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[user 7704]

I once read about some type of rash you can get from a hot tub that isn't well cleaned. I don't remember whether it was from a bacteria or parasite or what. I think it was easily treatable whatever it was.
I would suggest doing a telemedicine appointment if they have it available for urgent care. If they need to see him in person then they will let you know.
The clinics here are actually pretty good, they direct all COVID traffic to certain locations and take extreme precautions, but I don't know how it is where you live.

I once read about some type of rash you can get from a hot tub that isn't well cleaned. I don't remember whether it was from a bacteria or parasite or what. I think it was easily treatable whatever it was.
I would suggest doing a telemedicine appointment if they have it available for urgent care. If they need to see him in person then they will let you know.
The clinics here are actually pretty good, they direct all COVID traffic to certain locations and take extreme precautions, but I don't know how it is where you live.

Those are some wicked spiders. I know someone who was bitten by a Black Widow. The attending physician advised her that if she was bitten again, the effects would be cumulative, i.e. much worse for each time bitten.

The anti venom only works once

 

[Jayson]

We have a literal army of Black Widow Spiders in our neck of the woods. In almost every nook and cranny we can find one of those buggers. I don’t like to kill any of God’s creations, but Black Widows and Southwestern Rattlesnakes are on my death list.

 

[user 7704]

View attachment 10381 The up and down lines are stretch marks so don't let that throw you

Today

 

[user 7704]

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Damn I've taken new photo and aent to clip board, cropped etc. Still won't let me post.

 

[user 7704]

 

[user 7704]

Sorry for double post. This is today. The puncture point is more pronounced. I have call into my friend who doesn't like to diagnose over the phone.

No fever

 

[DrHenley]

That doesn't look like a recluse bite to me. A white spot usually develops fairly quickly in the center with a red circle around it. The white area is dead skin.

 

[Psalm7]

I really think its a tick bite . Should make a really bad looking sore then go away .

 

[user 6493]

looks like a tick bite to me with that red ring and rash I would get tested for Lyme Disease

 

[user 7704]

I really think its a tick bite . Should make a really bad looking sore then go away .

I dont think a tick bite would be like this within an hour. I saw him when he had his shirt off and there was nothing, .... Then boom

 

[Maverick]

That don't look like a tic bite, more like a spider bite reaction, the swelling looks more like a black widow than a brown recluse, we have hobo spiders here and the bite is identical to the black widow in appearance, I don't think Texas has hobo spiders thus likely a black widow. Kissing bugs have known to cause swellings like that.

 

[user 7704]

That don't look like a tic bite, more like a spider bite reaction, the swelling looks more like a black widow than a brown recluse, we have hobo spiders here and the bite is identical to the black widow in appearance, I don't think Texas has hobo spiders thus likely a black widow. Kissing bugs have known to cause swellings like that.

Thanks. I'm Tennessee not Texas.

 

[Maverick]

Thanks. I'm Tennessee not Texas.

I knew that my bumbling mind

 

[Brittany1]

That doesn't look like a recluse bite to me. A white spot usually develops fairly quickly in the center with a red circle around it. The white area is dead skin.

 

[Jayson]

We have scorpions in our area that will cause puncture/rash/swelling like that.

 

[KateMTx]

Now it definitely appears to be a spider bite or even a sting of some kind. As long as it keeps going down and gets better he should be good. Antihistamines and ice pack was probably the right treatments so sounds like he'll do fine.

 

[user 7704]

Update.

Last night the site grew larger . Today it is down and redness is going away. They had me outline the site with a pen to see it it got larger.

Using triple antibiotic and hydrocortisone cream. Also, adding an antihistamine.

Oh, it's being treated as a spider bite.

 

[Kevin L]

Update.

Last night the site grew larger . Today it is down and redness is going away. They had me outline the site with a pen to see it it got larger.

Using triple antibiotic and hydrocortisone cream. Also, adding an antihistamine.

Oh, it's being treated as a spider bite.

A hyperbaric chamber can--believe me--be used to treat a brown recluse spider bite. Several treatments may be neecesary . . . but skin ulcers from the brown recluse can be cured if the patient is treated as early as possible in a hyperbaric facility.

If one is bitten by a black widow, don't panic. It is actually very, very rare for a black widow spider bite to actually kill someone.

An intravenous medication called calcium gluconate can help alleviate most of the symptoms. The black widow antivenom was actually--from allergic reactions--more dangerous than the bite itself.

We also have quite a few brown widow spiders (Latrodectus geometricus)--an invasive species--that are in the same family . . . their bites are considered dangerous, but much weaker than their black widow cousins (Latrodectus mactans). I don't even worry about them, but they are a concern if there are young children around, and/or elderly people who may have heart disease, high blood pressure, and/or diabetes.

 

[user 7704]

My son is completely healed.

 

[user 7704]

My son is completely healed.

I know I've mentioned it before but I have to be super careful with him because he is hypo sensitive to pain. Not hyper, hypo meaning he doesn't feel pain like the average person.

He broke his collar bone and just said "pop". The ER doc said a typical child would be screaming in pain. He just moaned when she was twisting his arm.

 

[Kevin L]

I know I've mentioned it before but I have to be super careful with him because he is hypo sensitive to pain. Not hyper, hypo meaning he doesn't feel pain like the average person.

He broke his collar bone and just said "pop". The ER doc said a typical child would be screaming in pain. He just moaned when she was twisting his arm.

Your son is autistic, right?

How functional is he?

I'm autistic myself, and have written magazine articles and a book about it. Do you guys have the educational and vocational resources and other stuff you need for him to reach his maximum potential?

 

[user 7704]

Your son is autistic, right?

No. He has Fragile X Syndrome. Many of the same characteristics, but FraX actually has a medical diagnosis not clinical.

It is a hereditary mutation of the X chromosome which show's on a DNA test. Many are carriers but have been misdiagnosed.

 

[Kevin L]

I understand.

The understanding of disorders like these are advancing all the time.

It's very good that you stand by your son.

My parents and most of my family disowned me because of my autism.

 

[GaRp58]

My son is completely healed.

Hurrah!! Good news, good practice and good outcome of a new situation. We all watched and learned from your lesson. It is always good to learn from your lessons and also from your mistakes...but it is definitely cheaper and easier to learn from watching others and getting the profit without the pain. Glad for you and your son lady...GP

 

[user 7704]

I understand.

The understanding of disorders like these are advancing all the time.

It's very good that you stand by your son.

Can't imagine. My son is the happiest person I know. He never has a bad day. Well, other than his allergies are crazy right now.

Speaking of standing by him. The school system hated me. They ended up paying me $$$$ and giving my son a bus all to himself to bring him home in the afternoons. I offered to pick him up and they got really nasty so I taught them that you don't poke a momma bear.

My daughter is gifted which in our school system is included in the Special Needs classification. She had a very large file too.

 

[KateMTx]

I understand.

The understanding of disorders like these are advancing all the time.

It's very good that you stand by your son.

My parents and most of my family disowned me because of my autism.

That's terrible that your family is crappy like that. I have two sisters with physical & developmental disabilities and I would do anything for them.

 

[Kevin L]

That's terrible that your family is crappy like that. I have two sisters with physical & developmental disabilities and I would do anything for them.

Thank you.

They would say to me that if I was smart enough to become a paramedic, then I was smart enough to know how to not be autistic.

Autistic people sometimes have an all-consuming, obsessive interest. Sometimes it's trains, dinosaurs, light bulbs, etc... It's a symptom of what used to be called Asperger's Syndrome.

My mother would tell me that if I made "being normal" my special interest, then I would be normal. Since I don't choose to make normalcy my special interest, then I choose to be autistic.

If they accomodate my autistic tendencies, then it's like enabling an alcoholic or a drug addict.

 

[tmttactical]

Sorry Kevin, but your family sucks.

 

[Kevin L]

Sorry Kevin, but your family sucks.

I know. My parents (especially my mother) once told me that they wouldn't have had a problem if I had turned out gay (I'm not)--they would have thrown me a coming-out party--but being autistic was unacceptable.

I have had similar issues with my work and other relationships most of my life.

Thank you for the validation, though.

In fairness to them, it isn't easy being in a relationship with an autistic person.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

I understand.

The understanding of disorders like these are advancing all the time.

It's very good that you stand by your son.

My parents and most of my family disowned me because of my autism.

Oh Kevin, that is awful! I can’t understand those actions. I hope you’ve spoken with a therapist about it because you should understand it is THEIR PROBLEM, not your autism that is the real issue here.