Brown Recluse Danger Increasing
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Since 2014 reports are that the incidents of bites from the brown recluse spider are increasing. This is one bite that you need to avoid by just about any means possible. But the doctors are seeing more of them every year and are asking that you please don’t try to treat it at home.
No one wants to end up with a bite like this one and this isn’t one that has become infected which is much worse. The first step to avoiding being bitten is to know more about the spider itself. How to identify it and the first symptoms of a bite.
Brown Recluse Spiders: Facts, Bites & Symptoms
If you identify the spider and know it was a brown recluse or if you begin to have any of the first symptoms first aid is urgent.
Brown Recluse Spider Bite Treatment
Then as quickly as you are able get professional medical assistance! The treatment of this bite is not something you should attempt home remedies with. I am sure there are one or two out there that might work…….but as the most common treatment to prevent spreading and infection is surgical intervention are you really sure you want to attempt to treat them yourself? If the medical community hasn’t found a remedy that works without surgically intervening I have no doubt they would of developed a cream, soak. or zap -yes there is a train of thought that believes electrically shocking yourself will cure the bite – check it out here Spider victim’s choice: surgery or lawn mower or ? – for this bite to avoid having to preform surgery on their patients. However…. in a SHTF scenario I might be willing to try just about anything to avoid the possible ramifications of an infected bite!
For how it really should be treated if you can get to a professional medical assistance see the link below.
Medical Treatments for Brown Recluse Spider Bites
Please use extreme caution when you are in this spider’s natural environment and please don’t assume that as the spider is more common in some areas than others that you are safe, bites have been reported and treated in areas that are rare home territories for this dangerous critter.
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