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Submitted 157 days ago...

Glint837

Glint837

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Spider bite

I was biten on friday.Saturday it was swollen,hard & red/bue/purple in color & hurt soo bad. I thought it was a ingrown hair as it is in the fold of my leg to my groin area.I put on hydrocortizone cream friday night w/gauze.Saturday it really hurt & had gotten larger(as big as my thumb).After a hot bath saturday night it started pussing brown crap. It didn't stop for 2 1/2 hrs. I put on neosporin antibotic w/gauze & went to bed. Sunday it hrt,but not quite so bad.I changed the gauze but didn't really check it.Monday I check it again & the top layer of skin (like a blister) had come off.it was still red but not swollen or hard anymore.BUT htere was a hole(maybe where the bite was?)QUESTION? IS IT GETTING BETTER OR DO I NEED TO SEE A DR? I am currently out of work & money is tight?PLEASE HELP ME!

 
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Submitted 156 days ago...

kbky11

kbky11

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You might have been bit by a brown reclus, spider , this is the way it sounds , it will only get worse,and many people have lost there legs to this, and it just keeps on getting worse, go to the doctor dont let this , happen to you,The bite of a brown recluse spider leads to a mild stinging, followed by local redness and severe pain that usually develops within eight hours but may occur later. Some reports of brown recluse bites describe a blue or purple area around the bite, surrounded by a whitish ring and large red outer ring in a "bull's eye" pattern. A fluid-filled blister forms at the site and then sloughs off to reveal a deep ulcer that may turn black


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