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I have a small ring of bumps surrounding very small fang marks. Where the fang marks are the skin is very dry. The bite isn’t red or irritated, but it’s been here for a few weeks now and I’m starting to get a little freaked.
I was wondering if this is a spider bite and what kind? I live in Knoxville, TN and work outside everyday.
It was a lot bigger yesterday but the size went down before I could take a picture.
Thank you for any help you can offer.
I live in Nj so of course there isnt any really dangerous spiders. I got a spider bite (at least i think) and it basically looks like a scrape that is brown an every time I touch it it hurts. The first time I noticed it was when i had an itch on my foot. Then it came to look like to little red dots.
Im visiting The washington DC/ Georgetown area. I may have been bit by a spider in my sleep. Didnt see it but fealt something and started scratching in my sleep early morning, Woke up with a small dot on th einside crease of my arm by th eelbow. since yesterday it has swollen slightly, the “bite” area got hard and turned dark. The actual “bite” is about the size of pea I guess, maybe slightly bigger. Its raised, looks like it might be bruised, it hurts a lot obviously and itches. Around the outside of the “bite” my skin is white, around the size of a quarter, then all round that it looks like arash. Ive been using benadrill cream but it doesnt work that good. It itches and burns & I try not to touch it but if I do it hurts. Anyone have any clue??
I live in Maryland. I woke up Saturday morning and noticed a lump with white little spots in the center and is surrounded by a large red swollen area. The center sort of resembles poison blistering. I went to a doctor that I normally don’t see and he put me on antibiotics and told me to put ice on it. The appearance hasn’t changed any at all. He did not recognize the bite so hopefully someone will be able to determine what type of bite this is. If anyone has any knowledge as what this could be from, please let me know. Thanks!
Hi peeps! I got bit on the side of my knee and I don’t know if it’s a really bad bug bite or a spider bite.Because of that I need to go to the doctor’s office.Toodles.
My wife woke up with a shout around 3:00 this morning saying she’d been bit by something. We looked at that time and only saw a little tiny pin-prick of red on her arm (the underside of her bicep). Around 9:00am, she showed me the area again and there are two distinct spots on her arm, both with the same appearance: a blood-red spot about a 1/2 centimeter across, surrounded by a purple halo, about an inch to an inch and a half across.
We live in central NY and though there are spiders in the house, we rarely see them in the living spaces (they are mainly visible in the basement). We searched the bed thoroughly at the time of the bite and again later this morning, but we saw nothing in the way of insects.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
I recently noticed pain on the outside part of the arch of my foot. I thought maybe i had strained something, but when i felt it, i noticed there was a bump. My husband looked at it and said that it is about the size of pea and has a black center. He said it resembled a black head. He tried to remove it and the pain was horrible!!! Not sure what bit me, if you have any ideas, please help!!!
Jenny from sw virginia
I woke up this morning and my leg was a bit sore. It hurts when I walk. I noticed three areas on my shin where my leg is somewhat red. I was trying to think of something I could have done to my leg. They look like red welts.
When I touch them they really hurt. Then my husband tells me later on in the day that he woke up in the middle of the night and felt something crawling on him so he knocked it off.. But he doesn’t remember what it looked like. I am now thinking that maybe it was on me too and bit me and that these may be bites on my leg.
I have seen spiders around the house before. I am not sure what kind or whether I should worry about it?? Any suggestions??? Should I just make sure that the symptoms don’t get worse??
Last year, I woke up to find a red mark on the edge of my eyebrow, which as the days progressed caused my left eye lid to droop. I looked like I had had a stroke, which lasted about 2 weeks.
To this day, I have 3 marks near my hairline where the color (melanin?) is no longer on my skin, in otherwords, my skin is white and the end of my eyebrow is now hairless with again another white scar. I went to my PCP, who had no idea what it was.
Does anyone have a clue? I assume it might have been a spider bite.
Hi, I live in central Texas and just recently I noticed two or three bites on the bottom and top of my foot that seem to be spider bites. The one on the bottom of my foot, sort of near the side has developed into what looks like a big blister or pustule, about the size of an unsharpened pencil, I’d say.
I don’t see any bite marks on it anywhere, though and it doesn’t hurt. It itched pretty terribly earlier today and while I was scratching a much tinier blisterlike bite on the top of my foot, I most have broken the “blister” because it’s led to tons of pain.
Could this be a brown recluse? That’s my major concern. I was bitten at least two days ago, I think.
HELP PLEASE!
Wednesday my husband began to feel very ill. He had aching muscles and weakness all over his body. He ran a low-grade fever around 100 degrees. Thursday he went to the doctor, but did not receive a diagnosis. They gave him antibiotics and a pain medication and assumed it was some sort of bacterial infection.
Friday, his symptoms persisted despite antibiotics and he mentioned to me that he had a weird bump on his hip. Today, the bump looked larger and more red, and when I looked closely it appeared there were two tiny specks (fang marks?) in the center of the red spot.
My husbands muscles continue to ache and his weakness is to the point where he cannot grasp a glass or walk up the stairs.
Could this picture, taken on 6/30/2007, be a spider bite? We have seen black widows around the house this year, maybe it is because of the drought. We killed one just last weekend.
Hi Caz,
I would suggest looking into whether or not you have Scabies. They are tiny mites that burrow into your skin.
Best of luck!
MsB
I just wanted to reach out to the people in Northern Cal and share my recent experience.
About 2 months ago, spiders started coming into the house, at least 25 to 30/ night. They are dark bodies, upper and lower, with dark reddish legs. At the same time, my cats and I were being attacked by some sort of noseeum, and to this day we don’t know what that was about.
The whole ordeal was just terrible and painful. The spiders started biting me and getting into my bed at night. I would have dreams telling me to wake up because I was getting bitten, and sure enough, it was happening. Once I woke up to find one sleeping as closely to me as it could, by my side..for warmth?
I couldn’t find an exact match, so I caught a few and took them into the ag department for ID. They didn’t know so they sent it to Sacramento for ID. Six weeks and many necrotic bites later, I got the results. They were from the gnaphosa species (to the best of their knowledge), and they are from DENMARK!!!
This global trade thing just needs to stop! They are not as dangerous as yellow sac spiders, nor the other big three, but they do produce necrosis and I do have scars. Thank God they began to stay outside. I only find a few here and there now, without doing anything.
I also have yellow sac spiders here, and possibly hobo spiders, according to the ag department. They haven’t proven it yet, but they figure that they are here in Northern Cal, even though some of the experts deny it. All these spiders are from other countries……UGH!
So, some of you may be being bitten by these same spiders in Northern Calafornia. They are ground spiders and are lousy climbers. They are slow and fall from the ceilings should they get that high.
When in the house, they were all over the carpet. After they left, we were still bitten heavily by the no seeums, but that has also deminished within the past few weeks. I have no idea what is going on, and have never been through anything like this before in my life, and I am not a youngster.
In some ways, the bites from the invisible creatures were the worst. They felt like a microscopic cutting of the skin. The cats were in total hell.
The best news though that I can offer, is that the necrosis was helped greatly by using green clay. I used an organic facial mask by Aubrey Organics, and also just powdered benonite clay from Whole Foods with water. Both worked really well at keeping the swelling down, keeping infection at bay. Clay is amazing.
Be well.
Dawn
i live in arizona and i think its a spider bit but theres a small bite mark and around is a green ring its really freaking me out if you could tell me what its fast i would like to know if its dangerous or not
I live in San Mateo, California. I have at least four spider bites. One above my ankle, and three on my back (if you connect the dots, they make a right-triangle!) The one on my leg went away, but it feels like a bruise is there now. I’ve had the ones on my back for over a week, and they just itch like crazy. They only appear as a red swollen bump. A couple weeks before these bites, my mom smashed a big juicy-looking brown spider.. I’m guessing there’s another similar one that bit me?
Concerning the spider bites…
The one thing I am aware of from our clinical studies with venemous insects, vectors, and snakes, is that if a bite, no matter what the source (mosquito, tick, etc) starts to get a red ring that begins to extend (grow larger), watch it more carefully. This means that eirher 1) infection is spreading through new tissue, or 2) venom is spreading through new tissue. Spider bites are usually noted by a pus-postule on top (your body’s white blood cells trying to fight the saliva or venom in the wound), then a red ring.
When to worry (and seek emergency medical attention): the ring has a black line ascending or descening line in the direction of blood flow (toward your heart). This means the venom has reached an artery and is in the circulation.
Necrosing (death) of tissue is also a warning sign. Tick bites that ulcerate and blacken with dead tissue are warning signs of tularemia, rocky mountain, and lyme. I assume ulceration of tisse is somewhat normal in a spider bite, but intense necrosis is cause for concern, especially due to the southern state’s abundance of brown recluse’.
This is no medical advice, of course, just a little input of what I have learned!!
Looking for responses from anyone in Northern California, Sacramento area. I was half- awakened by a stinging sensation on my finger, went back to sleep. About a day later I found what looked like a little whitehead ingrown hair on that spot. Itched a little, didn’t think much of it.
One more day goes by and now my finger is bright red, oozing pus, swollen so I can’t bend it, and hurting so bad I’m hopping around cursing. Every time I expressed it the wound scabbed and then came back bigger. I tried antihistamines,hydrocortisone, nothing worked at all until I finally took some keflex.
When my daughter saw my finger she said she had a bump on her butt that hurt really bad. By the time we got to the doctor 2 days later, hers was oozing pus, dark blood,and red hot and swollen to the diameter of a pancake. Keflex cured us both but we had a scary and painful time of it. All the doctor could tell was that it was venemous spider bites. They never got black like a recluse bite but were the oozing, scabbing, constantly enlarging, red “volcano” wounds.
What did this????
Dark red circles with clear bump (pus) in the middle filled with fluid (pus). Itches like crazy and the spider bite occured about 72 hours ago.
I have a spider bite on the back of my nuckle which had a large white blister, it peeled off and now is very red and can see a very small core. This morning I had a bad taste in my mouth for a moment but it went away and the wound dosn’t seem to be progressing.
Thanks,
Donna
Just wanted to let you know what happened to my husband recently. His job is HVAC and he was working on an A/C unit. He felt a small pin prick on his side under his arm. He noticed a few wood shavings, so he thought it was just a splinter. About 24 hours later he was starting to feel bad (not like him at all) and had a red spot about the size of a half dollar.
He went to the Dr. about 48 hours after the spider bite and received medicine and ibuprofen. 2 days later he still felt bad, and ended up going to the hospital in the middle of the night. He had a bad brown recluse bite. The redness around the bite was about the size of a small frying pan.
One week after the bite, he had a small heart attack. He had to have a catheritization to check his heart for blockages and damage. (no damage or blockage was found.) We found out he had an allergic reaction to the ibuprofen, and the venom didn’t help. it has been about a month since he got out of the hospital, and the wound is almost healed up, but he will always have a scar.
Please don’t hesitate to seek medical attention if you get bit. It doesn’t seem all that bad, but it can quickly change for the worse.
I’m not sure if I should be worried, because this bite doesn’t really fit the description of anything I find online but hey better safe than sorry. Heres the story. I was helping my dad pick this TV up. Then I went outside to open the tailgate of his truck. And I walk back inside.
Soon as I touch the door knob I feel this pain like I got pinched or stung by a bee. I felt nothing at all on my hand, besides the doorknob. And I didn’t see any spider at all. But now, there is a small purple spot on the palm of my hand that looks like a bruise. I don’t see any bite marks either. It doesn’t hurt or itch. I don’t even feel it unless I put pressure on the area, but I don’t see how it could possibly be just a bruise.
At first, you’d have to kind of look closely at it to see the mark, but now it’s become a bit darker and you can easily see it, though it has not gotten bigger or swolen up. This happened today incase you’re wondering. Doesn’t seem like a really big deal but hey I don’t want it to turn into one.
i got bit, but i have no idea if it was a spider or not. its on my knee. its round about the size of 2 quarters put together, hard, itchy and feels warm to the touch. if anyone knows what it could be please feel free to help me out. i dont know whether to be worried or not. i called the emergency room but the lady just said what i thought she would. ” if it starts to spread, get worse throughout the night then come in” um not very helpful at all! anyway thanks
I dont know when i got bit but i know it was a spider i just dont know what type nor did i feel of see it . I have what started as a misqitoe bite like then within a couple of days it gotten real sore where i could not move my foot and then couple days later it was red over half my foot then the very next day it was blue-black around bite site and now its swelling sore more you cant touch it
Its open and pus like and red and clear around and real red all over ….on antibotics and pain meds and still sweeling getting worse and feeling funny alot more.
I was outside today trying to get a tan in my front lawn when i started feeling like some kind of red ant was biting me. I looked around and didn’t see anything. I layed back down and it started to hurt again, only this time on my neck. I got up and looked and it happened to be an albino looking spider. I went inside and took a shower hoping to get rid of any that might be on me. I have an ear ache now, could that be an affect due to the two spider bites?
Please help me.
amanda
i have the same thing, i got bit by something there are 2 one one leg and 2 on the other, they were itchy and bumps exactly like mosquito bites, now they dont itc, they are smaller in size but they are like dark dark purple dots..what the hck
Hi – We have been in our house 3 years now with no problems and barely a spider sighting, but this morning I woke up with 9 small pale red itchy spots on my abdomen and leg.
It has been about 15 hours and they are now more inflamed, bright red with pus, whitish center and a small hole in the middle of each one, there is pale red inflammation about 1/2 inch around each one and they itch. They are not painful. My husband looks to have 4 that are similar – but a bit more spread out.
We found no spiders in our bed or around on the floor.
Can anyone please tell me how to care for these bites. Are they indeed spider bites? Anything else I should look out for or do to prevent them from getting us or our kids again?
Thanks!
Brooke- It sounds very similiar to my sons bite.
He was bit on his forhead. a flat red spot appeared the first day and then was more red that evening.
The next day I saw a pin hole mark and a small scrap mark line in the red spot. By the next day his forhead was swollen around the spot in the size of a golf ball all the way down to the middle of his nose. When I took him to the doctor she put him on an antibiotic and benadryl.
I started him on these, By the next day his swelling went to his eyes. He woke up with his eyes more than half shut. I had some antibiotic drops I put in right away, it started to go down, called the doctor who said if redness appears and he has a temp. 103 or over go to emergency. This just happened, so far so good, still waiting to see what tommorrow will bring.
Oh alot o his swelling did go down but not all yet. So I hope this helped, if your hand is swelling up you may be having an allergic reaction or could be starting to work its way into an infection. Don’t wait to find out!
symptoms: swollen ankle, hurts when i apply pressure to walk,throbbing, itching
Ok, here is the deal, I know I was bitten by a spider, I live in VA, and I was gardening, and no I did not feel the bite. I do know that is was not a Black Widow, nor a Brown Recluse, but here are my symptoms: it is a perfect round dot, it is small, and when it gets wet in cold water it burns and turns white like I have just been bitten all over again. The skin around it is irritated, and a little swollen, right now it looks more like a round scab. I was bitten a few days ago and just now my hand hurts, before it was just like any other spider bite, but now my hand hurts. If anyone could help that would be great. I live in the country and in an old house, but I do know I was bitten in the garden.
Thanks so much
~Brooke
MIKE, Thank you very much for the time you took in writing to me about BED bugs.What tipped you off? I am just wondering what helped you make that diagnosis. Obviously you all have been hanging around spidertypes much longer than I!
I will check all of the information you sent out,believe me! But ugh,it does sound like a lot (more) work…probably worth it if it will stop this endless sequence of bites and itching,and fear that I will spread whatever I have on me!
How does one acquire bedbugs in the first place,I wonder. Hmmmm.(!?)
I found that there seemed to be quite a few(of whatever they are) gathered in the open area (that i thought was solid) in the square support of the pedestal sink in my bathroom; but that could be because it has not been cleaned for as many years as it has been there, probably.
I went to the dermatologist today, finally, a WEEK after using Permethrin and spraying house and cleaning ad nauseum.
HE did NOT see bites( because most of them are gone, now?) He did see evidence of a new staph infection,though,so I am glad that I went. The Permethrin got close to my mouth when I was applying,and really went for what the derm referred to as enlarged oil papules? They have decreased substantially all over my face with this med!(good)
But,he did not even want to entertain the idea of “bugs” so I could not bring myself to ask him about the possibility of them reproducing on me. He did notice the enlarged (and new) big bumps on my neck,and said that they must be an allergic reaction to something.like the sun. argh.
I find this very hard to discuss with a doctor! They do not want to speak of creatures that they cannot see right there, right then.They do not get out a magnifier of any type. My Dr stood 2 or 3 feet away from me at all times!
He must have great eyesight.He said the pinprickes were capillaries(?)I’ve never seen one like that!I have never had them before like this- or seen any that look like this,and he did not explain to me why I have them NOW!
Well, I will look into bedbugs, get rid of the staph,and try to pretend that they are capillaries?!
They did prescribe Atarax for itching,and antihistamine, I think, and a
I’m hoping that someone could help identify this spider bite or offer advice for how to treat it now. When I was 11 (I am 25 now), I was bit by a spider (I think) on my ankle twice and once on my toe. The bites were thin slashes about 0.5-1 cm long (I still have small scars) and I did not feel the bites or see the spider.
My foot, and then my leg up to above the knee, slowly swelled over about a week. My leg did not hurt, but it did go numb and tingly. When I finally went to the doctor, he gave me something (antivenom?) that made the swelling go down. Unfortunately, my foot is permanently swollen (the swelling increases with alot of standing) and is much larger than the other foot.
Other than elevating my foot (which only reduces the swelling to a certain point) is there any way to get my foot back to normal size?
Also, this spider bite happened in central Iowa.
Thank you,
Dee
I recently went camping and the day we were leaving I had an itch on my lower abdominal side, I went to scratch it but it was very soar so I took a look and noticed a huge striated bruise with a circle that was a bit yellowish. within the circle there are two bumps that are itchy. I have had a headache and abdominal pain ever since. I also have red bumps on my stomach, but that happened days before we left for camping. The bruise is red and purple. I live in Illinois.
Please advise if you know what kind of spider bit me.
Thank you
Jamie
My daughter was bite on the lower leg the area is red and hot with a hard knot. What else should I look for?
My 3 year old daughter and myself and my husband have been getting small bites in different places all over our body. There is no pattern, but they itch like crazy for along time and that’s all. My daughter sleeps in a different bed than us but my husband and daughter get more bites than me, especially around the groin area. But yesterday, my daughter got 4 more bites on her back and armpits. Our 8 month old son, who rolls around the carpets all the time has no bites at all, so I don’t think they’re anything the dog is bringing in, and we really think they’re spider bites from the beds, but I’ve washed the sheets a bunch. Please let me know if anyone has any ideas as to what they are and how we can get rid of them. Thank you.
I live in Arkansas and received a bite which I believe to be a spider bite. It started out like a mosquito bite, the next day the reddness appeared larger and even later that day the reddness appears to be even larger. It really itches. Help
Not sure if I got a spider bite or not. I have a great big round red circle on my left breast and it looks like there is two small holes. I went to the doctor and he gave me two shots and put me on antibiatics. The redness is still not gone. The pain of it is. This worries me. Can you let me know what you think it is.
Thanks,
Yesterday i got bit by a spider and i have no idea which kind. Now the area has swollen to be about the size of my palm and is extremly red. It is hurting and itching all at the same time. Before, it was all red, now there is a white spot about the size of a nickel in the center of it.
It has not stopped growing or getting more red. I also think i have a low grade fever. I am also feeling a little sick. Plus i have headaches. I have no idea where i got this spider bite i woke up with my arm swollen and in pain. Can anyone tell me what kinda spider they think bit me.
I was bit by a spider and my symptoms are not that of the brwon recluse. I got the bite while sleeping. It itched for the about the first 3 days and then is started to hurt and felt like a bruise, then after two more days I noticed heat and inflamation in about a 3″ radius around the bite.
The radius kept spreading there is now a hand print size of area around the bite that is red and a little inflamed. This has been almost 9 days. The brown reclue bite itsself is starting to come to a head/boil formation. I haven’t had a fever or any vomiting or fatigue. I would like to know if anyone has an idea of what type of side might have biten me. I live in middle Tennessee.
Thank you.
hi
I run a campground in Southwest Missouri. I was sitting on a log 3 days ago fishing. I felt like something had bitten my leg right on my calve. I didn’t think much about it. But now it is dark red about the size of a dime and has a lighter red circle around it the size of a tennis ball. It doesn’t itch but is very tender to the touch and hard.
Any idea if it might be a spider bite?
ALL OF YOU ARE PLAYING WITH FIRE AND DEATH HERE..YOU MUST SEEK ER / MD TREATMENT NOW!! How do I know? I was biten 12 years ago and I’m on ssd because of it..first they thought it was lyme..no..ms..no..spider..YES! I’ve been to hell and back with pain..no meds work..tried them all and saw all the best MDs in the field. Please Don’t try and cure yourself! It’s like snake bite..it can kill you or leave you like me..totally disabled. Please seek professional help.
I was bitten by an insect 2 weeks ago on the lower part of my right leg. The sympotms are very similar to that of a spider.I did not feel anything when i was bitten but i had a trange puncture, red with a small area purple all around it. For a week i was completely ok. Exactly after 1 week the area has become all reddish, very itchy and painful. After a couple of hours a blister big as a clementine was covering all the initial red area.
The Doctor broke the blister but by the time that i reched my house, the blister had growned bigger than before and my ankle and my foot were completely swallen.
By the third day i could not walk i could not walk and my leg felt like a piece a wood. I ve been to hospital and since then is going better and better. I had to take 4 antibiotics, 8 pennycilin, 4 anti-inflammatory and painkillers per day. I m still recovering cause the wound from the blister is pretty serious.
I m very curious to know if it is been a spider and from which species came from.
Thanks a lot
anuela
Lu…
sounds like ringworm to me. You might want to see your dr since ringworm is contagious.
Jen…
sounds like a brown recluse bite. The bite has a bullseye appearance. I would go to the dr so they can give you the best first aid that you can receive.
a few days ago i was bitten by a spider over the past two days the spot got bigger and bigger i had painful headaces feaver of 103.3 and pain and numness in my legs.
ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THIS MIGHT BE???
I’m pretty sure I was bitten by a spider… I didn’t feel it bite me, but it started to itch, has been on my stomach for a week, and hasn’t gotten any better. It’s round and about the size of a half-dollar coin, red, blotchy and has 2 bite marks (maybe from fangs??). It isn’t blistering, not pus-ing, but it IS red, raised… and it feels and looks wrinkled, and it does not stop itching with even Rx strength anti-itch medicine (I tried OTC anti-itch meds first, to no avail).
I live in southern Wisconsin, near Lake Michigan… if that helps at all! Thanks a lot.
— itchy girl in Wisconsin
Hi my name is jenny I woke up this morning and noticed that i had a bite on my leg and it has a red circle all the way around it and a little white head looking thing in the middle i did not think anything and i noticed my neck was hurting i just thoght that it was the way i slept but now i think ive been bitin by a spider its welping up and is still red all the way around can anyone tell me rather or not it is a spider bite should i go to the doctor?
hi , a week ago i had a little pink boil and now its growing in a circle and it is red but doesnt itch me at all??
Hello Caz,
You seem to have a classic case of bed bugs. I guess bed bugs aren’t so classic and that’s why poeple don’t know what to point to. But yeah you have bed bugs. Look for about 3 bites in a row. You now have so many bites that you most likely can’t tell there’s a pattern of the bites but there are. Usually people are in very heavy denial of this. Including Dr’s and other specialists.
What’s happening is that bugs are most likely in your box spring and you can NOT see them. You could look along the wall and you might find some dead ones under the carpeting.
These bugs are coming up to feed on you each night. They suck blood while you are sleeping, and then go back into hiding. Spiders or other mites do not have these characteristics. This is why you are waking up with new bites.
Remember that the bugs are not crawling up bed posts or such, they are most likely within 2 feet of you and inside the box spring is their favorite place.
Goto Wal-Mart, get a zippered mattress cover for both the mattress and the box spring. This will seal in the bed bugs. Unfortunately, you will need to get a new bed frame. Around $35. Just a solid frame. The old one will need to go in storage for at least a year.
Assemble the frame, put sticky tape around the legs just incase. Place the matress and boxsping on the new frame (zippered up) and then wash all your bed sheets. Dry on hot for an extra amount of time and visually examine your sheets.
The most important part is isolation of the bed and getting rid of your old bed frame. Do not skip on these parts. Also make sure you have sticky tape (i like sticky fly tape) around the legs of the bed frame.
Sleep like this for a year. Do not let clothing or other things that have been on the floor on the bed. The bed will be isolated from anything else. Also, do NOT put your bad against the wall. Bed bugs that are living in the floor will go up the wall looking for you. They will also go up nearby bed posts thinking it’s the bed. They will eventually die off.
I woke-up this morning with a burning pain in my leg. At first was a 5cm. wound, and in a matter of 2 hours became a little globe (2 cms.) of translucent liquid.
I live in south america, Chile.
Hope somebody knows about this spider bite.
Thanks.