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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WolfSpider" data-source="post: 127369" data-attributes="member: 24627"><p>Concur with [USER=4086]@MassExodus[/USER].  I am a physician.  There has NEVER been a documented case of anaphylaxis from a T bite.  The venom is made of short chain polypeptides.  The molecules in a venom bolus cannot form an epitope with mast cells or eosinophils (The cells that guide an anaphylactic reaction).  If bitten, you might be in so much pain and anguish that it might seem like anaphylaxis, but be rest assured, you will never need your Epipen.</p></blockquote><p></p>