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  • just go to the hospital enough said!!

  • Well. If your stupid enough to go on the web and look for help instead of going to the hospital or calling 911 after you get bitten by a black widow spider.. then you deserve to die

  • I find it funny how the video title is "TREATING black widow bites", while the video to me just seems like "what to when a black widow bites".

  • why do the little one alway have poison.

  • bring the black widow to the hospital? sounds like a great idea

  • Treatment for a black widow bite: "Call 911"

    Gee, thanks...

  • Useless info.

  • Lol. After reading up on black widows and Brown Recluse spiders , I drove to a friends house. A regular spider came down from the mirror on a spinerette and scared the crap out of me. It scampered across the passenger seat and out of sight....Poor guy.

  • What was that?

  • I thought Black Widows had a deadly neuro-toxin...

    I'm happy to just have gray-brown and oother basement spiders, in my bedroom, in Quebec.

  • good info truthfully

  • on the abdomen... not the thorax... douhcekter

  • haha u just sayed call a doctor basically. real help

  • lol I just caught one, it's on my coffee table...i've fed it 3 moths and 1 brown recluse...that was a sweet fight! Moths are lame though....widow won the fight by the way...

  • so what should a person do if they are in the middle of the bush or something. Where there is no hospital?that'S what i want to know.This video did not help anyone unless they are stupid. Everyone knows go to the hospital or call 911.

  • "omg i got bit by a black widow spider let me look up wat to do..it says to call 911!"

  • So what do I do if I get bitten by a zombie black widow spider?

  • These videos are stupid... common sense should tell someone, "HOLY CRAP! I'M IN A LOT OF PAIN, I SHOULD GO TO THE HOSPITAL!" -_- And OBVIOUSLY you'd want to capture the thing to take with you.. otherwise the peeps probably won't adminster the anti-venom for the black widow bite..

  • @KatideChaos Many hospitals don't stock the anti-toxin for Black Widow bites because the it has severe side effects. They will treat the person usually with intravenous Calcium Gluconate (for muscle rigidity, especially abdominal muscles) and Morphine for pain. Other symptoms are handled as necessary.

  • @jsbach15 Interesting! I was bit by a Black widow about 9 years ago and I actually remeber being injected with Calcium Gluconate! What are the effects of the anti-venom?

  • @KatideChaos For some reasons the anti-venom carries high risk for allergic reactions, and can interfere with a lot of medicines people take. It's risky and people must be carefully monitored (heart/lungs) for any reaction. The doctor must decide if the benefit outweighs the risks; think of it as a last resort option.

  • @jsbach15 That's really cool actually. I find black widows to be the most fascinating spider on the planet so naturally I take interest in learning whatever I can about them. Well thanks. Peace.

  • @KatideChaos You're welcome, my pleasure.

  • Great advice...let's recap: "if you get bitten...go to the doctor."

  • Gee, thanks a lot for the complete lack of treatment info. What if I'm in the woods and get bitten? How can I or a partner treat the stupid bite? ERs aren't always readily available. Do they make anti-venom kits or something?

  • u can just pee where the spider bit and it will stun the venom

  • @HOLIESHMOLIE serious?

  • thanks for the CC, i hear black widow bites make it so you can't hear. btw, not helpful at all and is common sense. it's like saying, If shot in the face with a gun, elevate your head and call 911. if shot in the balls call poison control as you may get lead poisoning, elevate your balls and call 911

  • You WILL want to elevate the area above the heart level to stop circulation to the area and to possibly prevent the venom from getting any further into the body. Steps after bite

    1. Wash area with cool water and mild soap

    2. Elevate the area

    3. Apply a cold compress to the area to decrease swelling and pain

    4. Use Tylenol for pain as well and avoid strenuous activity after the bite.

    5. Get to ER asap to get antivenin through EMS

    Advice posted here by Healthcare Provider, me.

  • I have had two bites. One on the wrist, the other on my arm. The bite is absolutely painless and starts to itch like a mosquito bite. when the swelling passes "mosquito bite size" and you start to feel stomach cramps and heat around the bite area, time for the doc. All they can do is inject something to help you sleep. Because you won't. The swelling, heat from the bite and stomach cramps and flu like symptoms with prevent that. But ALWAYS go to the ER. Keep the bite clean! Peroxide!

  • I'm confused...do people usually SEE the spider bite them? What if you get bitten and you don't know it, or it happens when you're sleeping. Nobody ever mentions that.

  • In my case, I didn't see the spider until immediately after it bit me. I just felt the web. It's a very strong, sticky web

  • @sasabsabrina True, but the bite usually hurts pretty bad. Unless you are stoned, I would imagine you would feel it.

  • WTF this has no information on how to treat a black widow bite! She only says to go to the ER, which everyone would do.

  • RB, check my post

  • elevate the arm? So that the poison has a better chance of flowing from your arm into your bloostream and overall circulation? Wouldn't you want to use a tourniquet to keep the poison localized? I don't know, maybe someone can clarify.

  • Violin shaped???? that would be a brown recluse..

    black widows have HOUR GLASS red shapes and some deformed red dots.....doc!

  • @TheBillygibbons thats true..the doc Really needs to do her research...b4 i read ur comment i was gonna correct her lol

  • @TheBillygibbons Only female black widows have red hourglasses;)

  • @TheBillygibbons yup not black widow...

  • @TheBillygibbons I reached into a water meter hole in the yard and almost touche a black widow, I killed it immediately, also some egg cases were in there, had gooey stuff inside of them.

  • @TheBillygibbons She's a Nurse Practitioner, and not one who is very knowledgeable about Black Widows. You're correct! The Black Widow (female only) has the "Red Hourglass" figure on it's "abdomen" (the big part of the spider). Their webs are easy to spot because the "silk" is quite chaotic, no pattern (all over the place) and is VERY, VERY sticky! They come out after dusk and like to live in pipes, bushes, under the eaves, under the lip of outdoor tables.

  • @TheBillygibbons I believe she was talking about the red spot not the overall body shape.

  • is there any anti-venom for black widow bite?

  • yup

  • yes but it works just ONE time

  • they are not small....

  • there better be no dam black widow in my closet

  • i think i got bit

    but im not sure

    i havent vomited

    but i am coughing

    i also have alergies

    so

  • i hope i never get bit i never did

  • cuz they wanna see if its real or not and you could just put it in a container and lock it -.- how stupid

  • Only out of impulse and panic do alot of people end up stepping on it so they don't risk getting bit again. It's good to try and catch it and keep it secure and alive. The hospital can use the venom to create an anti-venom for the bite. :)

  • *have the blood

  • i mean lower your arms and your veins swell raise them they shrink now that blood had to go somewhere right raising the bite seems like it would the blood circulating quicker to your heart . but ehh whatever

  • Why do you elevate the arm i wonder? seems a little strange...

  • less blood will flow to your arm if its over your head haha

  • but what about blood going to the head id be worried bout that and my heart being below were the venom is right? it just seems a little strange

  • no mater what the blood will go to your heard and bran but by then it should be to diluted to cause any harm

  • stupid

  • another great idea. since camera phones are so common, try getting a picture instead of catching it and risking another bite.

  • Thanks!!!

  • thank you! Where i live there are so many black widows. And I'm glad i know what to do now.

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