All things considered it doesn't look infected and seems to be minor, this may be a better result as far as widow bites are concerned. Better a widow than a brown recluse, that way you're not dealing with flesh becoming necrotic.
So I had a confirmed bite by a black widow with full venom into the base of my neck. Black widow was in a shirt I had laying in garage and I put it on. 35 years old, healthy male. I called poison control and they told me I'd be in a world of pain in 8-10 hours and go to hospital if it got to be too much. 8 hours later my legs and arms seized into my body and I was hunched over, I could not stretch out, full agony, could not move.
I went to hospital and they thought I was opiate seeking, they called called poison control, and confirmed I had called earlier. They said they could get me an anti venom in ~3 hours from Los Angeles, but 25% of people are allergic and can go into anaphylactic shock from the anti-venom and it was my choice to medicate with pain killers or take the anti-venom. I went with pain killers. I was in hospital for 36 hours doubled over in pain emanating from my nervous system. I finally got over the hill and it took me about 6 days to be able to walk normal. For the 6 months after that I would profusely sweat from my ankles. No where else on my body, just my ankle region. This finally stopped after around 6 months.
If all you got was flesh wound you are incredibly lucky.
TheGauchoAmigo84 on April 17th, 2026 at 15:48 UTC »
Very cool feel better
juggarjew on April 17th, 2026 at 16:02 UTC »
All things considered it doesn't look infected and seems to be minor, this may be a better result as far as widow bites are concerned. Better a widow than a brown recluse, that way you're not dealing with flesh becoming necrotic.
bourbonstringcheese on April 17th, 2026 at 19:29 UTC »
So I had a confirmed bite by a black widow with full venom into the base of my neck. Black widow was in a shirt I had laying in garage and I put it on. 35 years old, healthy male. I called poison control and they told me I'd be in a world of pain in 8-10 hours and go to hospital if it got to be too much. 8 hours later my legs and arms seized into my body and I was hunched over, I could not stretch out, full agony, could not move.
I went to hospital and they thought I was opiate seeking, they called called poison control, and confirmed I had called earlier. They said they could get me an anti venom in ~3 hours from Los Angeles, but 25% of people are allergic and can go into anaphylactic shock from the anti-venom and it was my choice to medicate with pain killers or take the anti-venom. I went with pain killers. I was in hospital for 36 hours doubled over in pain emanating from my nervous system. I finally got over the hill and it took me about 6 days to be able to walk normal. For the 6 months after that I would profusely sweat from my ankles. No where else on my body, just my ankle region. This finally stopped after around 6 months.
If all you got was flesh wound you are incredibly lucky.