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    Jun 15, 2012, 11:26 PM
    Questionable spider bite
    I was lying down and I felt something like a sting in my arm. I washed my arm and applied alcohol. There is a red spot about the size of a half dollar and it is warm to the touch. Do I need to go to er or is there something I can do for this at home? It has been about 2 hours ago.
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    Jun 15, 2012, 11:32 PM
    I'd go to the ER. Let us know what it is and what they did.
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    Jun 16, 2012, 12:24 AM
    Where I live (northeast US) we would be kicked out of the ER with a stern lecture for this. We have no poisonous bugs or spiders.
    Washing is good though - I didn't wash a bite a few years ago, got an infection through the large hole the bug made, and a raging case of cellulitis over my entire leg.
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