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Would it be fine to swim in chlorine after a brown recluse bite?
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Closed wound: It should be safe if your wound/bite is closed and healed.
Answered 10/25/2017
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That depends: If you no reaction or a very minor one - with no open lesion -that may be ok. If you have significant reaction - you may be far too ill to swim. If you have open, necrotic wound - you would need to stay out of the pool.
Answered 7/7/2018
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