2007-01-02 22:43:39 · 9 answers · asked by kathywilkerson196934 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
Any herpetologist or competent E.R. in a hospital close by familiar with spider and snake bites.
2007-01-02 22:47:35 · answer #1 · answered by Ted 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to the doctor and get it checked out, some spider bites can cause infections which need antibiotics or other treatments. I had a horrible spider bite on my arm from a really weird "fuzzy looking" spider (wasn't a tarantula) that caused my whole lower arm to swell, had a huge red area and actually caused me to have cellutitis. It was so painful, and made me feel awful. I had to be on very strong antibiotics and I went to the Dr the very next day.
2007-01-03 22:52:40 · answer #2 · answered by littledeaftink 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I sure wish I had known what doctor to see back in July. Something bit me on arm on the inside of the elbow (must have been a spider, while I was asleep). By 11 am I had a raised swollen red and very itchy spot. By 3 pm I was exhausted and had to go home and go to bed. I took anti-histamines and Advil and slept. Next day the inflamed, itchy, swollen area reached all the way to my wrist.
I went to my internist who probed the initial site looking for a stinger and put me on steroids and antibiotics. The swelling finally went down about three days later. I was left with a hard and sometimes itchy scar, that was raised and about the size of a small pea.
Three months later I was at a dermatologist for another issue and they shot it with cortisone. (It still itched). That shot caused the bump to go down.
So six months later I merely have a small red scar, that at times, still itches!
Good luck with your bite.
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2007-01-03 06:57:59 · answer #3 · answered by bttrswt1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Dermatologist. or a specialist in insect infections.
2007-01-03 06:48:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Internal medicine specialist, toxicologist and forensic medicine specialist.
2007-01-03 06:48:32 · answer #5 · answered by R.T. 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a dermotologist is the best answer i can give you they deal with anything that is related to skin. but your regular doc should also know. if he doesnt call the dermo.
2007-01-03 06:47:41 · answer #6 · answered by stephanie o 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A witchdoctor
2007-01-03 06:52:01 · answer #7 · answered by Mafia Agent 4207 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Stop asking questions you fool! Get to the Emergency Room!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-01-03 06:48:52 · answer #8 · answered by jfxk79 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Doctor Death.
2007-01-03 06:59:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋