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Despite all the hoopla surrounding the brown recluse, there is still not one PROVEN death due to brown recluse bite" -- From that website.
I happen to know of a woman here in our town who died as a result of an untreated brown recluse spider bite. A good friend of mine was the nurse that was treating her in the hospital. The woman was morbidly obese, and the bite had opened up a hole in her abdomen. It entered her internal organs and was eating her inside out. The infection was so bad the hospital was unable to save her by the time she got there. She died about a month after entering their care.
"Most households with brown recluses never experience a bite
90% of all brown recluse bites heal without severe scarring.
Many brown recluse bites cause just a little red mark that heals without event. " -- Also from that website
I've had two brown recluse bites. I know they were brown recluse bites, because our house was infested with them, and I was told, “That’s what it looks like, that’s what they do.” -- By two different doctors and nurses. Both bites ate holes in my skin too. Both left large scars. They looked about like this:
The one thing that bothers me about this site, is that the guy is talking like all who read his site are mislead dummies, and he's setting them straight. With the whole,
"This is not a picture of a brown recluse spider"
No kidding, it doesn't even look like one. Not everyone just jumps to a conclusion with out being sure of what they are identifying, like this guy likes to assume. I've seen this attitude in medical professionals before, and it's very disheartening. I mean, you don’t have to bring the mosquito to the hospital with you to PROVE it’s a mosquito bite, now do you? Condescending bastard…
I
know what a brown recluse looks like!