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Thank you for your website so little is availabel about the white tail. I find myself haveing t tell my doctor how to treat me as so little is known.I was bitten over 7 years ago when putting on my pants . I was biten on my buttock in twoards the inner cheek.I actually squished the spider. Initially it only itched and was sore. Then over a month later I found a painful lump that was diagonosed as a boil at first right whre I was bitten. I have tried antibiotics many times and other herbal things as well. Unfortunatly it seem to of created a perianal opening now. This periodically heals up. At one point for 2 years,then it opens again and another painful painful abcess and smelly boil. If it just never healed and always stayed open then I guess I would just accept it ,but it has healed 4 times no,so I feel their is a answer. Surgery would be too drastic in this area and would most likely leave me anally incontinent or without half a buttock. So no way. They now say what is happening is recuring bouts of staph in this area. Please anyone with any suggestions email me . The right antibiotic,treatment anything .It is currently in a post boil staph healing stage like an open ulcer. help Sam

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It looks great and works well. I've learned so much by building this site.

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Hi, I have just visited your site and have found it to be quite informitive. I have been in hospital and i am currently a home patient receiving treatment for the bite on a finger suffered 6 days ago. Thankyou for your efforts

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I am an Australian living in Wellington NZ at the moment and have noticed the white tail spider is becoming more common over here. Have noticed a couple in my house already. I decided to look into a web site about the spider, because I needed to see a picture of one to make sure the spider I have seen in my house is infact the White Tail. Nasty little creature. Good on you Helen for helping people become aware of the spider and what treatments can be used to help ease the pain.

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Thankyou for your informative site it seems there are quite a few people that have fallen victim to the white tail I can only assume the bite I received was from the same spider. All symptoms are exact in detail and the area I was bitten was in was thick scrub (no shoes) with a lot of leaf litter covering the floor, prime habitat for this species. I spent between 9-10 months in a great deal of pain with 4 ulcers in the arch of my foot 6 years later there is still a slight discoloration at the original bite site. By memory I read years ago that certain species of wolf spider have also been blamed for Necrotising arachnidisim has this since been proven/ disproven? Keep up the good work!

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Keen to learn more about the spider and want to know how to get rid of it long term.

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Thank you for your informitive information. I have not been biten by the spider but do have them in my house. Should I fumigate the entire house or am I being a bit over the top.

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For any one reading through this, my guest book, feel free to email me direct on hfmidgley@internode.on.net or phone me on 08 85582738 or mobile 0418812667. I am the President of the Spider Bite Recovery Support Group Inc International