Misdiagnosed spider bite kills boy, 5

Post by **Roofus** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 8:02 pm

"The state medical examiner has ruled that a 5-year-old boy's death was the result of a bite by a poisonous brown recluse spider. Nicholas Robinson was bitten while playing outside his home about 70 miles south of Nashville on July 29. The child was taken to a doctor, who determined he was suffering from a virus rather than a bite. However, the child that night was rushed to a hospital, where his symptoms included hypersalivation, sweating and neurological problems before he died, according to the medical examiner's report, completed Thursday."

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Warmachine · Post by **Warmachine** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 8:08 pm

So young

, is it common to have those kind of spiders there?

Zealous zerotype · Post by **Zealous zerotype** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 8:13 pm

sad.

fatheadpi · Post by **fatheadpi** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 10:52 pm

So young , is it common to have those kind of spiders there?

Yeah, it is. I've been stationed in Georgia and South Carolina for a good period of time, and this was always an issue. One of my buddies was knocked out for a month because he was attacked by a nest of them in his sleep. He got sent home to recuperate. Another buddy of mine was bitten three times in the back of his neck, and to this day has a pit the size of a cherry where he was bitten. I've seen worse off guys lose limbs. It's hard to diagnose some bites, probably what happened to this kid.

Post by **melancholy** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 11:02 pm

Hey Roofus, are you posting this story because it hits close to home with you?

AgentGreen · Post by **AgentGreen** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 11:05 pm

I'm kinda reminded of the hacks that work at my local hospital. See, my mom works with the elderly and one of her clients fell and hurt his hip and the local hospital x-rayed him and said he was fine but he went to a hospital about an hour away and they found out that he broke his hip.

Post by **Roofus** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 11:15 pm

melancholy wrote:Hey Roofus, are you posting this story because it hits close to home with you?

Kinda, yeah.

Adam3000 · Post by **Adam3000** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 11:30 pm

http://www.news14charlotte.com/content/ ... 22&SecID=2

Warmachine · Post by **Warmachine** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 11:54 pm

Poor dog, I was wondering how the kid didnt see it though.

Veggita2099 · Post by **Veggita2099** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 12:02 am

We don't seem to have any brown recluse where we live, but we do have the black widow's. Luckily Black Widows seem to stay undernearth buildings and such unlike the brown recluse. The Brown Recluse pretty much likes to get into people's homes and get in there cloths, etc.

fatheadpi · Post by **fatheadpi** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 3:13 am

We don't seem to have any brown recluse where we live, but we do have the black widow's. Luckily Black Widows seem to stay undernearth buildings and such unlike the brown recluse. The Brown Recluse pretty much likes to get into people's homes and get in there cloths, etc.

And pillows. They LOVE to build nests in pillows.

Warmachine · Post by **Warmachine** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 2:34 pm

fatheadpi wrote:
We don't seem to have any brown recluse where we live, but we do have the black widow's. Luckily Black Widows seem to stay undernearth buildings and such unlike the brown recluse. The Brown Recluse pretty much likes to get into people's homes and get in there cloths, etc.
And pillows. They LOVE to build nests in pillows.

How cant you see that then.

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 2:41 pm

The largest spider's in the UK have a body size of barely an inch

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OneThirty8 · Post by **OneThirty8** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 3:44 pm

Warmachine wrote:
fatheadpi wrote:
We don't seem to have any brown recluse where we live, but we do have the black widow's. Luckily Black Widows seem to stay undernearth buildings and such unlike the brown recluse. The Brown Recluse pretty much likes to get into people's homes and get in there cloths, etc.
And pillows. They LOVE to build nests in pillows.
How cant you see that then.

I imagine that they don't build the nest on the outside of your pillowcase. More likely, they get inside the pillow and build a nest in the fluffy filling. Then, when you put your head on their house they get pissed off, come out, and bite you.

Lartrak · Post by **Lartrak** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 4:16 pm

az_bont wrote:The largest spider's in the UK have a body size of barely an inch .

Brown recluse has a body size roughly half an inch long...

Luriden · Post by **Luriden** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 5:35 pm

My friend stayed the night at my house one night, and woke up with 12 brown recluse spider bites (most likely the same spider in his sleeping bag trying to get out). The doctor told him that the poison was heading to his heart, he luckily recovered though. If he hadn't, I would have been left with the guilt trip of killing my best friend with brown recluse spiders.

spiroth10 · Post by **spiroth10** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:00 pm

I HAVE to move to the UK... I have arachnaphobia...

here in upstatem NY, USA, we have lots of them...

do they have those spiders here??? if so, I probably wont be able to sleep at night...

Im mortally afraid of the spider, though, not its poison... death doesnt scare me at all...

Warmachine · Post by **Warmachine** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:09 pm

I live in Cali and thank god they dont have any here (I think). I dont think I have to worry about any spiders except black widow but those hide in dark places.

WhtCastle · Post by **WhtCastle** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:09 pm

Warmachine wrote:I live in Cali and thank god they dont have any here (I think). I dont think I have to worry about any spiders except black widow but those hide in dark places.

Aren't the Hobo spiders in Cali?

fatheadpi · Post by **fatheadpi** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:14 pm

Yeah, what is out here? I'm too busy trying not to run over endangered species to notice what's trying to kill me.