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Tarantula Bite
Aka: Tarantula Bite, Tarantula, Poisoning due to Tarantula Spider Venom, Tarantula Venom
- Epidemiology
- Most common in Desert Southwest
- Types: Tarantula genera
- Acanthoscurria
- Brachypelma
- Gramostola
- Lasiodora
- Symptoms
- Bite reactions
- Mild stinging with minimal inflammation at bite site
- No local necrosis or systemic reactions
- Skin exposure to hairs on dorsal Tarantula body
- Severe localized Pruritus
- Eye exposure to hairs on dorsal Tarantula body
- Corneal Foreign Body reaction
- Causes ophthalmia nodosa or keratoconjunctivitis
- Management: Symptomatic
- Thorough Wound Cleansing
- Tetanus Prophylaxis
- Elevate extremity
- Oral Analgesics
- Management: Eye reactions (Ophthalmia nodosa)
- Immediate ophthalmology referral
- Course
- Bites
- Bites have mild effects in humans
- Bites may be lethal in animals (esp. dogs)
- Eye reaction: Ophthalmia nodosa
- Risk of Keratitis, Uveitis, chorioretinitis
- References
- Diaz (2007) Am Fam Physician 75(6):869-73 [PubMed]
- Isbister (2003) Toxicon 41:519-24 [PubMed]
- Rutzen (1993) Am J Ophthalmol 116:381-2 [PubMed]