Sentences with phrase «black widow spider bites»
Black widow spider bites may cause minimal swelling at the site, but can cause intense pain and even paralysis lasting up to 48 hours.
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Diagnosed with what seemed to be a black widow spider bite on his rear leg, Jack was referred to us for hyperbaric oxygen treatment to reduce swelling.
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The bright red markings on the back of a female black widow spider is a clear warning to people to stay away — the venom in her bite can be lethal.
Although a house spider's bite is not as painful as the black widow's, Garb and her colleagues were surprised to find that its venom is seething with latrotoxins — 47 in all, they revealed on 16 February in BMC Genomics.
It has long been known that black widow spiders, like some venomous snakes, can deliver «dry bites» to warn off larger animals without wasting venom on them.