Despite its rather small size, the name violin spider It makes many tremble. It is news of the last hours that features a 4 -year -old boy from Caivano, In the province of Naples, which ended up in the hospital for a necrosis caused by a bite of this species. Fortunately, the baby recovered following an intervention and would be out of danger. In reality, the European European violin spider (Loxosceles Rufescens)Arachnid who lives in the Mediterranean basin, is less aggressive than you think and scientific evidence suggest that the risk to human health is generally low.
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Where does the violin spider live and how to recognize it?
The body of the spider violin measures About 1 cm, but with the legs it can reach 5 cm. It is light brown in color and has a violin -shaped stain on prosoma. Unlike other spiders, he has six eyes arranged in three couples.
It prefers dry and dark environments, like cracks in the walls, behind Battiscopa or in abandoned old clothes: all places where it finds a safe refuge. It is shy enough and tends to attack only when you feel in dangeris active mainly at night and feeds on insects such as cockroaches and ants.
How to act in case of bite and what to avoid
The bite of the violin spider is rare and generally painless. Symptoms occur after a few hours and include premises and pretty itching. The LOxggiles RuFeSens Inoculates a cytotoxic poison that causes the suffering of the cells with which it comes into contact, causing local damage to the tissues but it does not act on the nervous system And it does not cause symptoms such as muscle spasms, tachycardia, breathing difficulties or malaise that need hospitalization.
In a small percentage of cases, a skin lesion can develop spontaneously. Cutaneous necrosis is extremely rare and occurs mainly in individuals with compromised health conditions, such as diabetes or immune disorders.
But how to behave in case of bite? These are the indications of the Antiviolen Center of the Niguarda hospital:
In most cases, these simple precautions are sufficient to ensure the spontaneous resolution of the symptoms of the bite. But in the event that there is no improvement or we notice the appearance of an ulcer containing liquid, it is advisable to contact your doctor or an anti -anti center.
At the moment there are no specific antidotes or pharamcians for the violin spider bite. In the rare cases where necrosis occurs, surgery is used.
