Nasty false widow spider bite had doctors thinking Brit mum had been in car crash

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spider that doctors thought she had been in a car crash. Tracy Keeble, 43, from Gloucestershire, believes she was bitten by the critter while walking her dog Dottie on July 22, during the heatwave.

Due to the scorching conditions she opted for sandals rather than hiking boots and later noticed a mark on her ankle.READ MORE: Mum's horror as 15-week-old son bitten by huge deadly false widow spiderAt first she thought it was nothing, but as the days passed marks and dark bruising spread across her body.

A trip to the doctors confirmed she'd been bitten by a poisonous spider. She told NeedToKnow.online: "I thought I was going to have to lose a leg or something, I was really panicking. "When I turned up to the hospital, the bruising on my legs was so bad doctors kept asking me if I was a victim of trauma."I get why they asked and it's good that they did but I just can't believe I've had all this from a spider. "It hurts to wear jeans, I have to turn up to the office in linen and loose fitting clothes. "I can't have the duvet over me at night because it feels too heavy.

It feels like having a dead weight on top of me."False widow spiders have venom 230 times more powerful than native UK species and can see off small animals such as shrews and bats.