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Originally Posted by livi
Unless there is a specific antidote, the general treatment would involve anti inflammatory medication (basically cortison systemically or topically) together with antibiotics as needed. Often the inflammation have a part of histamin release too which make an anti histamin a nice complement (common allergy medicin like loratadin, cetirizin etc). Cortison and antibiotics (if needed) is the most important though if there is no specific treatment.
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what Markus said, if it is good for scandinavian kids, it is good for you too.
Not a lot of brown recluse spiders in Cali.
I like using Koch-Mason type dressings for spider bites. Essentially a warm, moist compress. You put warm(not hot)moist cloth over area, cover with dry towel, then whole thing covered with saran wrap(yes, the stuff in the kitchen) This uses your own body heat to elevate the temps in the affected area, which bacteria do not dig too much. Oops, won't be to handy on your nozzle. No anti-venom for spider bites of which I am aware, that is more for snakes.
You will be getting antibiotics, anti inflammatories(perhaps steroids). Be glad it was not a copperhead snake, or worse, a coral snake or timber rattler.