Fishmanpa
16-12-13, 11:40
Just curious,
Anyone here ever get a spider bite? The reason I ask is I think that happened to me. I went out Saturday to do some shopping and my right foot started to itch. I didn't think much of it as I've had "hot spots" before. You know, a spot that itches really bad. That's what I thought it was and Saturday night I applied some hydrocortisone cream. It did relieve the itching a bit.
By yesterday morning it was really itching bad and when I took off my sock, my foot was red and swollen. I had a huge blister on inside of my pinky toe between the toes. I thought it had to be athletes foot so I bought some cream for that even though I couldn't imagine where I might have picked that up. Well... it bothered me all day yesterday and the redness and swelling got worse. It also really didn't look like athletes foot and I can't imagine where I possibly could have picked it up as we're pretty neat and clean here.
Anyway. I started thinking that perhaps this was a spider bite. I happened to put on a pair of shoes that I haven't worn in a while on Saturday. Maybe there was a spider in there? They were under the bed and spiders like areas like that. So... no bite I can actually see... a single large blister on the inside of my pinky toe (has since drained) and a maddening itching, redness and swelling radiating out from the pinky toe. If it were a black widow or brown recluse (both around here) it would be much more painful from what I read so I'm not too worried but damn if this is not annoying. The itching woke me up twice last night! It's a little better this morning but still. Thinking of calling the doc if it doesn't get any better by tomorrow.
Ok internet entomologists... opinions?
Positive thoughts
Anyone here ever get a spider bite? The reason I ask is I think that happened to me. I went out Saturday to do some shopping and my right foot started to itch. I didn't think much of it as I've had "hot spots" before. You know, a spot that itches really bad. That's what I thought it was and Saturday night I applied some hydrocortisone cream. It did relieve the itching a bit.
By yesterday morning it was really itching bad and when I took off my sock, my foot was red and swollen. I had a huge blister on inside of my pinky toe between the toes. I thought it had to be athletes foot so I bought some cream for that even though I couldn't imagine where I might have picked that up. Well... it bothered me all day yesterday and the redness and swelling got worse. It also really didn't look like athletes foot and I can't imagine where I possibly could have picked it up as we're pretty neat and clean here.
Anyway. I started thinking that perhaps this was a spider bite. I happened to put on a pair of shoes that I haven't worn in a while on Saturday. Maybe there was a spider in there? They were under the bed and spiders like areas like that. So... no bite I can actually see... a single large blister on the inside of my pinky toe (has since drained) and a maddening itching, redness and swelling radiating out from the pinky toe. If it were a black widow or brown recluse (both around here) it would be much more painful from what I read so I'm not too worried but damn if this is not annoying. The itching woke me up twice last night! It's a little better this morning but still. Thinking of calling the doc if it doesn't get any better by tomorrow.
Ok internet entomologists... opinions?
Positive thoughts