The spider bit this: 7 operations and amputation of a leg

A woman in the United States underwent amputation of one leg after a brown recluse spider bit her finger on one of her feet.

Kiara Boulton, a resident of the city of West Memphis (Arkansas, USA). UU.) Recognizing that he did not feel the sting and did not realize that after taking a shower, according to the WREG local chain Tuesday

Already in the emergency room, doctors at a local hospital prescribed him to Boulton – who is diabetic since the age of 10 – special drugs .

But three days after identifying the bite, his finger became black, so he went back to the hospital. At that time, the doctors told him that they had to amputate the leg.

Since then, Boulton has undergone 7 surgeries, which was costly to his family

The brown recluse spider, family Sicariidae, is in danger to the human being because of its power necrotic poison : capable of inflicting severe damage to internal organs, extremities and even causing death if the sting is not treated in time.

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