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I had a bite. The red patch expanded to 162mm similar to stage 2 in the picture. The Doctor treated me with keflex 1000mg morning & 1000 mg night, for 5 days. Dosage started with the red patch at 30mm dia. It worked! No I.D. of spider needed as the doctor is experienced from previous patients. This is better than others having problems for 12 months etc. My Fax (08) 8683 4808 if you believe you need help, but be tactful with your G.P. as this is a contraversial issue. Usually females are on NSW/VIC but I believe it's the male in stealth is the contraversial one in SA which is little known. It seems contraversial that there are 2 different species! NSW v SA/WA!! Mark Mitchell.

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Hi i was just wondering do you guys still catch snakes in the wild and take their venom or do you have snakes in a lab that you just use

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My 2 year old daugther was just bitten by the white tail spider today and it is just mind settling that i can come to your site and find out information bout this horrible creature. My daugther thought it was a cricket she was playing with but then she started crying screaming the cricket bite me that's when we realised it wasn't a cricket. She has a red mark on her wrist now so thank you for your web site because up till now i had no idea what this spiders bite actually can do. So now i am aware of what can develop from here thank you

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Thankyou for all of this information it has helped a lot. I am totally amazed at the pure ignorance of doctors to this extremely horrific spider bite. I have recently been bitten and for weeks didn't know the cause. Only by speaking to people have I learn't a lot and found this web site. I have since tried to purchase "Eucanol" at a chemist and have been told it has been descontinued, is there any where that still sells it ? Thankyou

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I was bitten by the white-tail spider two years ago in my bed. I had sat on it so the bite is right underneath my right my butt cheek. Started off looking like a small ulcer, then turned into six ulcers. They then joined together into a cyst like looking thing and then burst inwards to my leg. This happened over a period of six months. Since then I have continuously suffered with a very large football like looking thing on my leg. Extremely painful, always weeping, excrutiatingly itchy.... neverending. I have tried numerous antibiotics which have caused negative effects. I tried steroids for six months. Have been to the best skin specialist to the best naturopath with no luck so far. It is great to see a website where people can understand and be sympathetic to the situation. If there is anyone with successful answers, I would be delighted to hear from you. Cheers.

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Thanks for this web site. I found what I was looking for. I'll be back.

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Thanks for the informative site, I have followed the research on the Whitetail spider for some time, a nurse working in Auckland it is interesting/frightening to see more of these happening here. There is still the misconception that the spider is poisonous rather than the bite actually containing bacteria. Interesting results on the bites with Manuka honey and Manuka Oil (Tea Tree), having antibacterial properties and antifungal properties is working well to combat the infections caused by these bites. Would like to hear from people who have had bites in New Zealand, to add to the statistics I am collecting for papers at present.