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What are symptoms of spider bites and what can be done for them?

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Dr. Joseph Bouvier answered

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Depends: This depends on the type of spider bite and ranges from simple wound care and cleaning to Antivenin administration for latrodectus (black widow) bites to surgical debridement for an extending severely necrotic loxoceles) recluse genus) bite.

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Answered 9/11/2014

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