Spider Bite: Brown Recluse Spider Bite (cont.)
IN THIS ARTICLE
- Brown Recluse Spider Bite Overview
- Brown Recluse Bite - Causes
- Brown Recluse Bite Symptoms
- When to Seek Medical Care
- Exams and Tests
- Brown Recluse Bite Treatment
- Self-Care at Home
- Medical Treatment
- Next Steps
- Follow-up
- Prevention
- Outlook
- Pictures of Brown Recluse Spider and Spider Bites
- Synonyms and Keywords
- Authors and Editors
- Pictures of Black Widow vs. Brown Recluse - Slideshow

Pictures of Brown Recluse Spider and Spider Bites
Picture 1: Areas of the United States where the brown recluse spider is most likely to be found.
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Picture 2: Other spiders in the brown recluse family may live in these areas of the United States.

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Picture 3: The brown recluse spider and its characteristic violin markings.

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Picture 4: Brown recluse spider. Note the violin pattern on cephalothorax and light-colored, hairless abdomen.

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Picture 5: Brown recluse spider.

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Picture 6: Brown recluse spider head close-up.

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Picture 7: Blistering caused by the bite of a brown recluse spider.

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Picture 8: Necrosis or tissue death in early stages.

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Picture 9: Necrosis or tissue death in a later stage.

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Picture 10: Surgery removed dead tissue and took a wide margin around a bite area.

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Picture 11: Spider bite, brown recluse. Within an hour, the bite area swelled to the size of a quarter. The area turned blue and dark red by the evening of the first day, exceeding the boundaries of a circle drawn around the area of initial swelling by the patient's physician. Courtesy of Dale Losher.

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Picture 12: Spider bite, brown recluse. The third day after the bite. The skin continues to die. Courtesy of Dale Losher.

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Picture 13: Spider bite, brown recluse. Another view of the wound 3 days after the bite. Courtesy of Dale Losher.

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Picture 14: Spider bite, brown recluse. Nine days after the bite. The patient endured 8 days with an open wound to drain the spider's toxins and needed intravenous antibiotics and pain medication almost 24 hours a day. Courtesy of Dale Losher.

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Picture 15: Spider bite, brown recluse. Eleven days after the bite. A 5-inch wide area of dead tissue was excised, necessitating skin grafting. Courtesy of Dale Losher.

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Picture 16: Spider bite, brown recluse. Waiting to see skin graft results 38 days after the bite. Courtesy of Dale Losher.

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Picture 17: Spider bite, brown recluse. Skin graft results 38 days after the bite. Courtesy of Dale Losher.

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Picture 18: Spider bite, brown recluse. View of healed wound approximately 10 months after bite. Courtesy of Dale Losher.

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In the United States, reports of severe envenomations by brown spiders began to appear in the late 1800s, and today, in endemic areas, brown spiders continue to be of significant clinical concern.
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