reoccurring blisters 5 years after spider bite??

[kittikat1975]

why do small blisters reoccur 5 years after a spider bite? The blood blisters reoccur on a yearly basis are sore and itchy and are on and around the original affected area. This time it made the arm swell and gave a track type mark up the arm. The Drs gave penicillin which helped the arm but not the blisters. The worry is the client has a malfunctioning heart and is pregnant with twins!! Drs are not giving the poor girl an explanation.Please help I am worried for her.

[Jonakand]

Sorry, this is an old thread and I don’t have an answer but, I live in Wisconsin and woke up with a bite.  Actually two bites one above the other so 4 holes total and each was about a half centimeter from the other in an almost perfect square.  I have had this bite for over two years now, the area is still red and inflamed and itchy.  It is so itchy tho i have tried to burn it off with red hot nails, I have used every kind of salve and bug ointment (did that first of course), I recently tried to blister off the affected area with numerous wart freezing applications and acid.  It heals back and is horribly itchy still.  I ask my Dr. every visit, I see him tri monthly because I take a ADD med. He just shrugs and says bug bites will eventually go away.  It itches so bad! It’s seriously frustrating.

[70w02ld]

Hi all!  I found this article, gives decent explanation to why it isn't well known, and why they haven't studied it.

Hope it helps!  I cannot say for certain that a brown recluse killed my brother, but he did have necrosis and problems with healing, as I found a letter stating he was bitten on the ankle, he calls his brown recluse scar a trophy scar.  But it could have led to the break down of his health over time.

Try the remedy in this article if you get a chance.  Apparently it's easy to obtain and it makes sense.  

Anyways, God bless y'all - hope it helps.  Play it forward and spread the word if you have the opportunity.  If it saves a life, or prevents further trouble.   Don't not tell your physician doctors.  Tell them.  Or ask them.

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https://www.medicinenet.com/remedy_stops_brown_recluse_spider_bite_necrosis-news.htm

[Bstambaugh]

Hello I’m a 49 yr old male and I was bit by either wolf or recluse spider on the top of my foot 5 yrs ago. Every year about summer time it flares up and begins itching and then of course blisters. Has anyone found any permanent cures for this? It’s hard to believe in with the advances in medicine there’s no permanent cure???

[purple1234567]

Did you ever have the spider bite looked at?  A wolf spider bite is more like a wasp sting, in general, while a recluse spider can be pretty dangerous.  If you are still having irritations from it- I wouldn't mess around with it and I'd have a doctor take a look.  

[Bstambaugh]

Yes went to the doctor a few days after the bite and they cut it open and cleaned it all out and gave me some medication.

[purple1234567]

That's good, glad to hear that you had it checked out right away, that was very smart.
Have you been since you had the reactions years later?  

[Bstambaugh]

I need to go back in. It only reoccurres once a year. Usually when it gets hot outside.

[Esal05]

I am currently in the same situation. I got bit on July 2018 and it keeps reoccurring every couple months. It’s as if I had gotten bit again on the same spot. It’s itchy, red, swollen and hot and a dark spot in the middle. I also have a cold right now. I don’t know if it Is linked to the bite but can the venom inside cause internal damage or possibly spread to the blood stream? The bite is located on the right side lower abdomen area so I’m worried that the infection could reach something internally.

[PKchu1]

You describe! what I go through each year! I too use Acyclovir 800 mg Iburophen 800. My Dr. thinks I have shingles.I am going through it right now 5/25/16, last outbreak was 9/2015. That's why I am researching. I cant recall getting a spider bite. been occurring once or twice a year and can't figure out what triggers it. Started spring of 2007. I am 44 year old male.

[Ksa88]

I got bit in 2006 whilst in Tunisia and every couple of years lots of blisters appear in the same place. The area is very itchy and looks a pinky red colour. I tend to get cold symptoms at the same time I dont no if this is linked. Mine has flared up once again today and Im hoping to be referred tomorrow to find out why. I have to have penicillin and a cream to make mine disappear for a few years. I have had swabs and been tested for all sorts with no luck at finding out what this is. Doctors tend to think its a fungal infection but tell me it looks like nothing they have seen before! If anyone has answers please let me know. Many thanks

[nancywarren7]

I would be very interested in knowing if your symptoms continue to reoccur and whether or not you have developed any symptoms of any type of arthritis or other immunologic disorder that remains unresponsive to treatment.  Thanks.

[Jkarpins]

I got bit a couple years ago by a spider out here in Colorado. About a year ago I started getting the monthly to bimonthly breakout in the same spot. It starts to itch and then gets raised bumpy blisters filled with clear pus.  I have tried everything. My doctor thought maybe shingles since I have had before but not on this spot. Sometimes it gets achy as well.  I would love to have it go away permanently as its aggravating now that it comes so frequently.

[evans4]

I get a reoccurring area of infection around one to two times a year. I too was bitten on the forehead by a spider, but it was 25 years ago! it is swollen with small blistery spots and itches.  My providers have usually treated it like it is a viral type reaction by giving me acyclovir oral and topical.  it usually affects my eyes with a severe pain.  I notice some fatigue as well and my immune system is usually down.  I would love to have an answer to this issue.  did the cleocin work for you?

[Cedaridge]

Hello, It has been 5 years since my bite. My bite was on my forehead next to my hair line and if I get a sun burn it reactivates the symptoms (swelling, blisters, itching, glands swelling). I was wondering if the were more people with the same problem. I went to the doctor today and she put me on Cleocin 300mg 4x's a day. I sure hope this works. This is getting old.

[rgraham26]

My bite was almost 20 years ago and if I expose my shoulder (where the original bite was) to the sun it will reactivate.  Not always badly but this current one is quite swollen.  It itches in the beginning and then the "pimples" break out and my shoulder becomes very red and  swollen.

[Ted_coxon]

Hi, I was bitten by a spider when I was in Belize, Central America. I was given an antihistamine injection which took away swelling to my face. This was about ten years ago and I still get recurring blisters every couple of months which are really itchy and sore. I thought it was a fungal infection. I showed a doctor who didn't know what it was, however I have recently read that the brown recluse spider bite displays these symptoms.

[Dr J Singh]

Hello,
I can understand your concern. It is very surprising for a spider bite to present so long after the bite. I would advise a biopsy of the effected skin or culture of the fluid from the blisters to be done. During pregnancy most of the medications are contraindicated and hence diagnosis needs to be confirmed first before any line of treatment is decided.

I hope it helps. Take care and regards.