An Australian man has taken himself to hospital after a venomous redback spider bit him on the penis.
The tradesman was using a portable toilet on a Sydney building site on
Wednesday morning when he was bitten. A spokesperson for St George
Hospital confirmed that a 21-year-old man was treated for a redback
bite.
The redback spider, closely related to the black widow spider, is distinguished by a long red stripe on its abdomen.
The spider's bite causes severe pain, sweating and nausea.
The owners of the property confirmed that the man had been bitten on the
penis. He was later discharged from hospital in a stable condition.
Although there are recorded cases of deaths from redback bites, none
have occurred since the development of antivenom in 1956.
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