I got bit by what the docs assumed was a Hobo spider about 12-14 hears ago. I'd left my motorcycle gloves out on the patio and evidently the little basterd crawled inside.
Put the glove on and 5 seconds later it felt like my finger had been shot by a bb at close range. Within an hour or so the finger was swollen to twice its normal size and OWFUCK!!
The swelling started spreading into the other fingers and through my whole hand so considering I didn't know wtf I'd been bitten or stung by I headed to the Urgency clinic.
The doctor as mentioned said he thought it was a spider bite and probably a Hobo. Later when I got in to see my regular doc he agreed. Put me on Benadryl and gave me an anti-biotic shot
along with a script for more antibiotics.
Over the next couple days the swelling progressed up my arm and reached my shoulder before it finally started to clear up. Not just a little swelling either. My fingers looked like
sausages and even though I've got a pretty high pain tolerance it was definitely enough to make my eyes water. Arm was bright red and you could feel the heat radiating off it from 6
inches away. I kept ice wraps on the hand and as much of the arm as I could. It was a week or better before all the swelling left my hand and a while longer before I could use
it as normal. No necrosis.
All I've got left now to show for it is a 1/4 inch white spot/scar on the finger and a habit of stomping on my
gloves before I put them on.