Woman bitten on bum nearly loses leg

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A MOTHER-of-three nearly died after being bitten by a spider while sunbathing on holiday.



Doctors had to operate to save Sue Isaac after the wound became infected by a rare flesh-eating bug.



She feared at one point they would have to amputate her leg.



Mrs Isaac, 58, was bitten on the bottom by the spider while relaxing by the pool in southern Spain.



At first she thought nothing of it but within days she began to feel unwell and a bruise that developed on her thigh began to spread. She ended up in intensive care and surgeons operated to remove dead tissue from her leg.



But she required months of further treatment before she could return home to Braintree, Essex.



Widow Mrs Isaac had been on a six-week holiday to celebrate her retirement after selling her hairdressing business.



Last night she told how she was bitten at a friend's villa at Albox, in Almeria province, on the second day of her trip last July.



I got a sarong that I'd left out overnight on a sunbed and sat on it and thought, 'Ooh that really hurt' and I realised I'd got bitten, she said.



It brought tears to my eyes, it was like a bee sting but it didn't go away. I put insect repellent on it and didn't think any more about it.



But over the next week Mrs Isaac started to feel unwell and noticed that a small bruise had developed on the inside of her left thigh.



I felt poorly all the time, she said. I had a fever, no energy. I felt giddy, I thought I was going to faint. But it was very hot so I put it down to that.



Within days, the bruise had doubled in size and was surrounded by clusters of blisters. Mrs Isaac could not get out of bed. She was taken to hospital and admitted to an intensive care unit where doctors told her an infection had entered her body via the spider bite.

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Oh, gawd, I HATE spiders!

 

[Evil Eye]

o.o

Wow.

 

[Evil Eye]

Spiders are EVIL. They are unnatural.

But think of all the flies and mosquitoes, Smooth!

 

[Evil Eye]

Aww.



I really can't stand bugs flying around my ears and sucking my blood though. Helps that spiders here aren't actually dangerous, of course.