Brown Recluse Spider Spreads Fear After It Nearly Blinds Texas Student
Brown recluse spider is now causing arachnophobia to some people after the news about how it nearly blinds a girl from Texas surfaced.
[Brown recluse spider photo: graftedno1]
The brown recluse spider is now considered more dangerous than the highly-dreaded black widow because of the way its venom affects the human victim and not just how poisonous it is.
A bite from the brown recluse spider causes necrosis, a premature death of cells in living tissue (treated via surgery), and this is why people should avoid this spider at all cost.
Bites from the brown recluse can be excruciating and it takes months before it heals. Aside from the nasty scar, typical side effects of the attack include dizziness, fever and muscle soreness.
Few deaths were reported as a result of getting bitten, mostly children and elderly individuals.
A study by graduate student Erin Saupe of University of Kansas predicted that the brown recluse spider is slowly spreading in the US. By 2020, by using computer modeling, the possible migration of these spiders can move towards Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and New York.
The brown recluse became popular after the report on a student from Texas named Nikki Perez surfaced. Perez was bitten at the Amarillo airport last September 2011 and lost part of her ear and nearly lost her eye sight after being hospitalized for 5 days.
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