spider bites?

[visionimpossibl]

anyone know anything about them?  because i think i have one and it f-ing hurts, and it's spreading wider by the hour.  what should i do?

...and don't ask where it is, or how it ended up getting there.  ugh.

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[visionimpossibl]

thanks for the advice, sufian. it's not growing anymore, which i think is a good sign.

I'm only a lowly 1st year med student, but...

[bballterri]

You could also have an allergic reaction to them. I say call the doctor... there's usually a nurse advice line available to better assess whether you need to go see a doctor right away.

Re: I'm only a lowly 1st year med student, but...

[visionimpossibl]

thanks terri! you're definitely not "lowly" when you're in med school ;)

[hokuopio]

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[visionimpossibl]

;)

[visionimpossibl]

i don't think it's infected--i looked online, and i'm not showing any signs of a "toxic infection"--i would be having muscle spasms and crazy shit like that. for now, it's just an annoyance...i hope!

[zoomzoom]

spider bites are a bitch compared to fireant bites. i learned this in greece, and like you, choose not to explain where it was.

they itch longer, they're bigger and sometimes, in the middle of the night when no one can hear you, they make you cry.

but when you have a spat with them and want to scratch your skin off, just ice it. numbness is grand.

and if you can find any of that homeopathic anti-itch cream, it works better than hydrocortizone.

or if you're terribly desperate and poor, and have peppermint foot lotion or any form of pepeprmint balm, use that, it soothes the itchy-ness.

thats all for now. tune in next week for: my knuckles are so dry they bleed- what to do?