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Originally posted by SwordFish
Is it typical for brown recluse bites to be serious? I always thought it was, until I read this article on CNN a couple weeks ago:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/05/....ap/index.html
From reading that article, it said at least 15 inmates had been bitten, causing ONE of them to need medical attention.
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The first complaints date to January, said assistant jail administrator Matt Vaughn. He said one inmate had "pretty substantial" symptoms and required medical attention.
That seems to be referring to the first complaint or complaints. That doesn't necessarily mean only 1 person ended up neede treatment when all was said and done. Also, a sudden mysterious infestation of spiders sounds like a newly hatched egg sack to me. It's possible some of the spiders are extremely juvenile.
SpaceAce