bites

[texas mom]

My nephew was bit by something yesterday while fishing with his Father. The site has two small holes and it started out looking like an ant bite. Now is is about the size of a quarter and has small red runners around it. We live in Texas and they were in the country by a river. I looked on the internet and can not find anything. The only spider my sister-in-law has seen was light brown and kind of translucent with long skinny legs and small black triangle shapes on its back. Any idea what bit my nephew

[mith]

you might want to get that checked out

[MrMistery]

it's next to impossible to diagnose on the internet. It's best to go see a real doctor.

[opuntia]

Could that spider be a relative of the black widow????

[Linn]

the size of a quarter with red runners does not sound very good, I suggest you take these guys advice and get to the doc ASAP
the wound can became necrotic.

On spiders
Maybe the recluse

http://www.calpoison.org/public/spiders.html

Here is a whole search page on rash as big as a quarter, Hope this helps you:

http://aolsearch.aol.com/aol/search?enc ... r&ie=UTF-8

Please Let us know how your nephew is.

[AstusAleator]

Yes, it sounds like a recluse. The venom of a recluse affects the local tissue, causing it to break down and die (what Linn meant by necrotic). If left untreated this can lead to blood poisoning and gangrene.

[123Herpatology]

Its obviously a hemotoxin, judging by the redness and increase in size over time. The recluse has hemotoxins, plus its pretty common in texas. I'm going to be redundant and say that going to a doctor is important.

[+R@cY]

I'd go with a Brown Recluse Spider. Yaw, you reallllly should get that checked out. Dying tissue = not good.

ANTI-VENOM!

[Sang]

You must go to hospital right now! It's too dangerous. If there was a poision spider's bite, I thought it would make you feel bad, really bad. Now, common, go and see your doctor right now!