The black widow spider forced the three young kids to be hospitalized. The boys were found by their mother scared and crying and showing symptoms within minutes of the bite. They were admitted to a local hospital in Chayanta, a small town in the Andean region of Potosi. The boys were treated with medicine but showed little to no results after the first day.
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On the second day in the hospital, they had come down with severe fevers, tremors, and muscle pain. After their symptoms worsened, they were transferred to another hospital in Llallagua where an Epidemiologist recognized the bites and treated them immediately. Luckily, the children started to improve from then on but weren’t released from the hospital until a week after they were admitted.
With venom nearly fifteen times stronger than that of a rattlesnake, black widow spiders are some of the most poisonous in North America. They aren’t usually deadly but they do pose particular threat to both young children and the elderly. Typically black widow spiders are not aggressive creatures unless they are provoked, a rough realization for the comic-loving kids.
Epidemiology Chief of the Bolivian Ministry of Health, Virgilio Pietro, was the one to diagnose the children and had words of caution for parents everywhere.
Pietro was only able to update the press about the kids’ condition a week after events had transpired. Pietro was giving an update on the current COVID-19 progression when he tagged on the update of the children.
It is Pietro’s hope that parents will help children understand the difference between lovable web-slinging fictional characters and reality. As of now, the kids are doing much better, and their mother is beyond grateful. Hopefully, the kids will stick to playing Spider-Man on PlayStation in the future.
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Sources: Telemundo, IGN
