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Does this look like a spider bite?

My daughter has a big bite on her leg it has gotten pretty red since this moment it happened.

Female | 2 years old
Complaint duration: 1day
Medications: just ointment to stop the itch
Conditions: just redness and swelling

3 Answers

A bite of some sort. Needs medical eval. Brown Recluse looks like this, and the toxin from the bite develops rapidly and continues into a gangrenous sap on the extremity.
It is possibly a spider bite, but I would still get it checked - esp if she appears sick or has a fever.
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It looks like a bite and may be infected and need oral medication