Brown recluse bites often start with a blister at the center of a small, painful wound. The tissue around it can appear red and bruised. Symptoms can quickly progress to more serious swelling and ...

Each year, thousands of Americans experience spider bites, yet only a small fraction require medical intervention. Understanding which encounters demand immediate attention and which can be treated at ...

It may have only taken one radioactive spider bite for Peter Parker to become Spider-Man, but everyone else can rest easy: Spider bites are rare, and most of the time, they can be treated at home.

Did you just see a common house spider in your kitchen cabinet or one of South Carolina’s more dangerous arachnids? The Palmetto State has four different types of spiders with venomous bites. But how ...

Although most spider bites are not substantially venomous to humans, the brown recluse spider, Loxosceles reclusa, can cause significant cutaneous injury. These spiders are common inhabitants of homes ...

"The doctor told me I was lucky, because the bacteria transmitted by the spider was eating my skin, but hadn’t reached muscle or bone. If I’d waited any longer, it could have caused much more damage." ...