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dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 25 Nov 09

Cookie, my rat terrier, is a digger. I guess she was digging in the wrong place yesterday morning because when I got out of bed she was there, as usual, but her face was all swollen. I called the vet and they said to bring her in....

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Got a Spider Bite today!!! Stinkin Creatures!!

dreamweaverjan @dreamweaverjan (3471) • United States 21 Jan 09

AARRGGHHHH!!!!![i][/i][u][/u] I just got home from running errands this morning, and while putting things away, I thought God My arm hurts, got to looking at it in the area where your elbow is, the nice...

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How harmful are black widow spiders?

jonesy123 @jonesy123 (3948) • United States 30 Sep 08

We just saw a black widow spider in our flowerbed. The flowerbed is surrounded by a rockwall, which is probably where it is hiding out. I freaked and ripped part of it apart but couldn't find the spider. I'm sure it was a black...

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Husband bit by spider

sunnflr @sunnflr (2767) • United States 1 Aug 08

My husband was bit by a spider the other day at work. He said he thought it was a bee because it was fuzzy and yellow and black in color. He flung it off his arm but then it landed on his shoulder. A guy he works with knocked it...

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spider bites or mosquito bites, how do you tell the difference?

lilybug @lilybug (21107) • United States 13 Jun 08

The other morning my daughter woke up with about 7 bug bites on her leg. I don't know if they are mosquito bites or spider bites. She was outside the night before for a little while, but I had put some bug spray on her legs. She...

Spiders! Do you like them? Are you afraid of them?

mentalward @mentalward (14690) • United States 31 May 08

Me? I'm terrified of them. It's not a phobia, though. I was bitten years ago by a brown recluse and had an allergic reaction to it. I got blood poisoning. When I went to the hospital, I got a tetanus shot, and had an allergic...

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What would cause hives every evening around the same time?

shizuoka @shizuoka (352) • United States 20 Apr 08

About two weeks ago my husband started getting hives around 5 or 6 in the evening. At first he thought it was the new brand of shower soap we had, so he asked me to buy his usual brand. He was getting puffy, itchy bumps all over...

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Chiggers eating my crotch?

wrld_n_harmony @wrld_n_harmony (695) • United States 2 Apr 08

So yesterday I thought I had six spider bites. I had 3 in the "underwear area," two on my back, and a HUGE one on my theigh. They are bumpy, purplish-red and itchy. The largest is the size of a quarter, the smallest a couple...

Along came a spider....

wrld_n_harmony @wrld_n_harmony (695) • United States 31 Mar 08

A spider must have tried to make love to me last night because I was totally DEVOURED by a spider! I have at least SIX bites - THREE of which are in the "undies area!" It seems like I'm finding new ones all the time. They range in...

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Protecting your family against MRSA - Correct Diagnosis is Priority #1

Angela717 @Angela717 (74) • United States 7 Feb 08

You may have heard about MRSA, you may even know someone who has had an MRSA infection, but what you may not know is how to protect yourself or your family from the deadly infectious staph or what to do if you think you have...

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What are you allergic to?

speakeasy @speakeasy (4171) • United States 16 Dec 07

It seem like more and more people are developing allergies all the time. When I was little, my only allergy was to spider bites. Even a bite from a common house or garden spider made me very ill. When I got older I started...

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MRSA-- The Spider Bite that lead to MRSA which went undetected for six months.

pimpsterque999 @pimpsterque999 (227) • United States 22 Nov 07

JANUARY 21st 2007 I had gone to my aunts house and somehow got bitten by a brown recluse. I read about them previously and even recieved emails about them but never thought it could happen to me. So its sunday night and i get a...

Spider bites or ant bites

shawna752 @shawna752 (93) • Canada 5 Jun 07

Has anyone ever been bitten by a spider or ant. I was laying in bed and felt something sting on my leg. I quickly took off my pjs and an red ant fell out. It made me shiver thinking of an ant in my pants...yuck..lol My...

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Herbal Tincture that works

freespirit7 @freespirit7 (482) • United States 22 May 07

I have done lots of research on herbs and came across this website that gave me some information on Herbs. One of them caught my attention and it was amazing how much it said it could do. So I made up the tincture for it and I...

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* Horrors *

atramesil @atramesil (685) • United States 15 Apr 07

A kid I know got bitten by a brown recluse last night. It is so gross and scary looking. He already has an area that has turned black and this huge re raised welt around the bite. I've seen the pictures out there and some folks...

Easter Camp Spider Bite!

jennybianca @jennybianca (12912) • Australia 9 Apr 07

As many of you know, we were away for all of Easter Camping. We left Thursday pm. The traffic was very heavy. It was still daylight when we arrived, but it took a long time to put up the tents, partly because the park required...

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Freaked out by spiders - part 2

RebeccaLynn @RebeccaLynn (2256) • United States 4 Apr 07

A week ago I posted a discussion on how spiders freak me out. Especially since we have moved to a forrest in the Tennessee hills. Ms.Tickle appropriately pointed out that I am arachnaphobic and said that I should face my fear. I...

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Word Problem????

shobe28 @shobe28 (60) • Philippines 11 Mar 07

Stan has traveled 29.3 kilometers from his home in Toronto to the home of his friend in a Mississauga high-rise. Befor he gets out of his car, Stan puts on a surgical mask, leather gloves, and sunglasses. Stan wears the mask...

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Ok, I'm freaking out.....

Stephanie5 @Stephanie5 (2946) • United States 3 Mar 07

My 2 year old daughter is allergic to many, many things. Well, yesterday morning when she got up she has 2 bites on her leg. She has scratched the tops off whatever kind of bite they are and I can't tell whether they are spider...

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Information appreciated

paradisesuns @paradisesuns (1754) • United States 26 Jan 07

Aloha to all...two months ago I was biten on the thumb while sleeping...I am guessing it was a Black Widow Spider.I sought medical attention, which offered two strong antibiotics and a topical antibotic cream. I am still...

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