Tegenarism (Hobo Spider Bite)

[myrgthful]

I'm not in the habit of posting medical issues in open places, but I'm frankly looking for any new leads or information we can use to help my neighbor. I'm a nurse, and all of us (doctors, nurses, patient) are hitting the wall on what we can do to help this friend of mine

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[j0idvivr]

Wow, that stinks for your neighbor! I wish I had some sage advice, but I don't. I will, however, have nightmares tonight. I have a feeling that picture will enduce many an arachnophobic nightmare tonight.

So, are these hobo things all that prevalent in UT? What about the Brown Recluses that you mentioned? Could be a reason to stay on the East Coast (although, we have the BR's here, too.)

[myrgthful]

Both are becoming more and more prevalent. They used to think, twenty years ago, that the weather wouldn't allow it... which is silly, because the Hobo comes from Europe, which is much farther north. And the Brown Recluse is everywhere, like you said.

When the Hobo arrived with a shipment in Seattle's docks, it began to spread across Washington, down to Oregon, and into Idaho and Montana. Utah was last considered at the southeast edge of the spread. But, like before, they can take rides to anywhere.

Sorry about the photo... I've gotten comments on it elsewhere that I've posted it too. But it was intended, intentionally, to draw people's attention. And I'm an arachnophobe. I spray outside my door regularly. That may be why my neighbor, and not myself or my daughter, is the victim.

(Should I feel thankful?)

[myrgthful]

I also called it on a bite a platoon-mate got on his calf, ten years ago in San Antonio. He asked me, since I had been an EMT before we were in Combat Medic school, and I sent him off to the hospital too. He had let it go far too long, and had to have some muscle removed.

Thankfully, he turned out much better than Brianne.

[violalee]

I dont know much about the treatment, but my husband got bit by a brown recluse while camping. On his winkie. They had to pack it full of cotton and all that jazz. It was before we met, so I don't know what symptoms he had or any of that. But still. His winkie.

[j0idvivr]

On his winkie?!?! Oh, that poor, poor man!!! I hope everything healed well?

[in_elsinore]

Hey, I saw your post in ask_a_nurse and I felt really sorry for your neighbour so I wanted to see if I could help at all. I'm not anything to do with the medical community, but I do have access to some online medical journals and I just had a look to see if there was anything about Hobo or Brown Recluse Spider bites.

There are some articles on the Brown Recluse, not really on the Hobo though. But I have no idea if any of them would be useful, because as I'm not a medical person, I can't really tell. Do you think they'd be helpful? I'm not sure how to show them to you; I could give you the links but I'm not sure if you'd be able to access the pages without having entered the password...but anyway, tell me what you think.

Prevention

[thepallor]

Hi Rob. I saw this and immediately thought of the brown recluse. My grandfather (a dentist) received a rather nasty bite while we were on holiday in Alabama one year. Because they were so much farther south than they were used to, it didnt register. It was quite a bother to have it treated. He was fine in the end.

I will also add that here, in Appalachia, we actually have them and huge spiders the size of my hand. How delightfully fun.

While trying to inform Max on this spider, I came across an article by the U Cal Davis campus that listed prevention of Hobo Spiders (http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7488.html) . Perhaps it would be of some help:

Typically, pesticide control of spiders is difficult unless you actually see the spider and are able to spray it. There are various insecticides available in retail outlets labeled for spider control. It is just as easy and much less toxic to crush the spider with a rolled up newspaper or your

[eos_girl]

we have the hobo spider here in vancouver. but then again we are just north of seattle.

We had one in our kitchen once. we caught it in a jar, and then killed it.