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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ellie Forbes

Woman forced to have surgery after ‘spot’ turned out to be false widow spider bite

Crystal Rudd/SWNS

A woman was forced to have surgery on her finger after what she thought was a spot turned out to be a false widow spider bite.

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

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