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Stockton has not gone back to weeding that yard, and she’s faithfully taking her prednisone and antibiotics for the infection. But according to Vi Vierling of Flint Hill and a victim of a brown recluse spider bite some years ago while she was mowing near her warehouse, it will perhaps be months before the black hole disappears. Mrs. Vierling still has a scar where her bite was and she has never gone back to that spot to mow.
Both of these stories have “happy” endings. The bite of a brown recluse is seldom fatal, but as with most traumas, children, the elderly and those in poor physical condition are most at risk. The amount of venom injected and an individual’s sensitivity will determine the severity of the reaction. In some cases there will be no effect at all. In others, “the bite site can erupt into a ‘volcano lesion’ (a hole in the flesh due to damaged, gangrenous tissue.)” That open wound can range from the size of a thumbnail to the span of a hand.
What does it
look like?
A brown recluse spider is yellowish-tan to dark brown, anywhere from 1/4 to 1/2 inch long (leg span about the size of a half dollar), three pairs
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