I think I got bit by a spider.....I have a picture of it...but I wont post it because I dont want to gross out any weak tummies!
Does anyone know anything about spider bites and what to do....I didnt see the spider that bit me....I think I got it digging fishing poles out of the closet!!
I can pm the picture, Im just afraid I'll get in trouble for posting it here
thats what Im afraid of!!!
I pmed it spotty! thanks!
My DH was bit by a spider last October. I tried to take him to the doctors right away but you know how guys can be. After a couple of days his symptoms kept getting worse...he was swollen...had a rash all over his body and began having pain in his groin. We went to the hospital and found out that he had an infection in his foot on top of the spider bite. They gave him some pain killers and some antibiotics and he is fine now. I wish we had saved ourselves the worry and just gone to the hospital or doctors right away. If you have no way of knowing what bit you I would just go to the hospital to be safe. You can pm me the pic if you want but I would just go if I were you.
here's another link
http://www.spiderzrule.com/reclusebite.htm
but you know how guys can be. .
ummmm, yeah mine is telling me its no big deal and doesnt look as bad as I think it does!!! 
thanks guys...I thought maybe if I got some other opinions on if it looked like a spider bite....I wouldnt feel so much like a wuss!! 
ok, Im gonna go to the dr in the morning!
thanks again
Unless of course I gain super strength, wall crawling powers and the ability to shoot webs from my wrists.......then I might hold off on the dr and use the powers for a few days!
ya'll remind me of how funny I thought I was when it does turn out to be a recluse bite and im crying about it!!!
edited to say...Im gonna have to change my avatar...
Unless of course I gain super strength, wall crawling powers and the ability to shoot webs from my wrists.......then I might hold off on the dr and use the powers for a few days!
ya'll remind me of how funny I thought I was when it does turn out to be a recluse bite and im crying about it!!!
edited to say...Im gonna have to change my avatar...
well.....super powers would be nice, & of course we'll remind you, what are friends for BUT SERIOUSLY I REALLY HOPE EVERYTHING IS OKAY.
please please please & i'm begging don't put a spider in your avatar 
Oh no Zamode's after you & i bet Ge's right behind her--you better listen to her
please please please & i'm begging don't put a spider in your avatar
I SECOND THAT!
I am sick of hearing from my Dad for YEARS how great they are because they eat bugs and my treehugging sister that not only do they eat bugs but my killing them will give me bad karma!! Anything with 8 legs gets killed in this house!
Oh no Zamode's after you & i bet Ge's right behind her--you better listen to her
No spider in my avatar...just spider-girl
i know it isnt funny....because my finger hurts really bad.....but if I dont laugh I will cry....
and zamode I wish I could find it and kill it.....Im so afraid it will find its way out and get the boys! But now Im paranoid of everything that moves in my house....I wouldnt let the boys in the toy box all day....they were TICKED!!! Im making my husband clean it out tomorrow just to be safe!
and ge has told me over and over to go to the dr already!! I had her look at my finger first.....and hse doesnt like stuff like that!!! poor ge! 
if it isnt a recluse...Im gonna guess a wolf spider...we see those ALL the time around here......IT HURTS!
I'M SORRY IT HURTS, TRY TO REST. Twinsy I will be expecting a doctor's recap tomorrow, please don't wait!
Get hubby on the manhunt and kill it....kill all the little eight-legged buggers that come in the house. You know that nasty somebeach is going to breed so clean house and chase it out if you can't kill it!
Down with arachnids!!
OMG zamode you are TOTALLY cracking me up!!!!!!
thanks everybody!! 
My sister and I have been bitten several times by spiders. For us they swallon a little bit but we did not go to the doctor. In a few days it went away. No big worry. But we also do not live in an area of pionous spiders so I guess that might make a difference. If I were you I wait it out, If it swells more that a fifty cent peice get to the doctor. Otherwise I would not worry about it.
You could try soaking your finger in a baking soda solution...this might help draw out the poisen...this works really good on mosquito bites!
does this really work? I have so got to try this- i hate skeeters.
I hope the doctor goes well today, we have brown recluse and wolf spiders in our neighborhood and have seen them outside, but thankfully haven't had any problems yet. I have to spray for spiders almost once a month to try and keep them away. This house is the only place we have ever seen this problem... can't wait to move!
Leily
It worked on my son...he was 2 or 3 years old when he got bit up really bad when we were at my SIL's old house for a party. We made him take a bath with baking soda in it. You make like a baking soda paste for just one or two bites. Baking soda acts as neutralizer...works good too if you spilled anitfreeze or you got a small amount of battery acid on yourself. (Just ask my hubby!)
Just read this & had to comment.. You should go to the dr! Living in the South we have bug bites all the time. Spiders leave a weird bite mark. It looks nothing like any other bite. I'd recommend you go to the dr but before you do circle the bite with an ink pen. If it swells up past the circle mark then go to the ER. Don't fool around with poisonous bites!! I'm a vol. Firefighter/EMS & we get calls for bug bites all the time. We circle the bite with an ink pen & tell the patient to monitior the bite. If it gets worse we tell them go to the ER or call us back & we will take you there. Take care & I hope it's nothing major~
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