Delyth Hughes was sitting by her father in his tractor on the family farm in Flintshire, Wales, when she felt something crawling on her leg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She didn’t realize she’d been bitten by a false widow spider until hours later, when she became queasy and disoriented and noticed two tiny puncture wounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She lost sensation in her leg and began to experience constant pins and needles in the days that followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Worse yet, the bite became bruised and bloated as it filled with pus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Friends and relatives advised the 29-year-old, who has two children, to seek medical attention, and she told she’s “happy” she did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It would have ended differently for me if the poison had travelled through my body,” Delyth, who lives in Denbighshire, added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite neither experiencing a bite nor seeing a spider, her leg became “very painful” following her visit to the farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It was aching heavily and I started feeling nauseated.” “I had a severe headache and was having dizzy episodes,” she explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She then discovered two little puncture wounds and bruises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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