Doctors are warning people about what symptoms to watch out for after a Georgia man nearly lost his leg from a brown recluse spider bite.
Brown recluse spiders aren't quick to bite and typically only do so when threatened. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't be prepared in case one does strike you."Overall these bites are uncommon but quick medical attention is recommended for all," Friedman told CBS News.
According to the expert, it can be hard to know you've been bitten because you may not feel it at first."The bite may be painless. However, the patient may develop redness, a blister and eventual tissue death," Friedman explained."Progressively worsening pain, versus itch and skin breakdown, should also push one to seek care."
Lustman said he eventually experienced the redness extending into steak marks that looked like someone scratched along his leg—which the Mayo Clinic saysAccording to Friedman, other systemic symptoms may include fever, chills, vomiting, joint pain, blood in urine, and possible shock or death. "Make sure you go to seek professional medical attention, because if I didn't, I could have lost my leg," Lustman said in his interview with CBS News."This is your body, you need to attend to it and take care of it, because you don't know how serious these things can really get and how how bad it could be—I didn't realize that."
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