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https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/772295-overview#a6 https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/772295-overview#a6 "The 2019 Annual Report of the American Ass
by bachmeier 4y ago
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/772295-overview#a6 https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/772295-overview#a6
"The 2019 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers recorded 790 individual exposures to brown recluse spiders, with 174 moderate outcomes, 24 major outcomes, and 0 dealths."
> the best way to identify them is a couple of days after the fact, when a circle of skin starts to turn brown and mushy
That sounds like a really bad way to identify them. I'd much prefer to identify them at a distance. (You may have been referring to understanding an existing bite, but that's different from the article.)
- tiagod 4y ago> That sounds like a really bad way to identify them. I'd much prefer to identify them at a distance. (You may have been referring to understanding an existing bite, but that's different from the article.) I'm pretty sure they were joking
- no-s 4y ago> I'm pretty sure they were joking haha, only serious (currently suffering from a 2-month-past recluse spider bite wound, going to the wound clinic next week cause it’s not healing very well). yes, the progression of the bite wound is unmistakeable.