A red-back spider bite in a lymphoedematous arm.
We administered a record eight ampoules of antivenom over one week to a 55-year-old woman with a red-back spider bite on her chronically lymphoedematous right arm. She had severe local signs of envenomation but relatively little systemic effect. The final antivenom dose, injected subcutaneously at the bite site, had a good effect.
Couser
G A
GA
Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Brisbane Hospital, QLD. G.Couser@mailbox.uq.edu.au
Wilkes
G J
GJ
D000997:Antivenins / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001132:Arm; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012713:Serum Sickness / Q000209:etiology; D001098:Spider Bites / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy
D000997:Antivenins