Orlando Andrés Jiménez, known to friends as 'Chamo', is suffering severe kidney failure and may lose his eyelids and left ear as a result of the highly toxic bite.
Chamo, 31, was in the bathroom of his college in Punta de Bombón, a town on the coast of Peru, when a spider fell from the ceiling and bit him on the neck close to his ear.
Doctors believe he was attacked by a Chilean recluse spider.
Regarded by some as the world's most dangerous spider, it contains a venom which causes necrosis of the skin.
In extreme cases, a recluse bite can cause organ failure - usually the kidneys - and death.
Chamo became ill within just 30 minutes of being bitten on September 26, local media reports.
He was eventually transferred to a larger hospital but his health deteriorated dramatically as the venom spread throughout his body.
No comments:
Post a Comment