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==Background== | |||
*Standard [[abscess]] are not typically due to spider bites and should not be diagnosed as such | |||
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=== | ===Clinically important spider genera by geographic region=== | ||
* | * North America | ||
** Loxosceles (e.g. [[brown recluse]]) | |||
** Latrodectus (e.g. [[black widow]]) | |||
** Tegenaria | |||
* South America | |||
** Loxosceles | |||
** Latrodectus | |||
** [[Phoneutria]] (e.g. [[armed spider]]) | |||
* Africa | |||
** Loxosceles | |||
** Latrodectus | |||
* Europe | |||
** Loxosceles | |||
** Latrodectus | |||
* Australia | |||
** Atrax (e.g. [[funnel-web spider]]) | |||
** Hadronyche (e.g. [[funnel-web spider]]) | |||
** Latrodectus | |||
* Asia | |||
** Latrodectus | |||
*Other | |||
**[[Tarantula spider bite]] | |||
=== | ===Visual Spider Identification=== | ||
<gallery mode="packed"> | |||
File:Tarantula640px-Brachypelma smithi 2009 G03.jpg|[[Tarantula]] | |||
File:Western Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus).jpg|[[Black widow spider]] | |||
File:Brown Recluse.jpg|[[Brown recluse]] | |||
File:p nigreventer.jpeg|[[Armed spider]] (''phoneutria nigreventer'') | |||
File:Funnel Web Spider.png|[[Funnel-web spider]] (Hadronyche versuta) | |||
</gallery> | |||
===Differential Diagnosis | ==Clinical Features== | ||
===History=== | |||
* Determine circumstances of bite to assess consistency with spider habitat and behavior | |||
** Indoors vs outdoors | |||
** Day vs night | |||
** Geographic location (recent travel) | |||
* Appearance of the spider if seen | |||
* Dead spiders can be preserved in 70% EtOH and later identified by arachnologists or entomologist | |||
===Physical Exam=== | |||
* No pathognomonic signs proving lesion is a spider bite | |||
* Assess both bite site and for systemic signs | |||
* Bite Site | |||
** Location | |||
*** Spider bites more common when clothing is tight against skin | |||
** Number of bites | |||
*** Multiple bites suggest parasitic insect and not spider | |||
** Appearance of bite | |||
*** Erythema, pallor, hemorrhage, induration, tenderness, paresthesia, vesicles | |||
* Systemic findings | |||
** Abnormal vital signs ([[tachycardia]] possible with black widow) | |||
** [[Altered mental status]] | |||
** [[Abdominal pain]] | |||
** Diaphoresis | |||
** Generalized [[rash]] | |||
** Muscle fasciculations, spasm, or tenderness | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | |||
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=== | ==Evaluation== | ||
===Workup=== | |||
== | ===Diagnosis=== | ||
*Typically a clinical diagnosis | |||
* | |||
== | ==Management== | ||
* Clean area of bite | |||
* [[Tetanus prophylaxis]] | |||
* [[analgesia|Analgesics]] | |||
* Hydration | |||
* Surgical follow up if indicated for debridement of necrotic area | |||
* [[Antivenin]] is indicated only for specific envenomation | |||
* No proven benefit for [[corticosteroids]] | |||
* No indication for antibiotics unless concern for [[cellulitis]] | |||
==Disposition== | |||
=== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Bites and Stings]] | |||
== | ==External Links== | ||
== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | |||
* Boyer LV, Binford GJ, Degan JA. Spider Bites. In Auerbach PS, Cushing TA, Harris NS. Auerbach’s Wilderness Medicine. 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2017: 993-1016. | |||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Environmental]] | ||
[[Category:Toxicology]] |
Latest revision as of 13:28, 29 May 2022
Background
- Standard abscess are not typically due to spider bites and should not be diagnosed as such
Clinically important spider genera by geographic region
- North America
- Loxosceles (e.g. brown recluse)
- Latrodectus (e.g. black widow)
- Tegenaria
- South America
- Loxosceles
- Latrodectus
- Phoneutria (e.g. armed spider)
- Africa
- Loxosceles
- Latrodectus
- Europe
- Loxosceles
- Latrodectus
- Australia
- Atrax (e.g. funnel-web spider)
- Hadronyche (e.g. funnel-web spider)
- Latrodectus
- Asia
- Latrodectus
- Other
Visual Spider Identification
Armed spider (phoneutria nigreventer)
Funnel-web spider (Hadronyche versuta)
Clinical Features
History
- Determine circumstances of bite to assess consistency with spider habitat and behavior
- Indoors vs outdoors
- Day vs night
- Geographic location (recent travel)
- Appearance of the spider if seen
- Dead spiders can be preserved in 70% EtOH and later identified by arachnologists or entomologist
Physical Exam
- No pathognomonic signs proving lesion is a spider bite
- Assess both bite site and for systemic signs
- Bite Site
- Location
- Spider bites more common when clothing is tight against skin
- Number of bites
- Multiple bites suggest parasitic insect and not spider
- Appearance of bite
- Erythema, pallor, hemorrhage, induration, tenderness, paresthesia, vesicles
- Location
- Systemic findings
- Abnormal vital signs (tachycardia possible with black widow)
- Altered mental status
- Abdominal pain
- Diaphoresis
- Generalized rash
- Muscle fasciculations, spasm, or tenderness
Differential Diagnosis
Envenomations, bites and stings
- Hymenoptera stings (bees, wasps, ants)
- Mammalian bites
- Closed fist infection (Fight bite)
- Dog bite
- Marine toxins and envenomations
- Toxins (ciguatera, neurotoxic shellfish poisoning, paralytic shellfish poisoning, scombroid, tetrodotoxin
- Stingers (stingray injury)
- Venomous fish (catfish, zebrafish, scorpion fish, stonefish, cone shells, lionfish, sea urchins)
- Nematocysts (coral reef, fire coral, box jellyfish, sea wasp, portuguese man-of-war, sea anemones)
- Phylum porifera (sponges)
- Bites (alligator/crocodile, octopus, shark)
- Scorpion envenomation
- Reptile envenomation
- Spider bites
Evaluation
Workup
Diagnosis
- Typically a clinical diagnosis
Management
- Clean area of bite
- Tetanus prophylaxis
- Analgesics
- Hydration
- Surgical follow up if indicated for debridement of necrotic area
- Antivenin is indicated only for specific envenomation
- No proven benefit for corticosteroids
- No indication for antibiotics unless concern for cellulitis
Disposition
See Also
External Links
References
- Boyer LV, Binford GJ, Degan JA. Spider Bites. In Auerbach PS, Cushing TA, Harris NS. Auerbach’s Wilderness Medicine. 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2017: 993-1016.