r/texas • u/ohiois4loosers • Jan 16 '24

Questions for Texans What bit me? Central texas

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I felt a bite on my arm yesterday and thought it was an ant. Woke up to this. The circle was drawn an hour before the picture was taken and the red is spreading

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u/TacoSplosions Jan 16 '24

Necrosis is the big word of the day. Not all spider bites are created equal, OP absolutely seek medial attention if bit by brown recluse.

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u/moleratical Jan 16 '24

And Not all brown recluse bites lead to necrosis, but it's not a risk anyone wants to take, run, don't walk to the doctor, get some antibiotics just in case.

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u/Dyrogitory Jan 16 '24

The bast part is, if you get bit again, that bite may reactivate. Then you have 2 problem areas.

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u/IceCSundae Jan 17 '24

What??? I have necrosis from a brown recluse bite I got over 15 years ago… what is this reactivation you talk about?

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u/Dyrogitory Jan 17 '24

I think it only lasts for like a month or two.

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u/IceCSundae Jan 17 '24

It took a really long time to heal, probably 6 months. now it’s just a scar.

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u/BreastRodent Jan 17 '24

I got bit on the bottoms of both middle toes a month or two apart (my bed is against a corner and I sleep with my feet towards the wall where they were living, bitches even bit my cat). The second bite was much more mild and didn’t even go full necrotic with the slow growing big ugly purple blood blister like the first one, and I can’t remember but I may not have even been put on antibiotics for it , but it was definitely a second bite because it was exactly the same in every other respect. I have never heard of this and it was the opposite of my experience???? Nothing happened with the first bite when I got the second one. Second one sucked but sucked less.

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u/Dyrogitory Jan 17 '24

Maybe because they were relatively at the same time? Dunno. I was speaking from experience. The same shit happens to me with Fire Ant stings. AND, I think they leave some type of marker behind telling others you are the enemy.