A mum claims a false widow spider snuck under her duvet and bit her while she slept - leaving a 50p-sized bite. Tracey Carse, from Stockport, woke up one Saturday morning to find a painful-looking open sore on her right thigh that was red and inflamed.
While attending a dermatology appointment, the 50-year-old was urged to go to A&E and get the bite, believed to be from a false widow spider, checked out to prevent sepsis. READ MORE: Appeal after boy, 13, hit by car with man arrested on suspicion of drug driving At hospital, the wound was assessed and a course of antibiotics and cream was prescribed to tackle the infection.
But the mum-of-one was horrified to discover the 'disgusting' bite had turned necrotic a week later - leaving her with a patch of blackened dead flesh that a nurse dressed weekly.
Four months on from her ordeal in November, Tracey is now urging anyone bitten by an eight-legged terror to monitor the bite and seek medical attention.
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