View Full Version : Thank god we don`t have these problems here!
budwieser
12-05-2005, 19:09
****WARNING - SOME VERY GRAPHIC PICTURES OF SPIDER BITES CONTAINED******
:erm: Just saw this on another site and thought to myself that we`re really lucky that we don`t get this sort of problem over here!:)
http://pdhomes.net/html/creations/Pages/10/Brown-Recluse-Spider.html
perhaps a warning to the faint hearted that some of the pictures are a little gruesome....
budwieser
12-05-2005, 19:12
perhaps a warning to the faint hearted that some of the pictures are a little gruesome....
Good call mate, should have done that myself, Thanks.:angel:
Raistlin
12-05-2005, 19:13
A LITTLE gruesome?
OMFG!!!
paulyoung666
12-05-2005, 19:13
makes you wonder though , as average temperatures rise , are we just around the corner from it :disturbd:
bmxbandit
12-05-2005, 19:13
ooh, colourful! :D
Chimaera
12-05-2005, 19:16
I was too scared to click on the link - those pictures were bad enough! :sick:
aliferste
12-05-2005, 19:23
Something about those pictures look fake!
We found one of those in a tile warehouse at one of my customers sites.
It fits on a 10x10 tile perfectly i will take a photo tomorrow, I can only hope it came in on a delivery and isnt rife in there...
Chimaera
12-05-2005, 19:29
Something about those pictures look fake!
Explain please - I don't want to look again! :cry: :D
Just thought I'd add the warning.....
Silent Wings
12-05-2005, 19:50
http://members.aol.com/janejones123/blind I'm too scared to look..............spiders pertify me
allieyoung666
12-05-2005, 20:08
The only thing I have seen worse is a parrot bite, they looked pretty real to me.
My question is, how quick did that progress to the last slide... and why?
Surely there is an anti venom?
allieyoung666
12-05-2005, 20:45
Once the infection gets into your system it can progress quite rapidly. It is all to do with how fit and well a person is before the infection takes hold.
Sure, but you would have to be some kind of wally to just let it happen, let alone take pictures!!!!
I would have thought that the smart thing to do would have been to seek medical assistance pronto!!!
:D
allieyoung666
12-05-2005, 20:53
Maybe he did it for medical research you will be suprised what people will do for money!
After my amputation i got an infection, within a short while the smell was unbelievable, and i had to be taken to theartre to remove the infected tissue, it can progress at an alarming speed
allieyoung666
12-05-2005, 20:57
Didnt they give you larval treatment. I have seen some beauty uclers, you can put your fist in and boy do they reek. You mean the debrided the wound to stop the spread of infection!
Sure, but you would have to be some kind of wally to just let it happen, let alone take pictures!!!!
I would have thought that the smart thing to do would have been to seek medical assistance pronto!!!
:D
They are more than likely a series of picture taken by the hospital on the progress of the wound.
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Didnt they give you larval treatment. I have seen some beauty uclers, you can put your fist in and boy do they reek. You mean the debrided the wound to stop the spread of infection!
They did suggest "maggots" :Yikes: :td:
Maybe he did it for medical research you will be suprised what people will do for money!
:Yikes:
That Blokes a Nutter!!!
:D
allieyoung666
12-05-2005, 21:03
they are very good appart from when they escape from the dressing and you find them in very strange places.
they are very good appart from when they escape from the dressing and you find them in very strange places.
Maggot n sweecorn only fit for fishing. :D :D
Maybe he did it for medical research you will be suprised what people will do for money!
I've done a few medical research courses however in the words of Meatloaf - but I won't do that!
greencreeper
12-05-2005, 22:09
There was a huge spider in the kitchen at work this morning :disturbd:
I wouldn't have thought there was any way of stopping the damage - the venom is in the tissue, not the blood stream (he'd be dead if it were). Just a case of hoping the damage isn't too bad :erm:
There was a huge spider in the kitchen at work this morning :disturbd:
I wouldn't have thought there was any way of stopping the damage - the venom is in the tissue, not the blood stream (he'd be dead if it were). Just a case of hoping the damage isn't too bad :erm:
A good thwack with a slipper or a stout shoe should do the job... :D
allieyoung666
13-05-2005, 08:08
No run like hell or get a brave strong man to do it!
Don't we have the world most venomous spider in the UK?
The daddy longlegs, or is that just one of those urban myths?
(it's fangs are too short to penetrate skin, hence why you don't hear about hundreds of bites/deaths)
There was a huge spider in the kitchen at work this morning :disturbd:
I wouldn't have thought there was any way of stopping the damage - the venom is in the tissue, not the blood stream (he'd be dead if it were). Just a case of hoping the damage isn't too bad :erm:
I might be wrong, but it just looks like a very bad infection which is a complication of the bite. I would imagine the venom would normally just kill prey, not cause a massive infection? :shrug:
I might be wrong, but it just looks like a very bad infection which is a complication of the bite. I would imagine the venom would normally just kill prey, not cause a massive infection? :shrug:
It causes necrosis, ie death of flesh.
It causes necrosis, ie death of flesh.
Ah, fair enough... (though I still wonder what evolutionary purpose that serves)
Even though I lecture in Emergency Medicine my experience of venomous spider bites is minimal. Mostly because we don't have anything much in this country to cause problems.
You are quite right about infection, there is some here although the main problem here is not infection but necrosis caused by the venom being a powerful vasoconstrictor. Arteries have the ability to contrict or dilate. This is for several reasons one of which is to regulate blood pressure. When the artery is constricted like this the blood supply is significantly decreased. In combination with the venom this leads to necrosis due to the fact that oxygen cannot be supplied in sufficient quantities and indeed any antibiotics cannot reach it either. This is what leads to amputation, depending on what arteries are involved and the level of tissue loss due to the infection.
The other risk as far as I can see is his extensor tendon sheath. This is the raised bump you can see going towards his thumbnail. Inside this is the tendon that extends (straightens) his thumb. If this gets infected which it probably will then the thumb will lose some of it's movement.
Bonkers?......I'll say....!
SMHarman
13-05-2005, 10:55
Don't we have the world most venomous spider in the UK?
The daddy longlegs, or is that just one of those urban myths?
(it's fangs are too short to penetrate skin, hence why you don't hear about hundreds of bites/deaths)Yep that right.
Charlie_Bubble
13-05-2005, 11:15
Yep that right.
Nope, urban myth:
http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html
http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/longlegs.htm
allieyoung666
13-05-2005, 11:41
I hope we dont!
shredder
13-05-2005, 12:53
ohhhhhh why did i choose to open that link whilst i'm eating my mexican chicken? Hurrrmgph the herbs on it are starting to look suspicious.....
ohhhhhh why did i choose to open that link whilst i'm eating my mexican chicken? Hurrrmgph the herbs on it are starting to look suspicious.....
Could have been worse, you could have been eating a nice leg of lamb!
...or a rancid maggot burger?
...or a rancid maggot burger?
all washed down with a dog turd and tonic.
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But go easy on the lemming. :D
Lmao you lot are terrible is this time to say I have a pet Tarantula here :D
Lmao you lot are terrible is this time to say I have a pet Tarantula here :D
Right, we knew that, you have the picture in your avatar :p:
If you know how many pm's about my avatar I got you would be amazed.
If you know how many pm's about my avatar I got you would be amazed.
I'm not surprised. It's quite frankly terrifying.
Right, we knew that, you have the picture in your avatar :p:
You're right. I can see it creeping over her right shoulder... :Yikes:
greencreeper
13-05-2005, 19:17
A good thwack with a slipper or a stout shoe should do the job... :D
I don't like the crunch - I feel soooooo guilty :rolleyes: Same with snails - on a rainy night you'd think I was dancing the cha cha with the invisible man :D
The spider is designed (evolved) to kill a certain type of prey, which doesn't include humans. The effects of the venom are most likely different in whatever it's supposed to eat. We just get in the way - as usual.
allieyoung666
13-05-2005, 19:20
I like to see them squashed and then I know they cannot harm you anymore and the same goes for any bug!
greencreeper
13-05-2005, 19:27
I like to see them squashed and then I know they cannot harm you anymore and the same goes for any bug!
Possibly not. Some poisons remain toxic for long periods of time - decades. So that Lesser Spotted Cat Eater that you splattered against the wall might still be deadly. One night you're sat eating a bowl of soup, watching Eastenders, the body falls off the wall, lands in the soup and bingo - police find you next morning, desiccated.
:D
allieyoung666
13-05-2005, 19:53
ERM Nice, like my friend who got stung by a wasps bum because it became detached from the wasp. It was quite funny to see my friend waving her hand about and there was this wasps bum there and she would not let us touch it!
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