More dangerous than you think: a leg amputated by a spider bite

Arkansas, United States. Some seem harmless, others cause fear, they even cause phobia, but in spiders they must always be careful, because the bite of some can cause irreversible damage, such as the case of A woman from Arkansas, who claims to have amputate a leg after being bitten by an arachnid.

Kiara Boulton, a mother of three, was admitted to the St. Francis Hospital Emergency Room in Memphis, Tennessee, after suffering a bite from a hospital. spider while attending an event with parents.

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"I was watching my little cousins ​​at the prom and his father started asking, & # 39; Why are you limping? "Kiara told WREG, affiliate of CNN.

" I think I've been bitten by a spider and he's telling me " Well, what kind do you think it's about? A recluse brown . "

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Being diabetic since the age of 10, the woman went to the hospital, where she was prescribed a drug for the sting

However, Kiara said that three days after the bite a toe became black, so he returned to the hospital and was told that he had to the amputee

Kiara had seven operations thereafter, which according to her are the result of sting of the brown recluse spider since little by little gangrene continued to progress in his leg, although the hospital could not speak directly to the case.

The brown recluse spider is one of the most dangerous on the planet. powerful poison, which, with the black widow, is of great medical importance, because its bite can cause lesions that cause gangrene

This arachnid lives in the open air among stones, bunches of wood or firewood or in dark interiors.