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What type of treatment should you get for a brown recluse spider bite?
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See an MD: Get urine tested for blood, if present will need some attention. Topical nitroglycerine paste (rx also) may reduce necrosis. Get some help w/wound care. Do not get it cut out, and do not take dapsone!
Answered 9/14/2018
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See below : Depending on the severity of the symptoms, the bite may only require local wound care done at home up to the worst situation - requiring admission to a hospital. If the bite becomes red, swollen, warm and painful with possible black central area tissue destruction (necrosis), it may require medical care for secondary infection or debridement of dead tissue.
Answered 8/30/2018
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