A MOTHER was left in excruciating pain after being attacked by a pack of poisonous spiders while cleaning the outside of her home.
Jessica Rouge was fixing up a shed on her property on July 1 when she was ambushed by poisonous arachnids.
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Rouge, 44, was sweeping the inside of her warehouse in Bogart, Georgia, about 60 miles east of Atlanta, when she felt something on her face, she told the local TV station. TO WANT.
“I immediately felt something on my face, next to my eye,” she said.
“I felt like I was bitten.”
The mother of three said she suffered bites in several places on her body when she became trapped in a web in the shed.
“There were spiders on me,” she said.
“Where I was, it was a very messy web and I was trying to clean it up.”
Just 24 hours after being bitten, Rouge found herself in the hospital.
Rouge said she had been bitten by spiders before, but this time was different because of the type of spider it was – a brown recluse.
The bites caused her face, arms and throat to swell to the point where she could barely open her eyes.
She felt as if her skin was on fire and suffered from numbness and loss of mobility in her hands and feet, according to a GoFundMe page created for her.
“I had no idea what it was, there was no way this could have happened to me,” Rouge said.
Brown recluse spiders are one of three venomous spiders found in the United States.
They are most commonly found in southern and central states such as Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Missouri.
Spiders are only 2.5 to 4.5 centimeters long and have three pairs of eyes.
They are known for the dark brown violin-shaped marking found on their upper body and have much lighter colored legs.
Their bite is known to contain venom that can make a human become very sick or even die.
Medical experts do not recommend treating a brown recluse spider bite at home.
Instead, they ask that anyone who suffers a bite call 911 or a local poison control center.
Typical symptoms of a brown recluse bite may include:
- Chills
- Itch
- Discomfort
- Fever
- Nausea
- Discoloration in a circle around the bite, red or purple in color
- Sweating
- Large wound around the bite
Rare symptoms may include:
- Blood in urine
- Yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes
- kidney failure
- Seizures
- With the
To protect yourself from a possible bite, specialists with Mount Sinai We recommend wearing protective clothing when traveling through areas where spiders live, such as dark, sheltered areas such as porches or woodpiles.
Experts also strongly recommend not putting your hands or feet directly into a spider’s nest.
On July 6, Rouge was released from the hospital and recovered.
She is suffering from painful, itchy scars and rashes and has had to start wearing an eye patch.
What is a brown recluse spider?
A brown recluse spider is one of three venomous spiders found in the United States, typically in southern and central states such as Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana and Missouri.
The spider, which usually measures about 1 to 1.5 centimeters long, is known for its dark brown, violin-shaped markings on its body.
Its long legs are a lighter brown color.
The spider has a powerful and dangerous bite that can make humans sick or even die.
They typically live in dark, sheltered areas, such as under a porch or woodpile.
Medical experts recommend wearing protective clothing whenever traveling in these areas to avoid being bitten.
Source: Mount Sinai
“My eye is what really concerns me,” Rouge told WANF.
“My eye is… I’m in a lot of pain. I just don’t know what’s going to happen to my eye.”
She told the outlet that she also suffers from a non-cancerous lymphoma/tumor caused by a car accident on her upper lip that is unrelated to the bite.
Despite the pain, she said she feels lucky.
“Some people end up not being as lucky as me,” Rouge said.
As of Friday, the GoFundMe launched to help with his medical expenses has raised more than $5,800.
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