May & June have become Centipede months in my...

[Beachboy]

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Originally posted by Loretta

Husband got up in the middle of the night Monday and suddenly his foot was burning along with intense itching. The next morning we could not find the "bite marks" and were unsure if it was a centipede or a spider. By the morning the foot and ankle were bright red and terribly, terribly swollen. We finally ended up taking him to the doctor on Tues. afternoon. He was given a tetanus shot (doc said that cetipedes are dirty little critters) and antibiotics. Doc said that if the foot was not getting better in 24 hours then he would have to be admitted to the hospital. We convinced ourselves that the foot was looking a little better on Wed. to avoid hospital(really it was not)but by this morning we could definitely see that the swelling had gone down some. We never found any centipedes or spiders (dead or alive)in the house. Scary stuff.

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it sure sounds like a centipede encounter to me. I remember back in the mid 70's getting stung twice in a matter of minutes! I was in bed in Lahaina Maui, and awoke to a terrible stinging,burning sensation on my lower back/upper buttock. It was so bad, I was sure I was attacked by something. I flew out of bed,and quickly started rip to covers off my bed. While doing this I must have moved the centipede to the floor. "Bam", stung again, this time bottom of foot! Pain & discomfort stayed about one week to ten days after I was stung.

I just took away another centipede from my two dogs just about ann hour ago!!! Both of my dogs are under 3yrs of age,and I don't think either have been stung yet!

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