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I was bitten by a brown recluse as a kid; I had a scar the size of a quarter on my leg from the skin necrosis. The only lasting effect was an acute arachnophob
by jfb 12y ago
I was bitten by a brown recluse as a kid; I had a scar the size of a quarter on my leg from the skin necrosis. The only lasting effect was an acute arachnophobia.
- dwd 12y agoI was bitten by a brown house spider (Steatoda grossa) years ago and found the dead spider in my bed sheet. It left me feeling sick, unable to eat and struggling to drink for days due to the pain from my throat right through to my abdomen. Apparently the redback anti-venom works for it. Kill them on sight now along with the very rare redback or white-tail and lots of huntsman. We also get a few black house spiders which I generally leave unless they are moving about. As mentioned in another comment nothing beats an irukandji for pain. It also has an interesting story of self-experimentation to pin down the jellyfish as the cause of Irukandji Syndrome: http://lifeinthefastlane.com/jack-barnes-and-the-irukandji-enigma/ http://lifeinthefastlane.com/jack-barnes-and-the-irukandji-e...
- jfb 12y agoI have no idea how you people survive to adulthood.
- dwd 12y agoHa, and I didn't even mention the snakes... You can do certain things to minimise your risk of getting bitten, or not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wynx1ukwdVA&feature=kp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wynx1ukwdVA&feature=kp
- snowwindwaves 12y agoI had two friends bitten by brown recluse. One was sick for days and his knee swelled up like a Mellon and the other didn't fare much better.