Medically reviewed by Chris Vincent, MD Brown recluse bites often start with mild redness followed by pain and itching. The ...

MOST spiders are totally harmless – but a select few can give you serious trouble if they bite. Complications from some of Earth’s deadliest eight-legged biters include painful erections, ...

A bite from a black widow can cause significant ... death in humans can occur in "as little as 15 minutes". The brown recluse – or Loxosceles reclusa – is one of the only spiders in North ...

Generally, brown recluse spider bites are asymptomatic; however, its bite can cause severe skin necrosis. A 62-year-old Libyan woman with diabetes presented to the dermatology clinic with a ...

Loxoscelism symbolizes dermonecrotic lesions and systemic manifestations incurred by the brown recluse spider bite (Barretto, Soeiro Prestes, Figueiredo Fonseca, & Achucarro Silveira, 2007).