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Suspicious Spider Bites on LI, NY...Black Flesh Symptoms
Newsday ^ | 6/29/02

Posted on 06/29/2002 12:23:57 AM PDT by DaughterofEve

Edited on 09/03/2002 4:50:41 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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Symptoms include:
"swollen welt and necrosis, or destruction of the tissue surrounding the bite, making the flesh black. "

This is very odd...I certainly hope they are testing for anthrax as well!

1 posted on 06/29/2002 12:23:57 AM PDT by DaughterofEve
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To: DaughterofEve
If its a recluse thats the symptoms alright !
2 posted on 06/29/2002 12:27:40 AM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK
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It's just that the article makes it sound so unlikely that it could be that particular species. Hey, I guess I should hope so, right! Although having those spiders around isn't such great news either!

Say, how do you happen to be so up on your spider bite info?

3 posted on 06/29/2002 12:30:19 AM PDT by DaughterofEve
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To: DaughterofEve

This is what cutaneous anthrax looks like.

4 posted on 06/29/2002 12:33:33 AM PDT by The Great Satan
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Bite Symptoms
The severity of a person's reaction to the bite depends on the amount of venom injected and individual sensitivity to it. Bite effects may be nothing at all, immediate or delayed. Some may not be aware of the bite for 2 to 8 hours, whereas others feel a stinging sensation usually followed by intense pain if there is a severe reaction. A small white blister usually rises at the bite site surrounded by a large congested and swollen area. Within 24 to 36 hours, a systemic reaction may occur with the victim characterized by restlessness, fever, chills, nausea, weakness and joint pain. The affected area enlarges, becomes inflamed and the tissue is hard to the touch. The spider's venom contains an enzyme that destroys cell membranes in the wound area with affected tissue gradually sloughing away, exposing underlying tissues. Within 24 hours, the bite site can erupt into a "volcano lesion" (a hole in the flesh due to damaged, gangrenous tissue).

The open wound may range from the size of an adult's thumbnail to the span of a hand. The sunken, ulcerating sore may heal slowly up to 6 to 8 weeks. Full recovery may take several months and scarring may remain. Plastic surgery and skin grafts are sometimes required.


5 posted on 06/29/2002 12:35:39 AM PDT by kcvl
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OK, now we need a pick of the brown recluse bite...and to know how they are looking in Stonybrook!
6 posted on 06/29/2002 12:37:25 AM PDT by DaughterofEve
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Now thats frightening. Do you suspect that this is Anthrax rather than brown recluse?
7 posted on 06/29/2002 12:37:47 AM PDT by brat
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To: DaughterofEve
Are the victims related, same house, neighborhood, work together, any connection at all?


8 posted on 06/29/2002 12:39:00 AM PDT by Uni-Poster
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After reading the article, apparently not! That's what makes it weirder. It says they are all from different parts of L.I. and does not imply any connection.
9 posted on 06/29/2002 12:41:04 AM PDT by DaughterofEve
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Very odd in several ways. No past history of the spider there, but the bites apparently occurred in widely separated areas of the island. Has some more common insect been modified to produce the poison?
10 posted on 06/29/2002 12:41:08 AM PDT by per loin
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11 posted on 06/29/2002 12:41:57 AM PDT by kcvl
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Brown recluses are serious little buggers. We have them in Texas and one bite will put you in the hospital. And your skin does rot around the wound.
12 posted on 06/29/2002 12:43:21 AM PDT by xJones
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WOW! What a shot! What in tarnation is/was that body part! Ewwwwwww!
13 posted on 06/29/2002 12:44:58 AM PDT by DaughterofEve
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14 posted on 06/29/2002 12:45:14 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: Uni-Poster
http://www.brownreclusespider. net/photo_gallery.htm

Recluse spider victim pics.
15 posted on 06/29/2002 12:46:34 AM PDT by Uni-Poster
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I think I'm going to wear more coverage in the garden from now on.
16 posted on 06/29/2002 12:46:49 AM PDT by DaughterofEve
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Do you suspect that this is Anthrax rather than brown recluse?

No idea. I doubt it, but the symptoms sound similar.

17 posted on 06/29/2002 12:47:04 AM PDT by The Great Satan
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I had no idea how bad it could be. Wow.
18 posted on 06/29/2002 12:48:18 AM PDT by DaughterofEve
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Day 1

Day 3

Day 9

19 posted on 06/29/2002 12:48:21 AM PDT by kcvl
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Back of leg and calf...
20 posted on 06/29/2002 12:49:05 AM PDT by kcvl
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