Another Spider thread...BUT!

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I don't think anyone would go that long without seeing a doctor. I'ts probably some movie makeup guys trying to freak people out. If it was real it had to hurt like s***.
 
Whether these photographs actually depict the effects of a brown recluse spider bite is difficult to determine. The accompanying text provides no useful identifying information, such as where the putative victim lives or where he was bitten, whether he obtained a diagnosis of his wound from a doctor, whether he sought medical treatment, etc. Various accounts place these pictures as having originated in Missouri, Wisconsin, or California; knowing the locale is important in verifying the authenticity of this account because, for example, brown recluse spiders do not live in California.

Even if these photographs are genuine, they create an exaggerated sense of the danger posed by brown recluse spiders. As Phillip Anderson, a Missouri physician who specializes in brown recluse spider bites, explained in an article for the medical journal Missouri Medicine, "Almost all brown recluse spider bites heal nicely in two to three months without medical treatment at all. Also the long-term medical outcome is excellent without treatment." Furthermore, says Anderson, "We are not aware of any verifiable deaths caused by the bite of the North American brown recluse spider." (He noted that several deaths from such wounds "had been reported in medical journals, but none of the reports is convincing.") He also reported that out of "about 1,000 credible recluse spider bites," he was only aware of "about a dozen cases of impressive, sustained hemolysis."

In fact, just about the greatest danger of a bite of this nature is not the direct effects of the venom, but rather the introduction of secondary bacterial infection due to the patient's continually scratching the site (spider bites can itch terribly!) or otherwise failing to keep the wound clean.

If these photographs truly depict the effects of a brown recluse spider bite, they represent a very rare occurrence. Quite possibly they are genuine photographs of some completely different medical ailment (unrelated to spider bites) with similar physical symptoms (such as pyoderma gangrenosum or necrotizing fasciitis), and someone who came across the pictures outside of their original context mistakenly assumed them to depict the effects of a brown recluse spider bite.

 
I've actually seen as bad a Spider bite. But the guy who had it never let it get that far before having it treated.
But he had it on his forearm, and had the arm in a sling for a couple of weeks, if my memory is correct.

As an aside: When we were on Cuba, one of the guys brought a hibernating Taurantula back to the ship. It's body had to be four inches from stem to stern.
On a dare, He actually put the damn thing in his mouth. :eek:
Yuck!
 
Holy **** god damn son a of a ****in' *****! :lol: If that were real he would of had his hand cut off. I know it's fake. Bet you a million dollars. :p
 
May I also mention that spiders, poisonous or not, is a large part of my pirahna's diet. NOTHING WILL STAND A CHANCE AGAINST HIM, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. :mad:





MuddinPede
 
HOLY CRAP.....I wanna find the special FX guy that did that last one and get him to make me a kick ass Halloween__costume....I could scare so many kids who come to my house for candy!
 
skylineGTR_guy, do you want your hand to look like that. I know how!


1. Roll up your sleeve
2. Dip your arm into my pirahna's fish tank
3. Have fun as you scare kids with your half arm.










MuddinPede
 

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