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dangerous bite report. Latrodectus hesperus [black widow]
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<blockquote data-quote="DreadedNeith" data-source="post: 134103" data-attributes="member: 28071"><p>I just thought i would share a story about when i was bitten by a Latrodectus hesperus female [black widow] and maybe others can post their experiences with dangerous arachnid bites/stings.</p><p></p><p>I was 17 or 18 and living on my own (im 33 now). I had just gotten out of the shower and reached for a towel off of the towel rack. I then proceed to dry off my face when i felt a slight stinging and i knew i had been bit by something. </p><p>I shook the towel out and there on the floor was a female black widow (strange place for a widow) that i had accidentally smashed. I looked in the mirror and on the left side of my face near my temple was a small red mark.</p><p> I was quite worried at this point but decided not to go to the hospital. instead i decided to sit down and watch tv to get my anxiety level to go down (very stupid decision i know). After a few minutes i started to sweat (not sure if this was the venom or anxiety) and the bite mark was looking very red and irritated. As time went on i had a range of symptoms. My blood pressure was very high (i usually have low blood pressure 100-110/70-80) around 180-190/110. I was sweating very bad, i was extremely sick to my stomach and had some cramping but the nausea was worse than the cramping. I also had a headache, although it wasnt the worst headache id ever had. The worst symptoms were the achy bones and muscles and the nausea. The bite mark was also starting to bruis quite a lot and swell a little. The bite mark was very tender and it also burned pretty bad. Anyways i felt pretty horrible for about a week or 2 and then it went back to normal. The worst time period was from about 30 minutes after the bite up to about the 6 hour mark. Id describe that as peak discomfort and after that i was still very sick but it eventually went away and i havent noticed any lasting effects. Not even a scar.</p><p>if anyone else wants to share a bite or sting story, that would be interesting to read.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DreadedNeith, post: 134103, member: 28071"] I just thought i would share a story about when i was bitten by a Latrodectus hesperus female [black widow] and maybe others can post their experiences with dangerous arachnid bites/stings. I was 17 or 18 and living on my own (im 33 now). I had just gotten out of the shower and reached for a towel off of the towel rack. I then proceed to dry off my face when i felt a slight stinging and i knew i had been bit by something. I shook the towel out and there on the floor was a female black widow (strange place for a widow) that i had accidentally smashed. I looked in the mirror and on the left side of my face near my temple was a small red mark. I was quite worried at this point but decided not to go to the hospital. instead i decided to sit down and watch tv to get my anxiety level to go down (very stupid decision i know). After a few minutes i started to sweat (not sure if this was the venom or anxiety) and the bite mark was looking very red and irritated. As time went on i had a range of symptoms. My blood pressure was very high (i usually have low blood pressure 100-110/70-80) around 180-190/110. I was sweating very bad, i was extremely sick to my stomach and had some cramping but the nausea was worse than the cramping. I also had a headache, although it wasnt the worst headache id ever had. The worst symptoms were the achy bones and muscles and the nausea. The bite mark was also starting to bruis quite a lot and swell a little. The bite mark was very tender and it also burned pretty bad. Anyways i felt pretty horrible for about a week or 2 and then it went back to normal. The worst time period was from about 30 minutes after the bite up to about the 6 hour mark. Id describe that as peak discomfort and after that i was still very sick but it eventually went away and i havent noticed any lasting effects. Not even a scar. if anyone else wants to share a bite or sting story, that would be interesting to read. [/QUOTE]
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