APPENDIX: ARTHROPOD ENVENOMIZATION REACTIONS AND TREATMENT
The material presented in this appendix was prepared by Lt Col John C. Moseley, USAF, MC, Dermatologist, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB, Texas.
[BLACK WIDOW SPIDER]
REACTIONS
IMMEDIATE: Pinprick sensation from the bite
LOCAL: Dull numbing pain; two red puncture marks at bite site. Pain peaks at 1-3 hours and persists 12-48 hours
REGIONAL:
1. Severe muscular pain and spasm 2. Rigid boardlike abdomen 3. Tightness in chest and pain on inspiration
GENERAL:
1. Rigidity and spasm of all large muscle groups; excruciating abdominal pain 2. Convulsions, paralysis 3. Shock