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    A spider bite, also known as arachnidism, is an injury resulting from the bite of a spider. The effects of most bites are not serious. Most bites result...
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    family "Loxoscelidae") is a recluse spider with necrotic venom. Similar to those of other recluse spiders, their bites sometimes require medical attention...
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  • A number of spiders can cause spider bites that are medically important. Almost all spiders produce venom but only a few are classified as "venomous"...
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    The Spider Bite or The Red Spot is a modern urban legend that emerged in England during the 1970s. The legend features a young woman from a frigid, northern...
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    spiders and small vertebrates that become ensnared in its web. It kills its prey by injecting a complex venom through its two fangs when it bites, before...
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    produced by the bite of the recluse spiders (genus Loxosceles). The area becomes dusky and a shallow open sore forms as the skin around the bite dies (necrosis)...
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    the bites, a scientific study by Isbister and Gray (2003) showed they had other causes, mostly infections. A study of 130 white-tailed spider bites found...
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  • a spider bite is due to the effect of its venom. A spider envenomation occurs whenever a spider injects venom into the skin. Not all spider bites inject...
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    to humans, and bites by spiders of six of the species have caused severe injuries to victims. The bites of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus)...
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    Wolf spiders inject venom if continually provoked. Symptoms of their bites include swelling, mild pain, and itching. In the past, necrotic bites have...
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    (/lætrəˈdɛktɪzəm/) is the illness caused by the bite of Latrodectus spiders (the black widow spider and related species). Pain, muscle rigidity, vomiting...
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    radius of Sydney. It is a member of a group of spiders known as Australian funnel-web spiders. Its bite is capable of causing serious illness or death...
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    for a spider bite to be verified. In the case of the two genera with the highest reported number of bites, Loxosceles and Latrodectus, spider bites were...
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    bites were severe or repeated. However, the formal study of spider bites is fraught with complications, including unpredictable infections, dry bites...
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    are venomous spiders known for their bite, which sometimes produces a characteristic set of symptoms known as loxoscelism. Recluse spiders are now identified...
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    is no evidence that hobo spider bites cause skin necrosis. Some bites reportedly from the closely related desert grass spider, Agelenopsis aperta, may...
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    its bites often result in serious systemic reactions, up to and including death. The Chilean recluse is one of the larger species of recluse spiders, generally...
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    shooting: Rust crew member in hospital for 'multiple surgeries' after spider bite". Sky News. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved...
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    members of the genus, they are often referred to as Brazilian wandering spiders. Its bite can cause severe symptoms, including increased pulse, blood pressure...
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  • Latrodectus are venomous to humans, and their bite constitutes a medical emergency. Envenomation by these spiders can be fatal to children and ill or infirm...
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    threats. When a widow spider is trapped, it is unlikely to bite, preferring to play dead or flick silk at the potential threat; bites occur when they cannot...
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    Steatoda nobilis (category Spiders of Europe)
    moderately medically significant spider, with most bites resulting in symptoms similar to a bee or wasp sting. Some bites may cause more significant harm...
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    "Spiders of the Eastern United States". Pearson Education. 1: 363. Vetter, R. S.; Isbister, G. K. (2006). "Verified bites by the woodlouse spider, Dysdera...
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    containing venom are more likely to be painful. Less frequently, venomous spider bites are also associated with morbidity and mortality in humans. Most arthropod...
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    America as the "hobo spider", and considered by some to be more likely to bite humans. Giant house spiders may compete with hobo spiders for the same resources...
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    The diving bell spider or water spider (Argyroneta aquatica) is the only species of spider known to live almost entirely under water. It is the only member...
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    M. (2016). "Transient Reverse Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Following a Spider Bite in Greece A Case Report". Medicine. 94 (5): e457. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000000457...
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    highly venomous spiders, including the Sydney funnel-web spider, its relatives in the family Hexathelidae, and the redback spider, whose bites can be extremely...
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  • dry bite is a bite by a venomous animal in which no venom is released. Dry snake bites are called "venomous snake bite without envenoming". A dry bite from...
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  • of spider bites is due to the effect of its venom. A spider envenomation occurs whenever a spider injects venom into the skin. Not all spider bites inject...
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