Originally Posted by CasG

A spider has fallen for me ?? ......bloody bastard

Originally Posted by Sass73

On the grounds that it wasn't Carl.....
Go to the chemist and get some paraderm (sp) cream. It works wonders on OH's mossie bites. It should get rid of the redness and some of the stinging. Need to apply it every couple of hours to start with.

Originally Posted by CasG

It might help....it doesn't sting as much as be painful...but there is a lot of heat there which it might help with....cheers mate.

wondered why I wasn't feeling too good yesterday...but the symptoms are slow to occur.

Originally Posted by manxfamily

I got bitten on Wednesday night in bed by something and about a day later I got this huge blister on my ankle and lots of swelling, I went to the doctor on Friday and she checked my groin to make sure that there was no swelling there and sure enough there wasn't, she said to let the blister pop naturally and then cover it with a clean dressing after it pops, but if I get any pain to come back for Antibiotics, she also confirmed it was definately a spider bite.

It is definately feeling better as I have get my leg elevated at night and but a cool pack on the swelling so I am just left with this horrible looking blister which just does not want to burst.
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Mrs Manx

Originally Posted by CasG

That sounds like I've had...twice a Whitetail...have had a headache too...another symptom apparently.....no blister yet....but have a bloodblister where I was bitten.
Glad your feeling better now

Originally Posted by Wol

Results of one study into confirmed Wtail bites:



* A quarter of the bites were to the hands and feet.
* Almost half the bites were on the arm or leg.
* 27 per cent of the people were bitten on the trunk.
* 6 per cent of the people were bitten on the head or face.
* Pain or discomfort was felt by all bite victims.
* Pain was severe (worse than a bee sting) in 27 per cent of bite victims.
* The bites also caused redness and itchiness.
* Most people suffered symptoms for up to 24 hours.
* Almost half the people in the study had a persistent painful or irritating red lesion.

The bites to the 130 people in the study were not characterised by necrotic ulcers or confirmed infections.

'We hope this study will begin to dispel some of the myths surrounding white-tail spiders and their bite,' Dr Isbister said.

Originally Posted by CasG

That sounds like I've had...twice a Whitetail...have had a headache too...another symptom apparently.....no blister yet....but have a bloodblister where I was bitten.
Glad your feeling better now

Originally Posted by Ozzidoc

Paracetamol and anti-histamine may help.

Look after yourself Cas!

Originally Posted by iPom

Yes, only a tiny percentage of those bites cause skin death due to a bacterium the spider may carry. It's very, very rare. I have a white tail bite on my foot from the other night... white blister, painful, now starting to itch. It'll be fine. Hope yours is better soon Cas.

Originally Posted by CasG

How long do the effects last for ?

I heard they can last a long time....someone mentioned months

Was bitten by one late last summer, and I was bitten by something last night on my leg, and it bloody hurts, and my leg is swollen

Originally Posted by mashy

Tell Carl to be more gentle with you

Originally Posted by CasG

He's knows better...he'd get squished

Originally Posted by Shakmaty

Typically, nurses make the worst patients. Paracetamol and anti-histamine have been used already and have some relief for it but antibiotics is the answer. I've told her to go to the doc's tomorrow about 50 times today, but I still don't know whether she'll go

Originally Posted by Ozzidoc

Correct. Naughty nurses!

Originally Posted by CasG

I'm a good nurse !!

Just naughty in the rest of my life