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Holidays in the Mediterranean ended for a 22-year-old citizen The Netherlands is more than unpleasant. Brown bit her hermit spider. As a result, a part of the ear, which began to die. Doctors had to replace damaged tissues transplant the affected costal cartilage, reports Metro. Resting in Italy, a citizen of the Netherlands, whose name is not specified, woke up with severe pain in my ear. After a while it is strong swollen. The tourist went to a local hospital, where she was prescribed antibiotics. However, upon returning home, the tumor did not subside. More addition: half of the girl’s ear turned black. Local doctors put her diagnosis: the bite of a hermit spider, whose poison is able to corrode human skin and even cartilage. I had to do a difficult operation. According to a Dutch doctor, the poison of hermit spiders is quite dangerous, but not fatal. At the bite of such an arthropod the gangrenous scab remains. The spider victim has nausea and malaise. As a rule, the recovery period after experienced contact with a predator of this species is from three to six months.
