True spider bites (which are rare events) occur when a spider is trapped inside clothing or when someone foolishly puts a hand or other body part in a spider habitat without looking, or even more foolishly slaps at a spider that is crawling on them. When pressed on from above, the spider may reflexively bite what it is standing on: the sheet, not your body. Being crushed against a bedsheet by a human body just doesn't work well as a biting scenario (despite what everyone thinks) because spider fangs are underneath the spider. If you roll over onto a spider, most likely the spider will have no chance to bite. Spiders have no reason to bite humans they are not bloodsuckers, and are not aware of our existence in any case. If a spider does get on a bed, usually no bite will result. Not every night! If you take elementary precautions like not letting the blankets or bedspread touch the floor or walls, the incidence of spiders on the bed will be effectively zero. Here are some facts: Unless you are sleeping on the basement floor, a spider might wander onto your bed as often as twice a year. Even some physicians, who really should know better, accept it! I have no idea how this belief originated, but it is quite false. (No, I didn't see any spider, but what else could it have been?)"įact: The notion that "if you didn't see what bit you, it was a spider" is (to me) one of the strangest of the widespread spider superstitions, already well established in 1901 according to a medical article published then.
SPIDER BITES SKIN
Direct contact of extreme cold on the skin can cause tissue damage.Myth: "A spider bit me while I was asleep. (Always protect the skin by wrapping ice or a cold pack in a thin cloth. This will help relieve pain and delay the effects of the venom. Cover the area with a cloth and apply ice or a cold pack.Wash the bite area with soap and rinse with water. If you suspect that your child has been bitten by a brown recluse or black widow spider, call EMS.Progressive soft tissue damage the skin becomes dark blue and then black (necrotic).Mild swelling and a blue-gray mark at the bite surrounded by lightening of skin color.Pain moves to the abdomen, back, chest, and legs.Pain spreads to the surrounding muscles.Pain begins as a dull ache at the bite site.They range from mild irritation at the bite site to a potentially fatal poisoning. Reactions to a bite from a brown recluse vary. Most bites happen while the person is sleeping. It is rare to see the brown recluse spider when it bites because the bite is painless. A violin-shaped marking on the back helps to identify it. The brown recluse spider is also known as the fiddle-back or violin spider. Symptoms are often severe muscle pain and cramping. The bite itself often goes unno¬ticed or may be felt as a pin¬prick. The male is too small to bite through human skin. Black widow spiders are found in all 48 contiguous states. She is a dark color with red or yellow on the abdomen. The body of the female black widow is shaped like an hourglass. However, bites from the black widow and brown recluse spiders have been known to cause death. Fortunately, only a few species can cause significant poisonings. About 60 species of spiders in North America can bite a human. They use their poison to paralyze and kill their prey.
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