hibiclens, betadine, and bleach solutions. Inflammation ( ... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Robert Jackson answered
43 years experience Dermatology
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.
Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
Brown recluse: Brown recluse spider's bite can cause no reaction, a mild reaction, an immediate or a delayed reaction. With a significant reaction a which blister a ... Read More
A member asked:
Dr. Richard Bensinger answered
52 years experience Ophthalmology
Rarely: There are a few spiders with venom lethal enough to cause death but even the most famous, the black widow, usually will make you sick but not kill you ... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
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 c ... Read More
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A 10-year-old female asked:
Dr. J. Lawrence Dohan answered
57 years experience Dermatology
No: If they are true spider bites, they require serious attention. If you did not see ; feel the spider it was something else. Sometimes minor irritations ... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Tomeo answered
38 years experience Dermatology
Medical attention: If the spider bite is from a brown recluse it could evolve into a nasty skin reaction with necrosis and pain --- may need antibiotics and/or steroids.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Steven Saunders answered
43 years experience Internal Medicine
Spider Bites: Can cause allergic reactions and depending on the spider the venom can be destructive to skin and tissue.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
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 c ... Read More
A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Miller answered
36 years experience Wound care
Normal healing rate: The real question is what not to do that slows down healing. Avoid using alcohol, peroxide, hibiclens, betadine, and bleach solutions. Inflammation ( ... Read More
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