Paraplegic Walks After Spider Bite
After being confied to a wheel chair for 20 years, a California man is walking again. According to the report the man was bitten by a Brown Recluse and as a result needed to be hospitalized. After being admitted a nurse noticed a spasm in his leg, upon further testing it was reviled that he had regained some feeling in his legs.
The article indicates that he was walking 5 days later, it also says that he needed 8 months of rehab. Its not clear if he needed the rehab to help rebuild his leg muscles or if it was because of the bite itself. The venom of the Brown Recluse is powerful and can commonly cause the flesh around the bite to die, often leaving deep scars.
Mon, Mar 16, 2009
General, Science