Treatment
The majority of the patients heal from a bite incident. First aid treatment has not been proven to be useful, but applying pressure and warming the wound may cause symptom worsening.
When leaving patients untreated, symptoms resolve in a couple of hours to days. Respiratory paralysis occurs rarely, and support of the respiratory cardiac tract will be required. When the bite incident becomes too painful, antivenin is administrated., Doctors recommend the use of pain relief medicine before antivenin administration. Such medicines are opioid analgesics, benzodiazepines, calcium gluconate and antispasmodic and relaxant drugs. These medicines are considered because antivenin can induce allergenic reactions. There are cases where systemic latrodectism occur, which can affect the patient for months.
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