What medicine do you take for a spider bite?

Answer 1

Since this spider is not venomous, the symptoms should only be pain and localized swelling. First wash the are a with cool soapy water, apply a cold compress, and elevate the bitten extremity. Elevation can relive the pressure of the swelling.

Answer 2

I take an over the counter allergy medicine to help reduce any reactions you might have. If it is a serious bite, where you might have necrosis(skin falling off) you should go see a doctor. This would be a bite from a poisonous spider, ie, brown recluse. If rather inflamed, circle the infected area, keep area above heart of possible. You may want to soak infected area in a warm bath.

Answer 3

Most spider bites, like mosquito bites, are self-sealing. Just as hypodermic injections with fine needles rarely leak, the bites of Spiders are made with such a sharp and thin fang that the injected material is well under the skin surface. So nothing that you put on the bite is likely to reach the venom. And, just as stepping on a rusty nail can be dangerous because you can't get any antiseptic down to the bottom of the wound, the spider bite will exert its toxic effect regardless of what you may put on the surface of your skin. However, you can keep cold packs on the wound site, which will slow down movement of the venom from the site of the bite and give your body more time to mount its response. (The same method is used for bee stings.)

Most spiders eat fresh insects and their fangs are kept very clean, so there is little danger in most cases that the spider wound would get infected. Nevertheless, the bite might drive microbes originally on your skin surface down into flesh where it could grow and spread. So it would not hurt anything to apply a liquid disinfectant like Isodine or Hydrogen Peroxide. A greasy antibiotic would stay on the surface and probably would not help at all. Rubbing a little liquid disinfectant gently would reach anything that can be reached.

Some spider bites (e.g., black widow bites) can be very painful. You will naturally go to the emergency ward if you are feeling that much pain. Some other bites just make you feel some pain, maybe some itching, and may also produce a headache or other symptoms that are uncomfortable but not enough to motivate you to go to the hospital. In that case some aspirin or similar pain relief product would be appropriate if you use recommended doses.

As with any other wound, you should keep an eye on it. Some spider bites do not hurt much in the beginning but have other problematical effects on the body that may need medical care. If the wound continues to be inflamed for more than a day or so then you probably should have it seen. The normal progress for something painful but not very problematical like a jumping spider bite would be for the bite location to hurt sort of like a bee sting (but probably not that bad), and then it would gradually get less inflamed, any swelling would go down, etc. An ordinary bite would not get any worse as time goes on. Something like a Brown Recluse bite might not hurt in the beginning, but the wound site could get worse day by day. Obviously when something is not good in the beginning and is getting worse you had better see a doctor.

Answer 4

Yes, to make sure its not poisonous or infected

Answer 5

something called arnicare found in most pharmacies it should work on it .

Answer 6

Tarantual blood is actually Blue.