Unknown Spider: Signs and Symptoms
If spiderbite is confirmed, the identity of the spider is important in prognosis and in treatment, particularly in the choice of antivenom. Sometimes clinical presentation can aid in determining the species.
Identification made on the basis of clinical presentation may be aided or confirmed by considering visual appearance and distribution of the species.
| Sign or Symptom | Probable Species |
"Sympathetic overdrive". The specific signs of this condition may include:
| Funnelweb Mouse Spider |
| Dyspnoea Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema | Funnelweb Mouse Spider |
| Dizziness | Redback Brown House Spider |
| Regional pain Swelling at regional lymph nodes | Redback Brown House Spider |
| Absence of neourological impairment other than drowsiness | White-tailed spider, Black house spider, Huntsman, etc. |
| Headache | Funnelweb Mouse Spider |
| Redback Brown House Spider | |
| Sweating | Funnelweb Mouse Spider |
| Redback Brown House Spider | |
| Nausea and vomiting | Funnelweb Mouse Spider |
| Redback Brown House Spider | |
| White-tailed spider, Black house spider, Huntsman, etc. | |
| Local pain Local erythema Local oedema | Funnelweb Mouse Spider |
| Redback Brown House Spider | |
| White-tailed spider, Black house spider, Huntsman, etc. |