It depends on: 1. Site of bite.
2. Size of spider and amount injected. 3. Age, size, and health of bitee. 4. Use, or not, of anti-venom. Being bitten in the balls while using a traditional outhouse is not uncommon. Good practice sweeps a stick around the hole before sitting down. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 3:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>Brown recluse bite Are you sure this was a Black Widow? I was under the understanding that one bite is lethal to a human. It is a neurotoxin paralysis to the nervous system and kills within 15-20 minutes. Am I mistaken? Ernie >From: Tad Winiecki <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: CS>Brown recluse bite >Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 11:28:24 -0700 > >Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 17:49:38 -0400 >From: "Barbara" <[email protected]> > >I had 2 Black Widow spider bites. I put meat tenderizer (papain, bromelain >in meat tenderizer break down protein and bee venom and I presume spider >venom is made of protein also) one the first one. In absence of meat >tenderizer I have used digestive enzymes or fresh pineapple, papaya, or >kiwi fruit. > >The bite I put meat tenderizer on immediately did not react at all to the >venom- no necrotizing tissue or inflammation at all. I did get a general >reaction of nausea and stomach cramps. The second bite I didn't recognize >as a bite at the time. The next day it started to necrotize and my leg >swelled up and turned red. In an inflammatory situation Vitamin C in large >quantities should help. I was given an antibiotic and after a couple of >days the swelling went away, after a lot of prayer and healing scripture >confessions. Perhaps soaking in epsom salts would also be beneficial >because that helped my daughter after she had swelling and inflammation >from a pencil lead being rammed into her foot. > >I'm only assuming Black Widow spider venom and Brown Recluse venom are >similar. > >Nancy > > > > >-- >The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > >Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] > >Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > >The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >
