Effects of a Black Widow Spider Bite
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Spider Envenomation, Widow: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Widow spiders belong to the genus Latrodectus and include the black widow spider (Latrodectus mactans mactans) in the United States. The term widow spider is used because not all species in the genus Latrodectus are black. ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
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Approximately 2500 widow spider bites were reported to the AAPC in 2006. More about widow spider bites. http://bit.ly/b1HR8p
Black widow bite sends man to hospital - Sacramento Pest Control Free Information - by Pinnacle Pest Control
pinnaclepest.com — “His arm swelled up to the size of a football and went to ER twice. Black widow spider. Those three words can strike fear in many hearts. And although most of the time a bite from the shiny little arachnid isn't an emergency, sometimes it is. For one man, a bite from at least one spider meant a fou” View full resource at pinnaclepest.com
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Black widow #spider bite sends man to hospital - Pest Control http://bit.ly/huazE7
Climate Change to Push Brown Recluse Spiders Across North America : TreeHugger
treehugger.com — “Photo credit: br-recluse-guy via Wikimedia/Public Domain The brown recluse spider occupies an ominous station in American folklore -- it's bite, we're told on schoolyard playgrounds, is even deadlier than a black widow's! (Indeed, on very rare occasions, the bite” View full resource at treehugger.com
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Black Widow Spiders Infesting San Diego Elementary School | ThirdAge
thirdage.com — “Black widow spiders, known for their fearsome venom, have infested more than a third of classrooms at a San Diego elementary school.” View full resource at thirdage.com
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Amazing Tip of the Day: Black widow spider bites can damage your nervous system. Do you know what to do if you get bit? http://bit.ly/ddwQKY
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Health Tip of the Day: Black widow spider bites can damage your nervous system. Do you know what to do if you get bit? http://bit.ly/GKJEk
Drugs' scarcity strains care: Cancer patients may be affected - El Paso Times
elpasotimes.com — “Shortages of drugs used to treat everything from leukemia to black widow spider bites are putting patients at risk -- nationally and more recently in El Paso.” View full resource at elpasotimes.com
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Spider Envenomation, Redback: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: The redback spider (Latrodectus hasseltii) belongs to the family Theridiidae, the comb-footed spiders. Its genus Latrodectus also includes black widows, whose name may be more familiar to North American readers. The redback spider can be found ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
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The redback spider can cause a clinical condition referred to as latrodectism following a bite. Learn more about it. http://bit.ly/c7H2QW
Drugs' scarcity strains care: Cancer patients may be affected - El Paso Times
elpasotimes.com — “Shortages of drugs used to treat everything from leukemia to black widow spider bites are putting patients at risk -- nationally and more recently in El Paso.” View full resource at elpasotimes.com
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Drug shortages continue to plague #hospitals in Texas and elsewhere: http://ht.ly/5Z6dk
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