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My friend was bitten by a recluse... he nearly lost his leg. The venom of a recluse is a flesh eating enzyme. He got bitten on the shin. It started as a bite mark, then grew into a large open sore, and kept growing. Green veins started to spread out from the bite. Doctors seemed at a loss, and they wanted to amputate, but then someone realized what was going on and managed to give him an anti-biotic/anti-venom. He still has a spot on his leg the size of a silver dollar that is about 4 milimeters below the level of the rest of his leg, and this was 4-5 years ago.
If he'd been bitten near his armpit or crotch, and the venom had made it into a major artery, he'd be dead.
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