They observed me for 1 1/2 hrs and then sent me home with analgesics. They gave me fluids and I soon felt better – just pain in the leg. I put my head around the pot and one of the biggest, fattest red backs was staring back at me…oh so it wasn’t a scratch! Don't get bitten again while catching it. (I couldn’t stand the blanket or mattress touching my legs) You can track them down on the previous comment pages. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. It is a good idea to remind the patient to tell any subsequent doctors they see that they have been recently treated with antivenom – otherwise they are liable to be diagnosed with the ‘flu! I was seen straight away and the Dr knew straight away from the sweat bubbles around the site it was a redback but still loved the picture he said they hardly give out antivenom as it can make you a lot sicker than the bite and send you into anaphylaxis. Thanks fot the great advice on here. The toxicology doctor I spoke to decide not to go for antivenom and I was put on pain killers, all sorts of them in fact in all my 70 years I have never consumed as many pills as I had in the next 14 hours unfortunately that and fentanyl infusion did not work so the next ED doctor suggested the anti venom for spiders which does or does not work, thank goodness it worked on me and within about 2 – 3 hours I had very little pain left. The hospital kept an eye on her for 3 hours, the pain only went up her legs to her groind, if it went in her stomach or she started vomiting they were ready to do the anti venom. *the bite is not obvious, no fang punctures to be seen. He is a pretty tough kid but he was in unbearable agony for about 12 hours and no pain releif helped at all. But before that, an important message. Did this happen to you? I held up my arm with the peas and his face dropped he started trying to find his phone to ring 000 once I calmed him down I went inside to rest. Thanks for your page about this Yes, actually it did. (Tick), Puncture marks are not always visible. As Theresa says (hi Theresa), it might be worthwhile taking an antihistamine as well as pain relief, applying ice to the wound is also good. Classically an intense pain develops 5-10 minutes after a bite, followed by sweating and piloerection on the affected limb. Funnel-web spider envenoming should not be mistaken for a redback as these can potentially be fatal. #FOAMed Medical Education Resources by LITFL is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. CSL Redback Spider antivenom consists of equine-derived purified IgG Fab fragments. Now the day after I am left with a small amount of itching but OK. Crikey, sounds like you’ve been through quite an experience over this. The sweats were only from hips down. My little 9year old daughter got bit by a red back spider on Friday afternoon, we knew exactly what it was as she seen it and I was there straight after she got a fright as she had a spider on her foot, I would say her pain at the start was not much eg. I grabbed a cold face washer and placed on the bite. His one great achievement is being the father of two amazing children. Management: The bite site is likely to remain red and itchy for a few days after the bite occurs. Time to go to the hospital so thank goodness the ED took note of the chest pains and I was admitted. *children can die, adults stand a better chance. I have an infestation of them around the house n around bins. I had never taken them since. *the bite itself is not what causes the pain, it is the venom. This scared me so I went to the clinic. The fact tbat we kept discounting it as a redback bite was a real problem as we could have managed his pain much better. I also noticed the sticky sweat droplets where I’d been bitten. Supporter of FOAMed, toxicology, tropical medicine, sim and ultrasound. Bites occur typically when the spider is disturbed in the garden or shed. (My legs sweated like I was melting!) Antivenom is only given in extreme circumstances because it itself can actually cause a bad reaction in some patients. Spider Bite, Just started to get a relief today. green ant bite. Today around 3.15pm went out to dump a bag of rubbish in the bin which is based at the end of our backyard. It is only a very small minority who suffer a reaction and if it is going to happen, it will happen within around three hours. Calcium influx into the cytosol resulting in exocytosis of neurotransmitters (e.g. Not a nice experience though, but I suspect a walk in the park compared to what might happen if you were to be bitten by a funnel-web. Not so fast! If you’ve been bitten by a Redback Spider, I’d love to hear if you think it was a Redback that bit me. Pain was subsiding or numbing with the peas so I went back outside asked hubby to check the pot, he came up and said “that’s the biggest redback I’ve seen you’d hate to be bitten by that”! I do hope the pain continues to subside. In my instance, the antivenom worked really well. Went to hospital and they didn’t do much. I’m booked in for the gp tomorrow and I am hoping the pain will settle down so I can sleep but was curious how you went with the pain etc given that you were pregnant in June 2018? He created the ‘Critically Ill Airway’ course and teaches on numerous courses around the world. Being as a few weeks have passed, I don’t think whatever bit you is going to cause you too many problems going forward, if you were going to have a serious reaction, you would have had it by now. And I am not very big, about 52kg, plus my age. I initially thought I escaped the bite as I didnt feel anything. Please don’t chop your hand off though, pretty sure that won’t help. The more I read about the Redback bite, the more likely it seemed that it was a Redback that bit me. If it had been my daughter who was bitten, she’d have been straight off to hospital. Other symptoms seem to have subsided though. After a few hours the pain in my groin faded but the bite area continued to burn whenever not being iced. I suspect from your experience, you heartily agree, it certainly got you out of trouble after your bite. We were both lucky though Jeremy, many others who have reported their bites here have had some quite horrific stories to tell. They prefer the painkiller approach and that’s clearly what you got. Redback spider envenoming (aka latrodectism). So it sounds to me like over 10% of those bitten do react badly and will need medical attention, which is what many websites recommend that you seek. Hi, for those of you who were not in excruciating pain from a red back spider bite, consider yourselves lucky! So none of those bits sound like a redback to me but quite a few of the other bits do. One of Australia’s most feared spiders is the Redback. But I will say that the Redback Spider bite, for some, may well not be anywhere near as bad as you thought it would be.

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