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Do you put heat on a spider bite?
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Get Medical Atten!!: Until this is examined by a physician you have a staph bacterial infection. You do not put heat on it. You get to the doctor and get on the right antibiotics. Please get to your doctor urgently.
Answered 9/20/2013
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