[BC] Spiders

[Glen Kippel]

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Broadcast List USER <Broadcast at fetrow.org> wrote:
>Black Widows won't kill you.  They really won't even make you sick.
>They just have a very irritating bite.  The chance of any sort of life
>threatening effect is against the very young or very old.  In general,
>no medical intervention is needed, though the bites can be very
>uncomfortable.  
 
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My experience says otherwise.  I have since heard that if you are stung, drinking a lot of milk afterwards will help.  But my stomach cramps, pain and hypertnsion were quite real, and so was my trip to the ER.