ALWAYS PUSH YOUR DOCTOR TO PRESCRIBE A NITRO-GLYCERIN PATCH FOR SPIDER AND SCORPION BITES, especially BROWN RECLUSE bites. The dose is either .1 or .2 per hour, by patch. The research and studies and clinical experience show it is the only truly effective treatment for a brown recluse bite that has formed a blister or ulcer. It is not well known yet, but it works!!! If you suspect a brown recluse, you should treat with a nitro glycerin patch before an ulcer or blister even forms. It works by counteracting the blood-vessel-constricting effects of the spider's poison, allowing blood to circulate to the area and tissue death (necrotization) to stop, and allowing healing to occur rapidly. The only type of bite that will be hurt by a nitro patch is a snake bite. It is a relatively new treatment, using nitro patches for this has only been known of since 1994, and still isn't included in the regular packaging or literature for nitro glycerin. So if your doctor or emergency room staff don't want to believe you, look up this website, print it out, and take it with you. Be sure to look up the part of the webpage where the doctor goes into specific medical detail on the exact dosage and what companion treatments to use. Also, if the wound is starting to heal but is taking too long, or if you can't afford the nitro patches, UMF Active Manuka Honey is also highly recommended for wound treatment for ulcerated wounds. But for brown recluse bites, nothing beats a nitro patch. (NOT pills, it has to be a nitro glycerin patch stuck on top of the bite) Even for old brown recluse bites, it helps restore circulation and improve healing.
Here is a link to the webpage of the doctor who first thought of it: http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Forest/2021/recluse/intro.html
Here is an excerpt from it:
BY DR. KENNETH BURTON
Introduction
The devastation caused by the bite of the Brown Recluse spider can be stopped in its tracks and reversed, even at advanced stages of its degenerative effects.
The Recluse bite can cause a prolonged and expensive trail of suffering and disability to its victims. The frequency of bites to humans has increased at an alarming rate, as the spider moves indoors and into our garments, shoes and bedding. Treatment cost now run into the millions of dollars per year and are rising rapidly as incidences increase.While some spiders inject little venom, others may be expected to create serious management problems with resultant extensive tissue loss, pain. disability and chronic deterioration.
The etiology is the powerful, vasoconstricting properties of the venom, as the mechanism of necrotic arachnidism, which causes the smail arteries to spasm with resultant loss of blood supply to the bite area. This sets up a cycle of ulceration and tissue loss through ischemia and gangrene. Systemic medication alone is unable to penetrate the lesion because of the barrier zone produced by the spastic occlusion of the arteries.
However...a nitroglycerin patch can penetrate through the skin, into the interstitial fluid and into the capillaries, rapidly dilating the vessels. This is evidenced by the quick onset of a nitroglycerin headache as circulation into the occluded area is re-established from the edges inward. The pathologic process ceases and healing begins. When a nitro patch is administered early, as in the first 48 hours, no lesion ever develops! Delay treatment three to four weeks and a 5 cm ulcer will develop, requiring three months of treatment with the nitroglycerin patches. Even with delayed treatment, however, the degenerative process is reversed. The body heals itself. There is no need for surgery with its debilitating effects, potential complications and severe scarring.
The patch is cut to cover only the effected area, right up to and extending just over the edge of involvement. In the case of a youngchild, the patch should be cut down to cover the smallest area possible, with more frequent removal and reapplication necessary. Pictures of the recluse bites treated with these patches provide examples of some responses.
With few exceptions, regardless of the site of the bite or the age and health of the patient, the patch has stopped the progress of the tissue loss, thus allowing the area to begin recovery, usually without scarring and with only slightly darker pigmentation.