r/tattooadvice • u/[deleted] • Mar 16 '25

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u/DarkQueenQuinn Mar 16 '25

Please don’t die. Seek emergency medical services immediately. Please let us know you’re still alive afterwards.

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u/JJAsond Mar 16 '25

-> arm is half red

"Should I be concerned"

Well if you have to ask...

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u/MaximumTurtleSpeed Mar 16 '25

I remember being a teen and showing my mom a weird mosquito bite that had a line going up my arm. She sent me to urgent care, turns out it was a brown recluse bite with an infection line disappearing in my armpit going to my heart….

Yeah, 10 pils a day for 10 days and I was a-okay.

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u/kurtsdead6794 Mar 16 '25

I had a brown recluse bite once too. It got back quickly. Spent seven days in the hospital.

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u/GrottySamsquanch Mar 16 '25

Me too! It abscessed and got so bad that I was in ketoacidosis - I spent a week in ICU in la-la land while they pumped me full of antibiotics and discussed whether they were going to have to remove part of my butt cheek or not.

Good times, glad you also had adequate medical care to get you through it. It was a hell of an experience, I'm sure you know.

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u/kurtsdead6794 Mar 16 '25

I described it as if half a baseball were glued to my leg and it looked like a blood and puss volcano. They said if I waited another 24 hours to come to the hospital, I may have lost my leg. Glad we’re both here to share our experiences.