Spider Bite: Brown Recluse Spider Bite (cont.)
Medical Author:
Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP
Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEPDr. Balentine received his undergraduate degree from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. He attended medical school at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine graduating in1983. He completed his internship at St. Joseph's Hospital in Philadelphia and his Emergency Medicine residency at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx, where he served as chief resident. Medical Editor:
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical EditorMelissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology. IN THIS ARTICLE
Pictures of Brown Recluse Spider Bite First Nine Days
Media type: Photo Picture 8: Necrosis or tissue death in early stages. 
Media type: Photo Picture 9: Necrosis or tissue death in a later stage. 
Media type: Photo Picture 10: Surgery removed dead tissue and took a wide margin around a bite area. 
Media type: Photo 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. 
Media type: Photo Picture 12: Spider bite, brown recluse. The third day after the bite. The skin continues to die. Courtesy of Dale Losher. 
Media type: Photo Picture 13: Spider bite, brown recluse. Another view of the wound 3 days after the 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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