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Suspicious Spider Bites on LI, NY...Black Flesh Symptoms
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| 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.
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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!
To: DaughterofEve
If its a recluse thats the symptoms alright !
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
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?
To: DaughterofEve
![](http://infectioncontrol.ucsfmedicalcenter.org/IC_BT_Home_Page/Anthrax_Exposure_Guidelines/Cutaneous_Anthrax_Photos/Enlarged_Cutaneous_Anthrax_Pho/a_anthrax_palm_crop.jpg)
This is what cutaneous anthrax looks like.
To: DaughterofEve
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.
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posted on
06/29/2002 12:35:39 AM PDT
by
kcvl
To: The Great Satan
OK, now we need a pick of the brown recluse bite...and to know how they are looking in Stonybrook!
To: The Great Satan
Now thats frightening. Do you suspect that this is Anthrax rather than brown recluse?
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posted on
06/29/2002 12:37:47 AM PDT
by
brat
To: DaughterofEve
Are the victims related, same house, neighborhood, work together, any connection at all?
To: Uni-Poster
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.
To: DaughterofEve
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?
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posted on
06/29/2002 12:41:08 AM PDT
by
per loin
To: DaughterofEve
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posted on
06/29/2002 12:41:57 AM PDT
by
kcvl
To: DaughterofEve
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.
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posted on
06/29/2002 12:43:21 AM PDT
by
xJones
To: kcvl
WOW! What a shot! What in tarnation is/was that body part! Ewwwwwww!
To: xJones
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posted on
06/29/2002 12:45:14 AM PDT
by
kcvl
To: Uni-Poster
To: kcvl
I think I'm going to wear more coverage in the garden from now on.
To: brat
Do you suspect that this is Anthrax rather than brown recluse?No idea. I doubt it, but the symptoms sound similar.
To: Uni-Poster
I had no idea how bad it could be. Wow.
To: DaughterofEve
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posted on
06/29/2002 12:48:21 AM PDT
by
kcvl
To: DaughterofEve
Back of leg and calf...
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posted on
06/29/2002 12:49:05 AM PDT
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kcvl
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