Id definetly go to the hospital for a check if I were you...better to be safe than sorry..

Dawn

i say see a doctor!

I'm an LPN and I would have to agree. Of course I don't know for sure what it is not being a doctor but spider bites need to be taken very seriously. Some spiders (brown recluse for sure) carry MRSA Methycillin Resistant Staph Aurea. I have a friend who was bitten by a brown recluse that was hiding in her motorcycle helmet and it was a horrible ordeal. Her area looked more like a pimple and it grew a large whitehead that eventually popped itself. The drainage was green. I'm sure she's fine but a visit to the doctor is best.

My son got bitten by my ex's new puppy last summer...its was a TINY little nibble really on the edge of his finger nail...about 3 weeks passed and everything seemed fine, the bite was totally forgotten about...

Three weeks later my son got to the point where he couldnt move his arm...I thought it was because he had taken up tennis and strained a muscle..told him it would be better in a few days...

In a few days it was to the point where he had no range of motion in his arm at ALL...we went to the hospital where they checked his lympnodes under his arm pit and they were the size of golfballs...they told me to see my family doctor asap and sent me home...

We instead went to a different hospital and they ran bloodwork and tests for hours on end and found he had a SEVERE staph infection...he almost lost his finger!! The doctor said ANYTIME you get bitten by any animal go to the hospital...it wasnt that the puppy didnt have shots its because all animals carry lots of bacteria...which can lead to severe infections...we were at the hospital the other day when my hubby got bit by our cat...he got antibiotics right away...

Im am not trying to scare you...just inform you...dont let it go too long...Id try to get into see a doctor tonight..

Dawn

It might be a spider bite, but it also looks like the classic bulls eye rash that one gets from a tick carrying lyme disease-whatever it is she definelty needs antibioitcs.

Sometimes tick bites get a ring around it like a target. This can be an indication of Lyme disease! Sure hope that's not what it is!!

http://www.thedocaroundtheclock.com/...ma_migrans.jpg

http://www.thedocaroundtheclock.com/.../06/index.html

scroll down to the bugs of summer June 3

My neice just had the same thing but from a kitten.

thats what i said a staph infection i have had one. dont let it get too bad it will start getting puss bubbles in it and they will have to pop it. mine got so bad that they tried to give me a shot of numbing medicine but it was too infected so she cut me with a razor and i felt every bit of it. and then squeezed every puss bubble inside of it.

or infected hair folicle my sis had one of those and it kind of looks like that

hmm my guess like before is either one of those.

My first thought when I saw the pictures was a tick bite....it's the bull's eye shape that concerns me. It also looks somewhat like a spider bite. I am sending good thoughts to your daughter and hope she is feeling better very soon!!

Tammy

cats bites are actually toxic i saw it on animal hospital show.

Let me also add to give her benadryl if it itches-Do not let her scratch it-that can lead to staph infection. Staph is everywhere and especially under fingernails. There is staph aureus that is normally found on skin and it is supposed to be there, but it can also cause infections if it is introduced under the skin, and as someone else mentioned there is MRSA methycillin resistant staph aureus and that is a huge problem and epidemic right now all over the US. I hope it is nothing more than a local reaction to a harmless insect.

Thanks for all the advice and input

I will let u know what the dr says

I've had those too! In PR all the time, but they were mosquito bites that I would scratch and scratch and they would get that big.

I had a spider bite that looked like that. The skin around the bite where it was red got really thick and stiff.

I don't know what kind of spider bit me, I was doing some gardening and felt a pinch but I didn't have any marks or itching until a day or two later.

It went away in about a week.

Toxic? :confused: