An 8-year-old boy gave consent, according to health authorities b Stinged him because he wanted to be spider man, has been reported by the Spanish news agency EFE and bolivia.com. The incident took place in the town of Vichuloma in the Oruro department of the landlocked South American country. Bolivia.
lass black widow Several species of venomous arachnids of the genus Latrodectus. In most cases, women have a distinctive reddish bell-shaped mark on the lower abdomen, which is usually dark in color.
Spiders of the genus Latrodectus, commonly known as Satya the widowThey are found on all continents except Antarctica. The venom of this spider contains a neurotoxin known as alpha-latrotoxin. It affects the nervous system and can cause symptoms such as pain, redness, and swelling at the bite site, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, tremors, and sweating.
Despite their fearsome reputation, these spiders bite only in self-defense or in response to a perceived threat. People bitten by widows often do not suffer serious complications, although they may experience varying degrees of discomfort and more severe cases may require treatment.
However, in very rare cases, bites from some species the widow Death is caused by severe disruption of nerve signals in the body. In general, young children, the elderly, and those with underlying health conditions are at the highest risk of spider bites. Female widow bites pose a greater risk to humans than do males.
8-year-old boy found in Bolivia black widow After seeing the arachnid’s characteristic red markings under a rock, he allowed himself to be stung because he wanted to be. spider man, as explained by Ernesto Vasquez, Head of the Zoonotic Diseases Program of Oruro’s Departmental Health Service. The superhero’s iconic origin story follows teenage high school student Peter Parker’s acquisition of superhuman powers. spider man After being bitten by a radioactive spider.
“The child, without considering the risk, took it and put it on the back of his hand, where the arachnid bit him,” Vasquez told EFE.
After being bitten by the spider, the boy went home imprisoned in a glass. However, after about three hours, he began to feel ill, experiencing body aches and severe muscle contractions.
When his mother inquires, the boy tells her that he was bitten by a colorful spider. The mother took the child to a health center in a nearby town. Later, he was transferred to San Juan de Dios General Hospital in Oruro City as a medical emergency.
Pediatricians at the hospital contacted Vasquez to evaluate the child and eventually determine who had bitten the child. black widow. Doctors treated the boy with antivenom and his condition stabilized in about half an hour.
“We are very concerned because the analysis of the child and the questions asked when he had already recovered indicate that he took the arachnid with a common purpose, he wanted to become one. spider manVasquez said.
The health official added that parents should educate children, especially children under the age of 11, about the dangers of being bitten by such spiders. If not treated immediately, the consequences can be “very unfortunate”.
“These black spiders with red backs are black widows. They do not turn anyone spider man; On the contrary, they are putting lives at risk,” Vasquez said.
In 2020, a similar incident occurred in Chayante, a rural Bolivian town in the Andean region of PotosÃ, involving three children aged 8, 10 and 12 respectively. Three of them a black widow They will sting with the same intention. Doctors also managed to treat the children successfully in that incident.
Through: Newsweek
Editor’s note: You’re going to think this is a joke, but I have a cousin who threw herself off the roof of her grandparents’ house because she thought she could stick to the wall. spider man… three times. At the age of 24. Well that age part is a joke, but the rest is not. I don’t know how you raise your children or if there are people who really don’t know the difference between fiction and reality, but take care of your band snout.
