Many survivalists and people alike fear spiders for a reason. It likely has to do with their long legs, eyes, and not to mention the details webs they construct with ease to catch their prey.
If you were to ask a prepper why he doesn't like spiders, most survivalists would let you know it's because they don't want to get bit! Even though most spiders won't harm you — the bite from a spider itches like a mosquito bite — there are still the occasional spiders that can cause you a lot of injuries.
Keep in mind for every spider that won't cause you harm; there are still quite a few that will cause a lot of discomfort. You may have heard of the brown recluse spider, which is one such spider that can make even the courageous of survivalists squirm when they hear this spider's name.
Why? If a survivalist got bit by a recluse spider, they would need medical attention. However, if you're a prepper who bugs out a lot, and you're living off the grid that may not be possible. What are you supposed to do at that point if there's no emergency care available?
After the break, learn about the steps you should take if you're living off the grid and get bit by a recluse spider. If there isn't emergency help, nearby it's up to you to know the proper course of treatment.
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Here is a bite for you girls
I’ve successfully used clay, DE and even baking soda as the dry powder followed by a dandelion leaf wrap to pull the poison out.
It says to use charcoal capsules and to break them open and mix a little water ti make a paste .and apply directly to the spider bite.
Sounds serious. Lol
Have a bad scar on my back. I tried all kinds of stuff. Finally started using baking soda. My son was bite a few days later. I instantly started applying a soda and water paste. As it dried I removed it with organic apple cider vinegar. Patted it dry and reapplied the soda paste and so on for two days. It made a quarter size darkened spot under the skin, which is now gone. And no scar at all.
Great advise. I was bitten years ago and ended up in the hospital. Not any fun
Cheryl Dombek
Get some charcoal and rub it in
Go to the hospital genius
The best way to treat it is going to the hospital I almost had to have my hand amputated because I tried to tough it out and bullshit remedies
Had 13 bites in the span of a year, 6 at the same time. Triple antibiotic cream works wonders for it
You say that like it’s an insult; girls would have handled that$#%&!@*already instead of bragging about it, lol. @@
Never once been to the hospital been bit 3 times by they. By injecting a saline solution just above the bite under the epidermis you can force out the Venom before I can do any damage.
“white man’s footprint” aka plantain is probably the best option in the wild… Actually it’s the best option for everything from cuts to poison ivy to bug bites and even snake bites…
Heck even if you have a little heart burn just eat a couple leaves
First you display your big girl opera voice!
Damn near lost my finger from a recluse. The pain is excruciating.
Brian was bit when he was young! Finally found a ER Dr, that knew what it was!! Healed him!!!
Tobacco is a true life saver. When my 1 1/2 year old was bitten while wr were camping 200 miles away from any hospital I broke a cigarette and mixed tobacco with spit and placed it on the bite. It was gone by the time we got to the ER
Elizabeth Giberson
Thank you my love
Christine Schuette
Matthew Theobald
Been there done that. Give me the Tshirt lol
I got bit back in 2010 at my belt line on my backside……..fucking weird
There would be no need for treatment, as I would have died from shock instantly on being bitten by that ugly bastard.
Carissa Desa Cammack
This articles title is deceptive. If you are living off grid, and preparing for some emergency where you are forced to live off grid, no, you will not be shopping at local health food stores for your supplies…. I thought this article was going to be useful, –maybe tell you how you can make activated charcoal (if possible), or the clay they are talking about… Sorry, but shopping at a local store is not the answer I wanted to hear with the article.
My point exactly. These backwoods survivalists only think about themselves in the.moment. Stocking up from a local store is not very sustainable, –nor is it going to teach your next generation how to care for themselves if, they too, are in the woods and off grid. :/ But if you’re single and alone, –by all means. Stock up for yourself with no education for the future survival of your family.
Thanks. I got bit by one in 2005 and would have died if the venom had gotten into my bloodstream. I lost a good part of my upper thigh (including bone and muscle) to get the infection out, and came out of the hospital requiring medication that cost over $10k. Yes, $10,000.00 +. I was living in a homeless shelter here in Chicago when I got bit, and can’t sue them for my medical bills because NO lawyers want to be known for suing a nonprofit organization, even if (at most) the npo was negligent when they REFUSED to exterminate their facility regardless how many people have been bit before and after me. NOT a pleasant experience, and I got all kinds of HORRIBLE medical advice that prevented me from getting immediate treatment, including Weiss Advocate refusing to even look at the bite. I went and slept in my car and on the streets after that for the next 10 months, including a good part of winter. 🙁 I now have an EXCELLENT reason for my phobia of 8-legged creatures. Scarred for life, in more ways than one…
They love Chicago’s CTA rail system, btw. 🙁
Glad we don’t have them here.
A few facts most people should know since the brown recluse is the pit bull of the spider world. Read and educate yourself. A doctor cannot identify a brown recluse bite from the bite alone, and you cannot identify the spider without counting the eyes. Sorry but the whole identifying them by the violin marking is a myth, you have to count the eyes as the brown recluse is the only spider species that has only three pairs of eyes instead of four.
http://insects.about.com/od/spiders/tp/brown-recluse-lies.htm
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Anthony Tharp
You can cure a brown recluses bite in about 12 hrs with a poltice of comfrey root , cures most poision bug bites and almost all infected wounds over night
Bite em back.lol
If you want me to read your articles, stop putting the bullshit on 4-5 different pages.
Rebecca Patrick-Howard you mentioned a bite so just in case this helps now or in the future
Mikey Frost
Lol your a clown dude
If there brown or black there dead
Been bitten twice this month. Killed the spider. Cut open with kbar flushed with 91% alcohol regularly. Just make sure you get the black nasty out, thats the poison eating your flesh.
Baking soda n peroxide make paste n repeat after it dries. It pulls the poison back to the wound n take antibiotics. Still have to tiny make.
If one bites you, you have to bite it back. Fact*
Baking soda and water paste
Sara Grace
Dumbest f*ckin article ever. I thought this was going to give some survivalist tactic but instead it tells you to activate your
Not gonna lie… That’s the toughest thing I’ve read all week. I’d start using permethrin if I were bit more than once in a month. Looks like you’re healing very well. Gives me more confidence with those nasty things.
I’m a structural repair contractor and spend about 75% of my time in crawlspaces. I constantly bitten by spiders. I had a reaction to a bite and went to the emergency room once. There was a circle of dead flesh about 1″ in diameter. The doctor said it could be a brown recluse and removed the affected area plus some. Since then I have chosen to build up my immunity with lots of B vitamins, vitamin C and folic acid. In 24 years of working in crawlspaces I’ve never had another reaction