Spider bite (black widow, recluse)

Spider bite (black widow, recluse) · ICD-10: T63.31

Symptoms

  • • Black widow: pinprick pain at the bite, then spreading muscle pain 15 min–1 h later
  • • Black widow: severe abdominal or chest pain and cramps (can mimic appendicitis or heart attack)
  • • Black widow: sweating, salivation, high blood pressure, breathing difficulty, nausea, restlessness; seizures in children
  • • Recluse: pain within hours, red-purple ring, fever, chills, itching
  • • Recluse: large ulcer and sometimes black eschar that takes months to heal
  • • Rarely: blood in urine, jaundice, kidney failure, seizures

MedlinePlus · SymptomsMedlinePlus · Symptoms

Drugs and regimens

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