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So a friend of a friend, let's call him "Steve" (he wishes to stay anonymous) was bitten in mid 2011 by an unknown spider. The resulting story may be a bit terrifying and sympathy inducing. We ask you not to share your sympathy, just any information you may have on similar stories or thoughts you may have would be appreciated.
Steve works at a Petsmart where he believes he was bitten by a spider. The bit was found on the upper inner thigh. The only way this could have happened is if the spider crawled up his pants or was there when he got dressed. More likely it crawled up his pants. The podium is a breeding ground for spiders, many of which hang out underneath the podium. I have only seen a few species in the cricket bins (located at the podium), false widow, running crab spider, cellar spiders and have to check underneath. The rest of this story is going to be a bit scary for us spider lovers.
The initial bite wasn't felt. It became red and swollen and then simmered down. Then the swelling and redness came back (now an infection I assume). The bite was red swollen with a white ring around the bite. He went to the doctors and was put on some serious antibiotics. The infection was very bad and he was put on Sulfa which apparently is a very strong antibiotic which made him sick for months afterwards.
A few days later after going to the doctors for antibiotics he had a 2 minute seizure. No history in his family of seizure. He's a healthy, young, full grown man. A couple of months later he had another seizure and now he is on medication for the rest of his life for seizures.
He has seen neurologists, taken the needed brain scans ,and has seen other specialists. Doctors don't have any answers for him and keep passing him along because nobody knows why, or how he started having seizures. They have ideas though but nothing more than faint possible answers. He was also tested for MRSA which came back negative.
I have never heard of anything this severe. I'm no specialist, doctor, arachnologist, or scientist. I am however completely amazed by this story and have a few ideas I would like to throw out there:
Possible higher risks to seizures for unknown reasons triggered by bite and/or (more likely) infection.
Possible seizures caused by heave antibiotic usage.
Possible reaction by the body to the infected tissue and/or meds.
Steve still works at Petsmart, the wound has healed up to a tiny scar and other than having to take seizure medication is healthy. He's no longer concerned on getting answers because there's no way to be sure what the hell happened. The responses I get from this story are more for me but I will relay anything that sounds of importance.
I would really be interested in reading whatever anybody has to say about this story. Anything similar etc...
Thanks for reading!
--Nate
Steve works at a Petsmart where he believes he was bitten by a spider. The bit was found on the upper inner thigh. The only way this could have happened is if the spider crawled up his pants or was there when he got dressed. More likely it crawled up his pants. The podium is a breeding ground for spiders, many of which hang out underneath the podium. I have only seen a few species in the cricket bins (located at the podium), false widow, running crab spider, cellar spiders and have to check underneath. The rest of this story is going to be a bit scary for us spider lovers.
The initial bite wasn't felt. It became red and swollen and then simmered down. Then the swelling and redness came back (now an infection I assume). The bite was red swollen with a white ring around the bite. He went to the doctors and was put on some serious antibiotics. The infection was very bad and he was put on Sulfa which apparently is a very strong antibiotic which made him sick for months afterwards.
A few days later after going to the doctors for antibiotics he had a 2 minute seizure. No history in his family of seizure. He's a healthy, young, full grown man. A couple of months later he had another seizure and now he is on medication for the rest of his life for seizures.
He has seen neurologists, taken the needed brain scans ,and has seen other specialists. Doctors don't have any answers for him and keep passing him along because nobody knows why, or how he started having seizures. They have ideas though but nothing more than faint possible answers. He was also tested for MRSA which came back negative.
I have never heard of anything this severe. I'm no specialist, doctor, arachnologist, or scientist. I am however completely amazed by this story and have a few ideas I would like to throw out there:
Possible higher risks to seizures for unknown reasons triggered by bite and/or (more likely) infection.
Possible seizures caused by heave antibiotic usage.
Possible reaction by the body to the infected tissue and/or meds.
Steve still works at Petsmart, the wound has healed up to a tiny scar and other than having to take seizure medication is healthy. He's no longer concerned on getting answers because there's no way to be sure what the hell happened. The responses I get from this story are more for me but I will relay anything that sounds of importance.
I would really be interested in reading whatever anybody has to say about this story. Anything similar etc...
Thanks for reading!
--Nate
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