Praying it's systemic loxoscelism
Hi, spider expert here! Kyle Rittenhouse was bitten by a Brown Recluse (loxosceles reclusa). Unlike widow bites, recluse bites don't affect the nervous system. Instead, they are a cytotoxic venom, destroying local tissues at the site of the bite.. So how bad could this get? Well...
Kyle Rittenhouse hospitalized
Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two protesters during a social rights demonstration in 2020, was hospitalized on Wednesday after a venomous spider bite. He shared a photo of himself in a hospital ...
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May 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Praying it's systemic loxoscelism
Recluse bites can turn into necrotic, open sores. Severe cases, known as systemic loxoscelism, can lead to kidney failure, seizures, and blood disorders. Here's to Kyle developing them all. Couldn't happen to a more deserving person.
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May 7, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Recluse bites can turn into necrotic, open sores. Severe cases, known as systemic loxoscelism, can lead to kidney failure, seizures, and blood disorders. Here's to Kyle developing them all. Couldn't happen to a more deserving person.
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No, that's local loxoscelism.
Systemic loxoscelism is when the venom gets into the blood.
Systemic loxoscelism is when the venom gets into the blood.
May 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM
No, that's local loxoscelism.
Systemic loxoscelism is when the venom gets into the blood.
Systemic loxoscelism is when the venom gets into the blood.
The lethality of recluse bites is EXTREMELY overblown, out of all confirmed bites, only 15% develop /any/ kind of symptoms beyond a red spot on the bite site, and off that 15% only 5% develop Loxoscelism, the medical condition known for the necrotized wounds and in eleven rarer cases, organ failure
May 7, 2026 at 7:33 PM
The lethality of recluse bites is EXTREMELY overblown, out of all confirmed bites, only 15% develop /any/ kind of symptoms beyond a red spot on the bite site, and off that 15% only 5% develop Loxoscelism, the medical condition known for the necrotized wounds and in eleven rarer cases, organ failure
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May 7, 2026 at 2:51 AM
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Loxoscelism can be life threatening. If he complained of chest pain after a suspected bite, an ECG makes sense. But he looks pretty damn good for someone with this condition so I’m skeptical. Bottom line though, I hope it hurts…a lot.
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Clinical Practice Guidelines: Brown Recluse Spider (Loxoscelism) | Quality and Patient Safety at Monroe Carell
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May 7, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Loxoscelism can be life threatening. If he complained of chest pain after a suspected bite, an ECG makes sense. But he looks pretty damn good for someone with this condition so I’m skeptical. Bottom line though, I hope it hurts…a lot.
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Hoping for systemic Loxoscelism
May 8, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Hoping for systemic Loxoscelism
Brown recluse envenomation should be considered in children presenting with cellulitis & sepsis who subsequently develop #warmAIHA, as #HemolyticLoxoscelism can manifest with direct antiglobulin test positivity & mimic drug-induced pathology.
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Case Report: Brown Recluse Envenomation Triggers Warm AIHA in Child
Loxoscelism can precipitate warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) with DAT positivity in pediatric patients.
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February 26, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Brown recluse envenomation should be considered in children presenting with cellulitis & sepsis who subsequently develop #warmAIHA, as #HemolyticLoxoscelism can manifest with direct antiglobulin test positivity & mimic drug-induced pathology.
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Horse paste and tea for a recluse bite, yeah, good luck with that one.
(If you are at all squeamish, please do NOT look up "loxoscelism", the primary necrotic condition caused by recluse bites. This is not reverse psychology, it is incredibly gross.)
(If you are at all squeamish, please do NOT look up "loxoscelism", the primary necrotic condition caused by recluse bites. This is not reverse psychology, it is incredibly gross.)
July 10, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Horse paste and tea for a recluse bite, yeah, good luck with that one.
(If you are at all squeamish, please do NOT look up "loxoscelism", the primary necrotic condition caused by recluse bites. This is not reverse psychology, it is incredibly gross.)
(If you are at all squeamish, please do NOT look up "loxoscelism", the primary necrotic condition caused by recluse bites. This is not reverse psychology, it is incredibly gross.)
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Loxoscelism is the collaborative effort between Nothingdreamer and Bile Ducts.
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June 26, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Nothingdreamer & Bile Ducts
Loxoscelism is the collaborative effort between Nothingdreamer and Bile Ducts.
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Loxoscelism is the collaborative effort between Nothingdreamer and Bile Ducts.
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There is a saying in medicine along the lines of “It’s never a spider bite!” Obviously sometimes it is, but it’s common for people to assume and it ends up just being another bug bite or a bacterial infection. With a recluse bite, systemic symptoms (loxoscelism) are rare but possible.
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Kyle Rittenhouse was bitten by a brown recluse spider.
Karma.
Karma.
May 7, 2026 at 10:17 PM
There is a saying in medicine along the lines of “It’s never a spider bite!” Obviously sometimes it is, but it’s common for people to assume and it ends up just being another bug bite or a bacterial infection. With a recluse bite, systemic symptoms (loxoscelism) are rare but possible.
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Case report describes a 9-year-old girl with severe malnutrition who developed biliary obstruction, pancreatitis, and cholestasis due to Fasciola spp., with concurrent Ascaris lumbricoides infection
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Chronic Fasciola hepatica infection in a patient with cutaneous visceral loxoscelism: paediatric case report - Blanca Salazar-Mesones, Laura Melissa Mori-Llontop, Alfredo Chiappe-Gonzalez, Claudia Laz...
We present the case of a 9-year-old girl from the Peruvian Andean Region (Ancash), diagnosed with fascioliasis, who was also suffering from severe malnutrition....
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July 24, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Case report describes a 9-year-old girl with severe malnutrition who developed biliary obstruction, pancreatitis, and cholestasis due to Fasciola spp., with concurrent Ascaris lumbricoides infection
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Arthropod-Related Zoonotic Sepsis Caused by Capnocytophaga Canimorsus
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Arthropod-Related Zoonotic Sepsis Caused by Capnocytophaga Canimorsus
Loxosceles spp. bites can occasionally lead to systemic loxoscelism, including hemolysis and severe systemic illness. Secondary bacterial infections after spider bites are rarely reported and usual...
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September 22, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Arthropod-Related Zoonotic Sepsis Caused by Capnocytophaga Canimorsus
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🔗 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-026-01840-3
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Still the first image on the Loxoscelism wikipedia page!
August 19, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Still the first image on the Loxoscelism wikipedia page!
New article published in Scientific Note's Section
New Records of Loxosceles amazonica Gertsch, 1967 (Arachnida: Araneae: Sicariidae) from Tocantins, Brazil with Description of Female Genitalia Variation
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New Records of Loxosceles amazonica Gertsch, 1967 (Arachnida: Araneae: Sicariidae) from Tocantins, Brazil with Description of Female Genitalia Variation
doi: doi.org/10.12741/ebr...
#Spider #Cerrado #Epigynum #Haplogynae #Loxoscelism
December 20, 2024 at 10:08 PM
New article published in Scientific Note's Section
New Records of Loxosceles amazonica Gertsch, 1967 (Arachnida: Araneae: Sicariidae) from Tocantins, Brazil with Description of Female Genitalia Variation
doi: doi.org/10.12741/ebr...
#Spider #Cerrado #Epigynum #Haplogynae #Loxoscelism
New Records of Loxosceles amazonica Gertsch, 1967 (Arachnida: Araneae: Sicariidae) from Tocantins, Brazil with Description of Female Genitalia Variation
doi: doi.org/10.12741/ebr...
#Spider #Cerrado #Epigynum #Haplogynae #Loxoscelism
Children more vulnerable to brown recluse spider bites, Vanderbilt study says
Children more vulnerable to brown recluse spider bites, Vanderbilt study says
VUMC warns that patients presenting symptoms of systemic loxoscelism often don’t know they were bitten.
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July 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Children more vulnerable to brown recluse spider bites, Vanderbilt study says
Successful Management of Intravascular Hemolysis Caused by Systemic Loxoscelism With Antivenom: A Case Report
Successful Management of Intravascular Hemolysis Caused by Systemic Loxoscelism With Antivenom: A Case Report Abstract Spider bites, particularly from Loxosceles species, pose a public…
Successful Management of Intravascular Hemolysis Caused by Systemic Loxoscelism With Antivenom: A Case Report Abstract Spider bites, particularly from Loxosceles species, pose a public…
Successful Management of Intravascular Hemolysis Caused by Systemic Loxoscelism With Antivenom: A Case Report
Successful Management of Intravascular Hemolysis Caused by Systemic Loxoscelism With Antivenom: A Case Report Abstract Spider bites, particularly from Loxosceles species, pose a public health concern in Mexico. A case of systemic loxoscelism in a 33-year-old woman who developed acute intravascular hemolysis is presented. The patient was successfully treated with blood transfusions and Reclusmyn, a Mexican antivenom. Her clinical and laboratory improvement supports the therapeutic value of antivenom in severe envenomation.
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September 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Successful Management of Intravascular Hemolysis Caused by Systemic Loxoscelism With Antivenom: A Case Report
Successful Management of Intravascular Hemolysis Caused by Systemic Loxoscelism With Antivenom: A Case Report Abstract Spider bites, particularly from Loxosceles species, pose a public…
Successful Management of Intravascular Hemolysis Caused by Systemic Loxoscelism With Antivenom: A Case Report Abstract Spider bites, particularly from Loxosceles species, pose a public…
Venom from Loxosceles Spiders Collected in Southeastern and Northeastern Brazilian Regions Cause Hemotoxic Effects on Human Blood Components todayheadline
Venom from Loxosceles Spiders Collected in Southeastern and Northeastern Brazilian Regions Cause Hemotoxic Effects on Human Blood Components…
Venom from Loxosceles Spiders Collected in Southeastern and Northeastern Brazilian Regions Cause Hemotoxic Effects on Human Blood Components…
Venom from Loxosceles Spiders Collected in Southeastern and Northeastern Brazilian Regions Cause Hemotoxic Effects on Human Blood Components todayheadline
Venom from Loxosceles Spiders Collected in Southeastern and Northeastern Brazilian Regions Cause Hemotoxic Effects on Human Blood Components Abstract Spiders of the genus Loxosceles represent a public health problem in Brazil due to the severity of the cutaneous and systemic effects that may result from their bite. In the systemic form of loxoscelism, hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and disseminated intravascular coagulation can occur.
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December 10, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Venom from Loxosceles Spiders Collected in Southeastern and Northeastern Brazilian Regions Cause Hemotoxic Effects on Human Blood Components todayheadline
Venom from Loxosceles Spiders Collected in Southeastern and Northeastern Brazilian Regions Cause Hemotoxic Effects on Human Blood Components…
Venom from Loxosceles Spiders Collected in Southeastern and Northeastern Brazilian Regions Cause Hemotoxic Effects on Human Blood Components…
Real friends are the ones who give your enemies loxoscelism
August 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Real friends are the ones who give your enemies loxoscelism