what should i do?
2007-01-08 13:26:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ First Aid
Call 911 or have someone drive you to the closest hospital. If it's an arm or leg, try to keep it at or below the level of the heart, and don't move it anymore than you have to.
And get off the computer!
2007-01-08 13:36:51 · answer #1 · answered by mommy-to-one 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the hospital because I heard that kind of spider can affect the nervous system. If you can't get to the hospital right away the best thing to do is to draw the venom out. You can put a potato slice on it or if you have some prid drawing salve, anything to try to draw as much venom out as possible. I was bit by a brown recluse spider 6 months ago. This type of bite actually ate a hole in my leg because it causes necrosis. Black widow bites are different from the kind of bite that I had. It took 5 months for mine to form a scab and developed a staph infection in it. So, it's best if you see a doctor on a regular basis for spider bites. There are some web sites on spider bites, just type in black widow spider bite on your search line. Hope you heal soon.
2007-01-08 13:46:18 · answer #2 · answered by donna jean 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GO TO THE HOSPITAL AT ONCE. If you have really been bitten by a Black Widow Spider, medical attention is imperative ASAP.
2007-01-08 14:31:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are really sure it is a black widow call 911 or go to your local ER,you shouldn't be on here go get some medical treatment Asap.good luck.
2007-01-08 13:35:57 · answer #4 · answered by Dew 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Edit: here's a link about Black Widow treatment
http://phoenix.about.com/cs/desert/ht/blackwidow.htm
Edit2: Actually, according to the link I just posted, fatalities from untreated Black Widow bites are rare, so you don't have much to worry about.
2007-01-08 13:33:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A black widow or a black widow spider?
Hmm?
2007-01-08 13:34:12 · answer #6 · answered by Pepper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the ER for eval and follow up education.
2007-01-09 05:21:35 · answer #7 · answered by Wellness101 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
while fatalities are rare in healthy adults it can be painful and gross when it starts masticizing the skin around the bite, you should seek medical assistance immediately.
2007-01-08 19:20:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the emergency room NOW. these spiders are deadly if you dont get the bite taken care of ASAP!!!!!!!!!!
2007-01-08 13:37:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the emergency room
2007-01-08 13:34:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋