I wonder if like mosqitoe's, these bug's bite because they pick up on something in your system or that is lacking?...debbie
-------------- Original message -------------- From: Ode Coyote <[email protected]> > Widders....Not especially deadly and they don't tend to bite. > Hauling armloads of firewood in Alabama, I decided to actually "look" at > what I'd been carrying around for months. > > Results: average, 2 to 4 Black Widows, several small scorpions and an > occasional big nasty looking centipede per armload. > > Walking about barefoot in those woods, I stood quietly for a while one day, > then "looked" at what I was walking in. Several small scorpions per > square foot. > > I've found black widows living under the bed in the box springs and > always seemed to have one in the cab of my toy trucks as a kid. > > Never stung or bitten that I can SAY was any of those. I've had a few > bites in the morning that itched pretty bad and took a while to heal up, > but never saw what did the deed. > > Yellow jackets now.... never see em coming and they make your whole body > hurt for hours. They'll hit ya 3 times before you can decide which way to > run. > > Ode > > At 09:05 PM 5/19/2006 +0000, you wrote: > > >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 > >>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" > >> > >>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 > > > > > > > > > >-- > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.1/343 - Release Date: 5/18/2006 > > > > > > > > > >-- > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.1 - Release Date: 5/18/2006 > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.1 - Release Date: 5/18/2006 > >
