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.
Black
widow spider bites may cause minimal swelling at the site, but can cause intense pain and even paralysis lasting up to 48 hours.
Not exact matches
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.