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Kennah

(14,465 posts) Sun Jun 18, 2023, 03:39 PM Jun 2023

Tacoma man faces amputation after mysterious spider bite

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/tacoma-man-faces-amputation-after-mysterious-spider-bite/FF4XPO3AMVHOXHC4TJ4BY3U5GA/

Imagine getting bit by a spider, ending up in the hospital, and doctors tell you they have to amputate your toes and possibly your feet. That’s what a Tacoma man is going through.

“I just can’t believe that I can have this extensive of medical issues with basically a spider bite,” Jesse Elting told KIRO 7.

Elting is a contractor. On June 1, he was at a customer’s house providing an estimate on a deck when a spider bit him.

After several tests, Jesse says doctors have told him it might have been a brown-recluse spider, although that species is not native to Washington. According to the State Department of Health, the two most venomous arachnids found in our state are black widows and yellow sac spiders.

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Tacoma man faces amputation after mysterious spider bite (Original Post) Kennah Jun 2023 OP

A few years ago, I was bitten PJMcK Jun 2023 #1

We also have a lot of hobo spiders here. That can leave a nasty open sore but I don't think brewens Jun 2023 #2

I know two people that were bit by Brown Recluse spiders both nearly died. The Brown Recluse is doc03 Jun 2023 #3

What are your thoughts about how they are getting to non native areas? Kennah Jun 2023 #4

I would guess people traveling from their native habitat areas to other areas doc03 Jun 2023 #5

They are sent in buses by Texas governor Abbott? Wonder Why Oct 2023 #6

DU rules say you should include the sarcasm tag Kennah Oct 2023 #7

Sorry. But it was posted as a question, not a statement of "fact". Wonder Why Oct 2023 #8

I was being snarky Kennah Oct 2023 #9

PJMcK

(24,140 posts)

1. A few years ago, I was bitten

Reply to Kennah (Original post)

Sun Jun 18, 2023, 03:51 PM

Jun 2023

I got an arm load of firewood and was bitten on the back of my right hand. 24 hours later, it was swollen and I had a high fever. Scary. A trip to the ER was necessary and the physician speculated it was a black widow or a brown recluse. Some antibiotics for a week and all was well.

Hope this guy will be okay.

brewens

(15,359 posts)

2. We also have a lot of hobo spiders here. That can leave a nasty open sore but I don't think

Reply to Kennah (Original post)

Sun Jun 18, 2023, 04:01 PM

Jun 2023

are ever life threatening. I can almost count on finding one hiding in the corner when it gets cold. That's when they get in. The good news is they will almost always find the nearest corner on the floor to set up in. They are kind of hard to miss.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo_spider