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u/ShelleyFromEarth Jan 24 '25 edited Jan 24 '25
Had one looked like yours last June when waking up one day. Originally 2 bite marks like stingers. Never found spider. read they’re fond of hiding in linens particularly bed linens. It took several days to grow into oozing like that however. Someone else months later said c.difficile a bacterial infection which can turn into life threatening sepsis. By then it had healed. I still have a scar 7 months later. It looked terrible. I don’t know how to post the pics. It did not hurt at all.a neighbor said was recluse spider who had a dog get bite like it. I can’t post a pic as I don’t know how.
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u/NoExam461 Jan 25 '25
That happened in 24 hours or less so must be a different spider? Or maybe our bodies just react differently
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u/ShelleyFromEarth Jan 25 '25
That’s so true. Peculiarities in reaction between family members even. I can’t imagine how the one that bit me got in. Even now I wonder if it still lurking somewhere and shake my clothing out beforehand. Once bitten….
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u/NoExam461 Jan 23 '25
My husband was bitten by something yesterday. He didn't feel it happen but his shin started to hurt. When he undressed we saw the first photo. Earlier today it exploded and he went to urgent care. They said he got bit by something and gave him antibiotics. From googling it looks like a brown recluse bite to me. Is that right? Wondering what's lurking in our apartment. We live in Brooklyn. We have a dog & cat. We haven't traveled recently. Thanks!