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01-28-2006, 11:13 PM
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Where's the bag of trix?
 
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white spider bite
see photo at:
http://www.dailypost.co.nz/storyprin...toryID=3668083
Anna-Marie Monk's white tail spider bite. Picture: Kelly Blanchard
Beware the bite of the white tail spider!
11.01.2006
By KELLY BLANCHARD in Rotorua
Anna-Marie Monk had a bad start to the New Year after being bitten by a
white tail spider, hospitalising her for four days.
The Rotorua mother was in the North Shore house-sitting for a friend on New
Year's Eve when she noticed a tiny red dot on her arm. She thought it was a
small pimple and didn't worry until later on, when it started to get sore.
By midday, the pain hadn't gone. "By 4pm my arm started to feel really heavy
and by 6pm it was really hot, so I put some ice on it."
Later, she started flu symptoms: "I was tired, had a headache and was
drowsy, so just had a couple of Panadol and went to bed."
The following morning, the red mark on her arm was the size of her palm and
her arm was swollen. She went to North Shore Hospital. She was given an
intravenous shot in her arm, some antibiotics and sent away.
But by that night, the pain, drowsiness, swelling and hard red mark on her
arm were worse, so she went back to hospital, where she stayed four days.
Doctors told her the bite had become more infected than most bites.
It took her a while to get over the flu-like symptoms but she feels okay
now.
Dr Mazen Shasha, head of the Rotorua Hospital emergency department, said
there were as many as four people going to the hospital each week with
mysterious bites. White tail spiders have a rectangular body shape and a
white-grey spot on their tail end. The spider is reasonably common in the
North Island.
They prefer dark cool environments and are often found on the inside of
drapes, inside on the upper walls near the ceiling, in bedrooms and also in
bathrooms.
A number of the bites occur when people sit on the spiders or when they drop
from the ceiling at night.
The spiders get a fright, then bite in an attempt to protect themselves. The
spider venom is usually mixed with stomach contents and a bite may lead to
infection, so it is wise to seek medical advice.
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01-29-2006, 12:06 AM
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Are those lines drawn on by a marker or is that from the bite?
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01-29-2006, 12:16 AM
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ewwww. they drop from the ceiling on you. that is nightmare material!
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01-29-2006, 12:18 AM
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