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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WolfSpider" data-source="post: 188930" data-attributes="member: 24627">I am a doctor.  Redness around a bite is called inflammation.  Venom itself can case heart palpitations, extreme pain, muscle cramps, myalgias, nausea  and fatigue.  None of which is an allergic reaction.   Think about cobra venom...it can kill you but may not produce an allergic response.  Now, think about susceptible people who have bee sting allergies.  The common hunny bee can send people into anaphylaxis--without epinephrine, they can suffocate or have a cardiac arrest.  Yet, those who are not susceptible,  bee stings are trivial.The reason there has never been a recorded allergic reaction to tarantula venom is because it is impossible!  It takes a certain sized protein or epitope to cause an allergic response.Megalomorph venom is primitive and all proteins in the venom are too small to invoke an allergic reaction.Now, I am done discussing this point.  Those who believe something else are welcome to it.  Science can't compete with ignorance, and education is not a competition.</blockquote>