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Agony after spider bites trouser snake
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by tigers9 on May 13, 2010
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It seems to be a real story, not a prank, does anybody have an access to this whole article?
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http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/
Clinical Correspondence
The first account of a bite by the New Zealand native spider Trite planiceps (Araneae: Salticidae)
José G B Derraik, Phil J Sirvid, Marius Rademaker
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Myocarditis following katipo spider bite
Ruth Crook, Nigel Harrison, Derek Gibbons
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Medical image. Angina bullosa haemorrhagica
Anthony Bertram
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10644813&ref=rss
Agony after spider bites trouser snake
By Martin Johnston
4:00 AM Friday May 14, 2010
Photo / Supplied
A tourist suffered heart inflammation after being bitten on the penis apparently by a katipo spider, following a skinny-dip in Northland.
The 22-year-old Canadian left his clothes in the sand dunes while he went for a nude swim and slept on his return, according to a report on the case in today's online NZ Medical Journal. "He woke to find his penis swollen and painful with a red mark on the shaft suggestive of a bite. He rapidly developed generalised muscle pains, fever, headache, photophobia [light sensitivity] and vomiting," writes Dr Nigel Harrison, of Whangarei Hospital, and colleagues.
"It was a rather nasty, ill-placed bite," Dr Harrison told the Herald yesterday.
Alleged spider bites were the cause of 20,000 claims to the Accident Compensation Corporation in 2005-06, a separate report in the journal says.
By the time the Canadian reached Dargaville Hospital, his penis was severely swollen, his blood pressure was up and his heart beat racing.
Chest pain and other symptoms developed the next morning and it was presumed he had been bitten by a katipo. He was treated with antivenom medicine sent from Whangarei Hospital and rapidly improved.
However heart problems persisted and he was treated at Whangarei Hospital and Auckland Hospital before returning to Canada.
"He was discharged after a total of 16 days in hospital. On review he was generally well," the journal report says.
It is the first known case of myocarditis - heart inflammation - following a katipo spider bite.
By Martin Johnston | Email Martin
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by pitbulllady on May 14, 2010
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I'm skeptical, actually, of a spider bite in this case. It sounds like a typical case where a patient presents with a number of symptoms which could be caused by many different things, and the doctor concludes that it was a spider bite, even though no one ever saw a spider. I Googled "Katipo", which is a species of Widow, or Latrodactus, spider. Their venom does NOT cause swelling or a lesion but rather is neurotoxic, like that of other Latrodactus(the into to the article said it was a "Salticid" spider, which is a JUMPING Spider, completely unrelated). You can get heart inflammation from any infection that reaches your bloodstream, and of course, that can happen with anything that breaks the skin, however minor it might appear. The apparent response to antivenin could have just been something that was going to happen, anyway, as part of the body's natural response to the infection. We know from having seen many previous articles that "spider bite" is often medical lingo for "I don't really know what caused your symptoms".
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by FSB on May 14, 2010
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I remember reading a case history of a soldier who, while on maneuvers in NC, disobeyed orders and used an old outhouse. He was bitten on the penis by Latrodectus mactans.
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by tigers9 on May 14, 2010
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http://www.cafepress.com/+black_widow_womens_vneck_black_tshirt,114510030
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