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Spider Bite?

Small Red Sore Could Be Any Type of Bug

Updated September 18, 2011

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Possible spider bite
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A lot of infected sores are identified -- even diagnosed -- as spider bites. In truth, unless you have a spider to identify as the culprit, the odds are against a spider bite.

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