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Joy,Originally posted by Joy
Bryan, I don't know if you're familiar with the treatment Dr. Breene describes in his book on recluses. Apparently if you apply a 1% nitroglycerin patch to the site soon after the bite occurs, it prevents symptoms from developing. The doctor who discovered this has had a 100% success rate for the 15 years or so he's been using it, but unfortunately most doctors know nothing about it. Also unfortunately (as you mention in your post), a lot of recluse bites occur without people realizing what bit them or even that they were bitten at all.
Joy
No, I am not familiar with it. Do you have some kind of reference on that? It still doesn't help the people that don't know they were bitten until symptoms are already in full swing. And the symptoms can develop so slowly too.
At least with a T you know you've been bitten, and fortunately their bite is much less serious.
Bryan