One Bite From the Highly Venomous Brown Recluse Spider Can Cause Serious Damage to Living Tissue

Brown Recluse

The Brown Recluse - color can vary from yellowish-tan to dark brown

The Brown Recluse spider is regarded by many as the most dangerous spider in the United States.  Brown Recluse Spider bites can occur at any time of the year---spring, summer, winter or fall. This is because they are a house spider and are not affected by the cold.

They like to hide during the day in clothes, shoes, boxes and other out of the way places where spider bites are most likely to occur through unintentional contact.  

Your home, with all its great hiding places, is a perfect environment to fit their "reclusive" nature.

Adult Brown Recluse spiders are yellowish-tan to dark brown. The most distinguishing mark on this spider is the presence of a dark brown or black violin or fiddle on its back with the violin's "neck" pointing toward the rear of its body. For this reason, they are Brown Recluse spiders called "violin spiders" or "fiddle-back spiders". Both male and female spiders are similar in appearance and are equally venomous. They are usually 1 inch or larger in size, including the legs. They can grow as large as almost 3 inches. Young spiders are smaller and somewhat lighter in color.

In just hours, one bite from the highly venomous Brown Recluse can cause serious damage to living tissue. Symptoms and secondary problems include:

• Painful blisters and ulcer
• Rash and swelling
• Necrosis - death of tissue
• Severe infections
• Amputations
• In rare cases...death

The root cause of the symptoms in a spider bite wound is the venom. It is the poisonous spider venom that kills the cells and causes such gruesome and painful sores. Drawing out the venom is the most important factor for starting the healing process and this is exactly what the Brown Recluse First Aid Kit (see below) was created to do. 

Studies have shown that Brown Recluse spiders are very tenacious and are very difficult to eliminate with pesticides unless sprayed directly on the spider. And because they (unlike other spiders) actually prefer to eat dead insects over living ones, use of pesticides actually give these spiders an abundance of great spider food.

According to Kansas University researchers and Pest Control companies, an effective means of controlling these spiders is placing the right kind of glue traps in key areas throughout the home.  If you aren't sure if you have Brown Recluse spiders in your home, placing the traps will tell you.  

   

A word from Dr. Kathi: I have used the Brown Recluse First Aid Kit several years ago, and I recommend it to many of my patients--everyone should have one on hand--it has never missed yet in clearing up Brown Recluse bites; additionally, the kit works on other insect bites and stings as well! 

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