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Antony Thrower

Mum rushed into surgery after false widow spider bite she mistook as a spot

A woman who thought she had a painful spot on her hand was shocked when doctors eventually found it was a venomous spider bite.

Crystal Rudd, 28, first noticed the painful pimple on her finger on March 25 and tried to pop it with a sterilised pin.

When the pain did not go away she went to A&E and was sent away with antibiotics and told to take antihistamines.

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