After reading the archives on Wayne Fuggit's treatment of a presumed recluse spider bite, I have a few questions:
Wayne initially used a heating pad. My understanding up til now has been that you'd want to apply ice to a fresh bite in order to inhibit the spread of the poison. Wouldn't applying heat have the effect of spreading the venom? Several people said that the necrosing damage done by a recluse bite is caused by the neurotoxic venom. Why then are antibiotics the conventional treatment? Although I certainly would want to use an alternative, they do seem to effectively stop the necrosing, for the people who go that route. DMSO is helpful in general because it carries CS used with it deeply into the tissue and also reduces swelling. However, it apparently has the effect of releasing histamines when applied to bee stings and is thus contraindicated there. Wouldn't DMSO possibly carry spider bite venom more deeply into surrounding tissues? Might it not be appropriately used later during the bacterial phase of the problem? The experiences of 2 people in my community with bad spider bites indicated that MDs tend to take a wait-and-see approach before using antibiotics. They sometimes draw a circle with a pen around the wound and advise waiting to see if there is a spread or other worsening. In both of these 2 cases the bites healed without treatment, but neither person knew with certainly what kind of spider had bitten them. So it could be that some people are not as allergic to recluse venom as others, as with bee stings. It could also be that most of the self-healing bites aren't those of truly venomous spiders. The dilemma is, of course, that if its a truly bad bite, the longer you wait the harder treatment will be. On the other hand, if you try every alternative willy-nilly, you'll never know what it was that worked and you risk developing some false ideas about what did the curing. I suppose its better overall to try several things, be less clear about what exactly worked, but be rid of the problem without a huge medical bill. Wayne was incredibly courageous, imo, and we now can all benefit from that. Thanks to everyone who has responded, Deborah -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
