Re: RE: SPIDER BITES
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] RE: SPIDER BITES
- From: J* C*
- Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 21:21:38 PDT
From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@hotmail.com>
Patrick wrote:
>We have the brown recluse spiders out here in AZ too. The skin >around the
>bite keeps dying away. ........... my neighbor told
>me of a perfect remedy that worked for her. She said she took a >fresh
>leaf off of an aloe vera plant and smeared the jell from it on >the wound.
Our white tail spiders have much the same effect, and for some reason, have
become more prolific in the last few years.
They often (but not always) carry a bacterium, which infects the flesh,
causing necrosis of tissue, and this can become quite extensive, in some
cases resulting in gangrene, and limb removal. They are not 'poisonous' in
that the do not inject venom.
If I have a suspected bite, and I have had a few, I scrub it immediately,
and thoroughly, with a nail brush, warm water, and soap, and apply ti-tree
oil, which also have antiseptic properties. I have also heard that Aloe Vera
is very useful, and recently bought myself a plant. It's good used fresh on
burns of any type.
cheers, Jan Clark, Australia
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