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  2. Brown Recluse Spider Bites—Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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    The brown recluse typically lives up to its name: The spider is quiet, shy, and really just wants to be left alone. Nonetheless, it gets blamed for thousands of gruesome bites each year. That’s ...

  3. Brown recluse spider - Wikipedia

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    In one study of clinically diagnosed brown recluse bites, skin necrosis occurred 37% of the time, while systemic illness occurred 14% of the time. [24] As suggested by its specific name reclusa (recluse), the brown recluse spider is rarely aggressive, and bites from the species are uncommon. In 2001, more than 2,000 brown recluse spiders were ...

  4. What do spider bites look like? Know these dangerous ... - AOL

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    Two venomous spiders, black widows and brown recluse spiders, can cause severe symptoms, experts say. Here are spider bite pictures and tips to identify them.

  5. 20 Common Pictures of Bug Bites and How to Identify Their ...

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    Understanding the symptoms of a brown recluse spider bite can be life-altering. "Some brown recluse spider bites can cause severe, local reactions with necrotic tissue," Dr. Giangreco says ...

  6. Loxoscelism - Wikipedia

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    The spider biting apparatus is short and bites are only possible in experimental animals with pressure on the spider's back. Thus many bites occur when a spider is trapped in a shirt or pant sleeve. There is no commercial chemical test to determine if the venom is from a brown recluse. The bite itself is not usually painful.

  7. List of medically significant spider bites - Wikipedia

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    Male hobo spider ‒ note the large pedipalps. The hobo spider, Eratigena agrestis, may wander away from its web, especially in the fall, and thus come into contact with people. The Centers for Disease Control [45] blamed the hobo spider in three reports of necrotic "bites" in the Pacific Northwest of the United States between 1988 and 1996 ...

  8. What You Think Is A Spider Bite Is Usually Something Else ...

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    These types of bites are rare, but brown recluse, black widow, and hobo spider bites can be deadly, so if you suspect one bit you, seek medical treatment immediately. You may need antibiotics ...

  9. Recluse spider - Wikipedia

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    The bite of a recluse spider can generally be categorized into one of the following groups: [8] Unremarkable – self-healing minute damage; Mild reaction – self-healing damage with itchiness, redness, patterns of aggressive behavior and a mild lesion. Dermonecrotic – the uncommon, "classic" recluse bite, producing a necrotic skin lesion.