Has anyone ever heard of someone having a reaction to a BP bite? I sold a baby (4 months old) BP to a woman and her son two weeks ago. The woman called today and said her son was bitten last night by the snake and immediately his arm swelled up and red streaks ran up the arm and there were hives all over his arm. The bite did NOT bleed she said. She had to take him to the ER and they called poison control to see what to do. They gave him a shot of Benadryl and he hyperventilated.



Overreaction?



I was bitten by a tiny little spider last summer and it tingled for about 10 minutes before it swelled up, got red and white blotches and ran up my arm. I knew it wasn't a brown recluse or a black widow so I just waited for the swelling to go down.



I think they are wacko and I don't believe it was from the snake bite.



I have a friend who was bitten by a cottnmouth on the finger and even that didn't swell for almost 30 minutes.



I tried to explain to the woman that it wasn't possible for this reaction to be from the snake but she wouldn't listen.



I think all of this reaction was in his head because of fear of snakes. He said there is only one teeny tiny puncture of one tooth and you can't even see it now, only 12 hours later.



Karen

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