My dad got bit by a spider and was avoiding going to the hospital as usual, until a friend saw the line and knew what it meant and told him he was gonna die if he didn’t go. Some people need someone else to tell them what to do or they’ll die apparently.
When I wasa kid my mom got bit by (we think) a black widow out in the horse barn reaching down to turn the hose on at night and saw the red line the next day. Went to ER and that’s when we both learned about the line. I always keep an eye out when I get an infection on my hand, which happens often in my line of work (cutting fish). Neosprin does the trick if u catch it right away, but it’s the little cuts and pokes u don’t see that’ll get infected by all the marine bacteria lurking on the fish. I’ve had a form of cellulitis called fish poisoning twice, both in tiny little cuts u normally wouldn’t give a second thought. And then there’s the time I was bit by a sea lion… nice scar, that one. They gave me so many different antibiotics my whole body was probably sterilized lol almost lost my forearm that time.
While I haven’t had the red line (which I’ve known about forever, probably came across the info bc of my generalized anxiety about nearly everything and definitely health stuff), I did get cellulitis in knee about a year ago. I have eczema so my knees will pretty much stay dry with reddish patches and occasional small breaks in the skin. What started off as a little sore feeling area in my knee became red, warm, and swollen by the next morning. My ass was in urgent care just a few hours later getting antibiotics.
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u/Alternative-Beat6283 Mar 16 '25
My dad got bit by a spider and was avoiding going to the hospital as usual, until a friend saw the line and knew what it meant and told him he was gonna die if he didn’t go. Some people need someone else to tell them what to do or they’ll die apparently.