NASHVILLE — An increase in spider-bite patients at Vanderbilt University Medical Center here has created some concern — but not about an influx of brown recluse spiders in garages, attics or ...

Are you sure that’s really a spider bite? Skin abscess can be frustrating and confusing for patients, and the incidence of MRSA continues to grow. The skin accounts for approximately 15% of the ...

But if you don't happen to be a spider expert, how do you know if your spider bite is cause for serious concern, or how to make the itching and burning stop? The Instagram photos below (all ...

Is that red bump a spider bite or could it be a staph infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcal aureus (MRSA)? MRSA, a newer type of staph infection, has been present in Iowa since ...

A woman in Chicago was left with a swollen finger that turned purple and porcelain white after she was bitten by a yellow sac spider. The 53-year-old was seen at a dermatology clinic around 36 ...

So a regular spider bite probably nothing to worry about unless you do start seeing an abscess or some infection then you would want to get that treated. But what are we talking about poisonous ...

Brazilian Wandering spider was voted as the 2007 most vulnerable animal by Guinness World Records. Not located in the U.S., this species of banana spider gives a painful bite but is rarely fatal.

The brown recluse spider is considered the most dangerous in the country, with intense pain and necrosis setting in after 24 hours.

Staph infections often appear quickly, "almost overnight", when a parent or child may notice a bump that may resemble a bite. But in this case this "bite" rapidly reddens and becomes tender and ...

Tampa Bay Rays starter Ryan Pepiot went on the shelf after he was bit by a spider which led to a knee infection. He was hospitalized for nearly three days.

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KSHB) -- Getting bitten by a spider is nothing more than a bad dream for most. However, a bite left untreated turned Zachary Harakas' real life into a nightmare. “Just ...

An Atlanta musician was days away from losing his leg, and even possibly his life after he suffered a brown recluse spider bite last month. Singer-songwriter Gabe Lustman told The Post Thursday he ...