Facts on Brown Recluse Spider Bite:

Most spiders are absolutely harmless to humans. There are more than 20,000 unique types of spiders are present, out of which 60 are capable of biting humans. From which only four are known to be dangerous to people: the brown recluse, the black widow, the hobo or aggressive house spider, and the yellow sac spider. Inside this select group, diseases and the rare report of death is cause only due to the brown recluse and the black widow spider.

Brown Recluse Bite Causes:

The brown recluse venom is known to be extremely poisonous, much more powerful than that of a poisonous snake. However less illness caused by recluse venom than a rattlesnake bite. The venom of the brown recluse is more toxic to cells and tissues.

This venom is normally a collection of enzymes. The destruction of local cell membranes caused when one of the specific enzymes released in to the individuals skin, which disrupts the integrity of tissues and leading to local breakdown of skin, fat, and blood vessels. This process can cause eventual tissue death (necrosis) in areas immediately surrounding the bite site.

The venom also induces in its victim an immune response. The individual's immune system releases some inflammatory agents such as histamines, cytokines, and interleukins. In extreme cases, however, these same agents can themselves cause injury. The important side effects of the spider bite includes destruction of red blood cells, low platelet count, blood clots in the capillaries and loss of ability to form clots , Acute renal failure (kidney damage), Coma, Death.



Symptoms of a brown recluse spider bite:
The symptoms of brown recluse spider bites often go unnoticed initially because they are typically painless bites. Occasionally, at the time of the bite some minor burning notice and normally feels like a honey bee sting also a small white blister develops at the site of the bite. Most bites also leads to tissue destruction and the symptoms usually develop two to eight hours after the bite. The symptoms includes: severe itching, vomiting, nausea, severe pain, fever, muscle pain.

Initially the bite site is mildly red and upon close inspection may reveal fang marks. Most commonly, the bite site will become firm and heal with little scaring over the next few days or weeks. The local reaction will be more severe with erythema and blistering, sometimes that leading to a blue discoloration and which leads to a necrotic lesion and scarring.

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